Public Biography
Jorge Ferrer, MD, MBA, FAMIA, FHIMSS, has practiced health informatics since 2000 within the U.S. federal government with expertise in health informatics policy, standards, perioperative care informatics, innovations, interoperability, and blockchain in healthcare. He currently works as an Informatics Health System Specialist in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Ferrer is a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association and a Fellow of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. He is an Editor of Aspects of the Computerized Medical Record, Computers in Health Care, Health Informatics Series, Second Edition, Springer.
Jorge Ferrer received the 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Award for the Veterans Affairs Provider Directory Innovation, the 2024 FORUM IT 100 Award for the Veterans Affairs Provider Directory Innovation, and the 2025 HIMSS Changemaker in Health Finalist Award. He serves on the Editorial Board for the Blockchain in Healthcare Today journal. He is the Government Chair of the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) Blockchain Working Group, a member of the ACT-IAC Emerging Technology Community of Interest, and is on the Physician Committee of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Jorge Ferrer is a practicing Texas Medical Board licensed surgical assistant, an affiliate member of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Medical Informatics Association, and a member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at UTHealth School of Biomedical informatics. Dr. Ferrer holds an M.D. from Universidad Anahuac Medical School and an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University. He did his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Informatics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Jorge Ferrer received the 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Award for the Veterans Affairs Provider Directory Innovation, the 2024 FORUM IT 100 Award for the Veterans Affairs Provider Directory Innovation, and the 2025 HIMSS Changemaker in Health Finalist Award. He serves on the Editorial Board for the Blockchain in Healthcare Today journal. He is the Government Chair of the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) Blockchain Working Group, a member of the ACT-IAC Emerging Technology Community of Interest, and is on the Physician Committee of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Jorge Ferrer is a practicing Texas Medical Board licensed surgical assistant, an affiliate member of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Medical Informatics Association, and a member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at UTHealth School of Biomedical informatics. Dr. Ferrer holds an M.D. from Universidad Anahuac Medical School and an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University. He did his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Informatics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Affiliations
Fellows of AMIA (FAMIA)
FAMIA stands for “Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association” and it recognizes the contributions and professional accomplishments of AMIA members who apply informatics skills and knowledge to their practice – be that in a clinical setting, a public or population health capacity, or as a clinical researcher.
Year Inducted
2019