Jorge Ferrer, MD, MBA, FAMIA, FHIMSS

Jorge Ferrer MD, MBA, FAMIA, FHIMSS has practiced healthcare informatics since 2000 within the U.S. Federal government with expertise in health informatics policy, standards, perioperative care informatics, innovations, interoperability, and distributed ledger technology (blockchain) in healthcare. Dr. Ferrer serves as an Informatics Health System Specialist in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics, Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association, and 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, 2006 and is on the Editorial Board for Blockchain in Healthcare Today journal. He serves as a subject matter expert on the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council as Government Chair on the Blockchain Working Group. He serves as an informatics subject matter expert in the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Physician Committee. He is an affiliate member of the American College of Surgeons, a member of American Medical Informatics Association and a member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. He is a Texas Medical Board Licensed Surgical Assistant in Houston providing surgical assistance in complex surgical procedures.