Public Biography
Dr Joseph Kannry, the Program Director for the Clinical Informatics Fellowship, has dual appointments in both IT and Medicine. He is Lead Technical Informatics for the Mount Sinai Health System. Dr. Kannry is a Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, a practicing board certified Internist at Mount Sinai’s IMA (Internal Medicine Associates) and a Board Certified Clinical Informaticist. He is a graduate of the Yale Center for Medical Informatics, a National Library of Medicine training program in Informatics. In 2009 he was elected Chair of Clinical Information System Working Group (CIS-WG) of AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) and re-elected chair with a term ending in 2014. In 2013, Dr. Kannry received the AMIA Service Award for Content Editor-Clinical Informatics Board Practice Exam. In 2016 he was appointed to the AMIA Public Policy Committee for a two-year term which has been renewed multiple times. In 2019 he received the AMIA Leadership Award for Public Policy Efforts as Chair of Public Policy.
In 2013 the AMIA Board of Directors appointed him as Chair of a Task Force on CCIO (Chief Clinical Informatics Officers) Education and Skillsets. The work of the task force resulted in the AMIA board-approved white paper “The Chief Clinical Informatics Officer (CCIO): AMIA Task Force Report on CCIO Knowledge, Education, and Skillset Requirements” published in ACI and the accompanying JAMIA editorial “The Chief Clinical Informatics Officer (CCIO).”
In 2004, Dr. Kannry successfully led the Ambulatory EHR Selection process for Mount Sinai Medical Center and since 2005 he has been the Lead Technical Informaticist for the EHR Clinical Transformation Group. In his latest work as Lead Technical Informaticist Mount Sinai Health System, he has overseen Ambulatory Clinical Decision Support, EHR enabled Clinical Research Informatics, and supports Mount Sinai's oversees optimization of the Ambulatory EHR and population health initiatives. In 2013 Mount Sinai was recipient of the prestigious 2012 Davies Award for Enterprise EHR. The Davies award recognizes “outstanding achievement in the implementation and value” from EHRs.
In 2016 Dr. Kannry successfully lead the effort for and submitted the application for an ACGME Clinical Informatics Fellowship. In 2017 Dr. Kannry became program Director of the Clinical Informatics Fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The fellowship has 4 fellows for the academic year 2024-25.
In 2013 the AMIA Board of Directors appointed him as Chair of a Task Force on CCIO (Chief Clinical Informatics Officers) Education and Skillsets. The work of the task force resulted in the AMIA board-approved white paper “The Chief Clinical Informatics Officer (CCIO): AMIA Task Force Report on CCIO Knowledge, Education, and Skillset Requirements” published in ACI and the accompanying JAMIA editorial “The Chief Clinical Informatics Officer (CCIO).”
In 2004, Dr. Kannry successfully led the Ambulatory EHR Selection process for Mount Sinai Medical Center and since 2005 he has been the Lead Technical Informaticist for the EHR Clinical Transformation Group. In his latest work as Lead Technical Informaticist Mount Sinai Health System, he has overseen Ambulatory Clinical Decision Support, EHR enabled Clinical Research Informatics, and supports Mount Sinai's oversees optimization of the Ambulatory EHR and population health initiatives. In 2013 Mount Sinai was recipient of the prestigious 2012 Davies Award for Enterprise EHR. The Davies award recognizes “outstanding achievement in the implementation and value” from EHRs.
In 2016 Dr. Kannry successfully lead the effort for and submitted the application for an ACGME Clinical Informatics Fellowship. In 2017 Dr. Kannry became program Director of the Clinical Informatics Fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The fellowship has 4 fellows for the academic year 2024-25.
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
2022
Public Policy Committee
Member
The committee recommends advocacy issues and activities and identifies critical areas for AMIA's strategic advocacy engagement for Board approval. The committee works with AMIA’s policy consultant, staff, and Board to develop annual work plans which support the strategic directions set by the Board. The committee works with the staff in developing and reviewing draft submissions in response to requests for comments in support of AMIA positions and helps prepare position papers on matters of public policy.
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