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Historic ACMI Biography

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Louis C. Sheppard is Assistant Vice President for Research at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). He is Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at UTMB and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Sheppardís research interests include biomedical applications of computer based techniques in monitoring. modeling, control. signal analysis, and expert systems. From 1966 until 1988 while a member of the faculty of the Department of Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, he was developing and implementing computer-based systems for intensive care that included automated drug infusion for closed-loop, feedback control of clinical variables.

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The American College of Medical Informatics

ACMI is a college of elected Fellows from the U.S. and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics. It is the central body for a community of scholars and practitioners who are committed to advancing the informatics field.

Year Elected
2017
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