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Public Biography
Dr. Zhu brings diverse knowledge and experience across medicine, health program management, and biomedical informatics to her role. Besides her medical training and practice in anesthesiology, she also received a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Informatics from Columbia University under the National Library of Medicine fellowship. Prior to joining Boston Scientific, Dr. Zhu served as Executive Director for the Center for Biomedical Data Science at Yale University, an External Advisory Board member to the Center for Advanced Technology at Columbia University, physician scientist lead for the Center for Computational Health at IBM, associate medical director at Pfizer, and clinical project manager at Philips. She also worked among a group of healthcare subject matter experts at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs through Kforce Government Solutions where she served as Chief Medical Information Officer. She is the recipient of many excellence awards, and author of dozens of scientific publications and 13 granted patents. As an avid member of the American Medical Informatics Association, Dr. Zhu has served as Scientific Program and Women Leadership Committee member, Co-Chair for the Global Health Informatics Working Group and VP of membership for the Consumer and Pervasive Health Informatics Working Group. She is a fellow of ACMI, AMIA, and IAHSI.

Historic ACMI Biography

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Champion of cross-sector and cross-discipline collaboration to advance education, research, innovation, and care. Initiates and leads industry-academic partnerships and promotes educational outreach and DEI. Globally recognized for informatics innovations to address health disparities and advance science in digital health, patient engagement, standards, interoperability, clinical decision support, and value-based care delivery.

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
2021
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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
2024
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