David Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP, FACP, FACMI, FAMIA*

Undergraduate – Duke University (Biomedical and Electrical Engineering)

Medical School – Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)

Graduate School – MS/PhD in Biomedical Engineering (CWRU) & MPH (Harvard University)

Residency – Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (CWRU – MetroHealth)

Fellowship – Clinical Informatics (Partners Healthcare/Harvard University)

Faculty Appointment – Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences

Informatics Role – Chief Informatics Officer and Vice-President of Health Informatics and Patient Engagement Technologies

Role in Fellowship Program – Program Director

Brief Description – Dr. Kaelber has published over approximately 300 abstracts and manuscripts and has been involved in dozens of externally funded informatics related projects. His primary area of informatics research includes electronic health records to study and improve health, personal health records, health information exchange, telehealth, and “big data”, as well as clinical informatics education. 

Selected Recent Projects

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting FHIR eHealthExchange/FDA interface: MetroHealth is one of the first Epic customers in the US to have implemented a FHIR (fast healthcare interoperability resources) interface between the MetroHealth Epic electronic health record (EHR) and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) through the eHealthExchange.  This interface allows FDA staff to electronically access MetroHealth EHR data to further investigate reported vaccine adverse events.

Lyceum: In partnership with the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, MetroHealth is the first Epic customer ever to implement Lyceum, Epic’s new training platform specifically geared towards teaching first and second year medical school student electronic health record competencies.

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* - Board Certified in Clinical Informatics
** - Board Eligible in Clinical Informatics