George Demiris, PhD, FACMI

Dr. Demiris received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Medical Informatics from the University of Heidelberg in Germany, and a PhD in Health Informatics from the University of Minnesota, in Minnesota in the year 2000. He joined the faculty of the University of Missouri, where he was director of the health informatics graduate program until 2006, when he moved to the University of Washington, Seattle. At the time of his election to fellowship he had appointments as professor of Biomedical and Health Informatics and Biobehavioral Nursing and Health systems, and was the director of the graduate training program in biomedical and health informatics and principal investigator of the NLM-sponsored training grant in biomedical informatics.

Dr. Demiris has been active in AMIA and IMIA professional activities, including the AMIA Educational Taskforce, Publications Committee, International Affairs Committee, Working groups Steering Committee, and the Knowledge in Motion Working Group. Dr. Demiris mentored more than 45 masters and PhD studients, and accumulated over 100 journal publications in the preceding decade, with an emphasis on the development and evaluation of telemedicine and other health information technologies for the elderly, and the application of informatics in Hospice care. These scholarly and professional service achievements are recognized by his election to the College.