ACMI Fellows
The College originated in 1984 when five pioneers in informatics decided to establish an honorific society to recognize expertise in biomedical Informatics. Today, there are nearly 300 Fellows, with 10-20 new Fellows elected each year when Voting Fellows of the College judge nominees during a formal election process. Use the search feature below to view the names of individuals who have achieved ACMI Fellowship, one of the highest honors in the field of informatics.
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Taken from Lifeline Magazine from the College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2006:
It’s difficult to envision a College of Medicine campus without computers, but...
Dr. Li received his MD degree from the University of Taipei in Taiwan, and a PhD in Medical Informatics from the University of Utah. He returned to his homeland where he became the founding Director of the Graduate Institute of Medical Informatics at Taipei Medical University, and Director of...
Dr. Lincoln received his Bachelors and MD degrees from the University of Michigan, followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at Utah, and fellowships in Pulmonary Medicine and Medical Informatics. He joined the faculty at Utah and is now Associate Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Associate...
David Lipman serves as the Director of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a division of the National Library of Medicine, at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Lipman received his BA from Brown University and his MD from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Following...
A biology graduate of Bucknell University in 1980, Dr. Lobach moved to the MD/PhD program at Duke University where he earned a PhD in immunology in 1986 and his medical degree in 1987. During his medical residency and an endocrinology fellowship, he became increasingly interested in medical...
Dr. Loonsk received his bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences from Johns Hopkins, and his MD from SUNY Buffalo. He served as director of academic computing at his alma mater in Buffalo, then joined the faculty of the Division of Medical Computing and Informatics in the Department of...
Dr. Lowe received his medical degree from University College in Dublin, Ireland, and showed an early interest in computing as he was named "House Officer for Computers" at Mater Hospital in Dublin. There he developed a computer-based endoscopy information management system. He...
Dr. John R. Lumpkin was appointed director of the Illinois Department of Public Health in January 1991, after serving as acting director since September 1990. He is the first African-American to hold this position at the agency. For the previous five years, Dr. Lumpkin had been associate...
Dr. Lussier received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and MD degree from the University of Sherbrooke in Canada and also completed postgraduate training in family medicine there. He then joined the family medicine faculty at Sherbrooke. He cofounded an electronic medical...
Dr. Lusted was born in Mason City, Iowa, on May 22, 1922, the son of a Methodist minister. His early education included exposures in a number of secondary schools before his graduation from the Mason City high school. At Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, he majored in mathematics and physics...
Dr. Malin received his Bachelors in Biological Sciences, Masters in Computer Science and Public Policy and Management, and PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. He may be thought of as a ‘third generation’ ACMI fellow, as he was the first graduate student of...
Dr. Mandl received his Bachelors degree in Biology and Psychology from Brown, and MD and MPH degrees from Harvard. After a pediatric residency and fellowships in Medical Toxicology and primary care research, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biomedical informatics in the Harvard/MIT...

