About Emory Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Mission
The mission of the Emory Clinical Informatics Fellowship (ECIF) program is to provide the highest quality Clinical Informatics education that makes patients better today and healthier tomorrow.
Vision
To provide the highest quality training in Clinical informatics that enables our graduates to drive continuous quality improvement and new discoveries that positively impact the care of all patients locally, nationally, and globally.
Children’s and Emory Partnership
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University: A historic partnership of pediatric excellence
In 1956, the Board of Trustees for both Emory University and Egleston Hospital signed an agreement to make Egleston a first-rate teaching hospital.
Children’s is one of the largest freestanding healthcare systems in the country. Emory is one of the nation’s leading research universities. Together, the two share a passion for pediatric innovation and advancements. In 1956, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Egleston Hospital and Emory University first established a pediatric teaching relationship. This relationship has developed to facilitate leading-edge pediatric research, training and innovation.
Children’s and Emory University School of Medicine partner together on pediatric residency and fellowship training programs as well as the management and execution of clinical trials. Discoveries in Emory’s research laboratories are translated into lifesaving treatments at Children’s. Emory and Children’s share a unique employment agreement; more than 500 physicians hold titles at both independent institutions.
National Rankings
Emory ranks among the nation’s top pediatrics programs on the U.S. News & World Report list of “Best Medical School Specialty Rankings,” while Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta ranks among the nation’s top pediatric hospitals on the U.S. News & World Report list of “Best Children’s Hospitals.
Why Atlanta?
In addition to our unique neighboring pediatric partners, Atlanta is full of diverse communities, walkable neighborhoods, a thriving arts and culture scene, and plenty of green spaces and sunny weather—it’s pretty easy to fall in love with our charming city.
Meet the Team
Program director and Program Coordinator
- Alexis Carter, MD – Program Director (Email: Alexis.Carter@choa.org)
- Tianna Chapman – Program Coordinator (Email: Tianna.Chapman@choa.org)
Associate Program Directors
- Nabile Safdar, MD – Associate Program Director for Emory Healthcare
- Inho Kim, MD – Associate Program Director for Grady Health Systems
- Wayne Liang, MD – Associate Program Director for Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta
- Matthew Reyna, PhD – Associate Program Director for Emory University Department of Biomedical Informatics (the Reyna Lab)
Arthur M. Blank Hospital
On Sept. 29, 2024, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta opens a 19-story hospital with two patient towers and 446 beds for specialized, empathetic care and training the next generation of pediatric physicians.
Goals of Program
The Emory Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program is designed to produce clinical informatics subspecialist physicians who use their combined knowledge of patient care and principles, methods and tools in Clinical Informatics to improve clinical practice by:
- leading initiatives to enhance health care quality and access;
- supporting and facilitating care coordination and transitions through procurement, customization, development, implementation, management, evaluation, and continuous improvement of clinical information systems;
- securing the legal and ethical use of clinical information;
- assessing information and knowledge needs of health care professionals and patients;
- characterizing, evaluating, and refining clinical processes;
- analyzing, developing, implementing, and refining clinical decision support systems; and
- participating in projects designed to use technology to promote patient care that is safe, efficient, effective, timely, patient-centered, and equitable.
The Emory Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program is located in Southeastern Region of the United States. The Southeast has the largest population but the smallest number of Clinical Informatics programs. Because many physicians eventually work in a region near where they trained, the Emory Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program seeks to close the gap in Clinical Informatics Physician Specialists in the Southeast.