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Philadelphia, PA-based The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia has Appointed Bryan Wolf as Chief Information Officer
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Since its start in 1855 as the nation`s first hospital devoted exclusively to caring for children, The Children`s Hospital of Philadelphia has been the birthplace for many dramatic firsts in pediatric medicine. The Hospital has fostered medical discoveries and innovations that have improved pediatric healthcare and saved countless children’s lives. Today, The Children`s Hospital of Philadelphia is one of the leading pediatric hospitals and research facilities in the world. Our 150 years of innovation and service to our patients, their families and our community reflect an ongoing commitment to exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare providers and pioneering significant research initiatives.
About the Person
Bryan Wolf received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Paris, France, and completed post-doctoral training (Biochemistry), residency (Laboratory Medicine) and a fellowship (Clinical Chemistry) at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Hospital in Saint Louis. Since 1990, he has been on the faculty of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine where he is currently a tenured professor. His primary area of research focused on the signal transduction mechanisms of insulin secretion in the beta-cell of endocrine islets. From 2001 through 2008, Dr. Wolf was Pathologist-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where he was responsible for the day-to-day clinical operations, the laboratory systems implementations, and the academic aspects of the department. Under his leadership, the department established new programs in basic science research, and introduced molecular and genomics-based diagnostic testing. In 2008, Bryan became Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice-President of Information Services (IS) at CHOP with responsibility for all IS technology and applications for the CHOP enterprise. He is focused on leading 2 major transformational initiatives for CHOP: implementation of the electronic health record and enterprise analytics.
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