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About the Company

Vanderbilt Health is a website for patients and visitors to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Vanderbilt is nationally known for patient care

About the Person

George McCulloch is an accomplished Information Technology leader with over 25 years experience in Healthcare Informatics. His formal education includes B.A, M.A. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Delaware, Northern Illinois University, and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He has held the Senior Management titles of Director, Deputy CIO, and CIO in organizations ranging in size and complexity from a 200 bed hospital in Northern Illinois, 800 bed IDNs in Western Michigan and Central North Carolina, to a 1,000 bed Academic Medical Center in Middle Tennessee. George is the Deputy CIO in the Informatics Center of Vanderbilt University Medical Center which was recently named as one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies To Work For, and #16 in the US News and World Report Honor Roll. He serves on a number of industry advisory committees including those of Philips, CHIME and the recently chartered Middle Tennessee MTeHC RHIO. He is also a Contributing Scholar for Laureate Education. George McCulloch has been named to the board of trustees of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). He has been an active member since joining the organization in 2005, serving on the CHIME Membership and CIO Forum Planning Committees. He is heavily involved with the CHIME Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) Program, serving as a participant in the item writing process, and most recently the CHCIO Governing Board. McCulloch was among the program’s founding fathers, dedicating more than 1,000 volunteer hours to help develop and create the CHCIO Program. He also played a vital role in the creation of the program’s comprehensive examination.