Summary
Prof. Ahmad Abu Salah is an Executive Leader, and Advisor in Digital Health, Artificial Intelligence, and Healthcare Informatics. He has extensive experience across hospitals, academic medical centers, and Fortune 500 Health Tech companies in the US and KSA. He established multiple digital health innovation centers with the aim of achieving care excellence, operational sustainability, and organizational thought leadership.
Professional Experience
- Healthcare Informatics and Intelligence Officer at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) in Saudi Arabia. 2020 – Present.
- Biomedical Informatics Professor and Director of Clinical Informatics at the University of Minnesota. 8 years 5 months.
o Affiliate Heath Informatics Professor. 2020 – Present.
o Founding Director of Informatics & Analytics Consulting Core. Apr 2016 – Mar 2020.
o Core Health Informatics Professor. Apr 2016 – Mar 2020 4 years. - Chief Informaticist of the US National Center for Inter-professional Practice and Education (NCIPE). Apr 2016 – Mar 2020.
- Healthcare Data Solutions, Sr. Consultant/Assoc. Director at UnitedHealth Group. Sep 2013 – Apr 2016.
Informatics Researcher at University of Minnesota. Mar 2013 – Mar 2015.
Boston Scientific
o Sr. R&D Data Engineer, Mar 2012 – Sep 2013.
o R&D Data Engineer, Jun 2009 – Mar 2012. - Health Informatics PhD Research Fellow at University of Minnesota, Jan 2010 – Jun 2012.
- Research Assistant at Purdue University, Jan 2006 – May 2009.
Education
- PhD, University of Minnesota (Health Informatics).
- MS, Purdue University (Computer Science).
- MS, University of Illinois (Computer Science).
- BS, Philadelphia University – Jordan (Computer Science and Information Management System).
Certifications
- MCSA: Microsoft Certified System Administrator.
- MCSE: Microsoft Certified System Engineer.