Education/Training

2006

BSCS, Computer Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX

Honors Program Scholar with Distinction

Thesis: “The Semantic Web: An Alternative Approach to Dynamic Data Definition and Integration in Medical Informatics Systems”

Committee: Erich J. Baker (Mentor), Cynthia C. Fry, Dennis A. Johnston

2008

MS, Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Thesis: “A System to Monitor and Improve Medication Safety in the Setting of Acute Kidney Injury”

Committee: Lemuel R. Waitman (Chair), Josh F. Peterson, Cynthia S. Gadd

2010

PhD, Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Dissertation: “Achieving Medication Safety during Acute Kidney Injury: The Impact of Clinical Decision Support and Real-Time Pharmacy Surveillance”

Committee: Josh F. Peterson (Chair), Lemuel R. Waitman, Cynthia S. Gadd, John M. Starmer, Bob L. Lobo

2010-2011

Postdoctoral Fellowship, The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics at Houston, Houston, TX

Mentor: Dean F. Sittig

AMIA Health Informatics Certification (AHIC), (2022)

Epic Certification: Research Informatics Core (2019), Cogito (2019), Caboodle Data Model (2019), Clarity Data Model (2019), Clinical Data Model (2019), Clinical Content Builder (2020)

Epic Badges: Health Maintenance (2019), BestPractice Advisories Basics (2019), BestPractice Advisories Advanced (2019), Medication Warnings (2019), Cognitive Computing (2020), Cogito SQL (2022), Care Companion (2024)

Epic Knowledge: Programming for App Orchard Basics (2021), Willow Data Model (2019),