Thought Leaders
Dr David Atlan PhD
CEO, Phenosystems
Belgium
Dr Atlan received a Masters and later Doctoral Degree in Physics before beginning his professional career in 1995. He spent 7 years as a Research and Development manager for Procter and Gamble before co-found Crescential in 1999 and PhenoSystems, where he currently serves as CEO, in 2002. Dr Atlan believes in working closely with the end user community and actively participating in European R&D projects in an effort to transform IT innovations into practical medical products.
Dr Michael Bainbridge
Clinical Architect, NHS Connect for Health
United Kingdom
Dr Mike Bainbridge is clinical architect for the NHS Connecting for Health programme. He is responsible for the common user interface programme and works in partnership with Microsoft to deliver on the desktop and infrastructure, Windows NHS and Office NHS, a platform independent and standards-based clinical system design guide and a clinical system toolkit. He is also responsible for assistive technology design and support.
A former practising GP, Dr Bainbrdige has been active in healthcare informatics for 24 years since installing a computer into his practice as a junior GP in 1982. He has a unique insight into clinical practice and the design and needs of clinical information systems supporting clinical care.
Professor Denis Protti
Founder, University of Victoria School of Health Information Science
Canada
Professor Protti was the founding Director of the University of Victoria's School of Health Information Science in 1981. He was a founding member of COACH and AMIA. In 1989, he was one of the first non-Americans elected a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics. He has written hundreds of publications and has given even more presentations around the world. He regularly advises health care organizations and government agencies in both Canada and abroad.
