Chief Health Informatics Officer

The Syracuse VAMC is seeking a physician to serve as our Chief Health Informatics Officer. This position is responsible for actively and vocally supporting the goal of establishing a workable local informatics infrastructure and for advancing solutions for managing workflow and knowledge in clinical systems.

This position is open to all MD/DO with a sub- specialty in Health Informatics and will have 20% clinical duties in their medical specialty.

he Syracuse VAMC: The Syracuse VA Medical Center is part of VA Health Care New York/New Jersey Healthcare System - VISN 2. The Medical Center utilizes state-of-the-art technology to provide a full range of patient care services, education and research. The 106 bed general medical and surgical facility provides comprehensive: primary care, mental health care, tertiary care, 32 bed long-term care, physical medicine, rehabilitation, comprehensive medical and surgical subspecialty services, dentistry and geriatrics.

Serving all of Upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania Veterans. The Syracuse VA Medical Center has an active affiliation with the State University of New York Upstate Medical University with over 1000 of their students, residents and fellows receiving training each year. It has a fully accredited $2.5 million research and development program. The Medical Center houses a 30 bed Regional Spinal Cord Injury/Disease Center which includes a therapeutic pool, expanded outpatient surgical services, dialysis and infusion program and seven new operating rooms.