August 1, 2023
We are excited to welcome two new fellows to the Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program! Adrian Romero, MD and Joseph Thomas, MD, MBA will participate in the 2023-2025 fellowship class!
Adrian Romero, MD is an emergency medicine (EM) physician interested in using the experience he gains through clinical experience in a level 1 trauma center like UNC Health, combined with private practice to improve workflow for emergency medicine physicians. Dr. Romero is interested in studying and applying technology to alleviate the cognitive demand of emergency physicians on tasks that are not related to direct patient care.
Joseph Thomas, MD MBA is an Internal Medicine physician practicing as a hospitalist at UNC Health who is interested in improving clinical decision support systems that will increase workflow and process optimization. Through his career, Dr. Thomas became interested in clinical informatics while at Rush University which lead him to complete his MBA and become focus on lean healthcare. He has spent a great deal of time helping to improve workflows and implementing his lean medicine principles within his group.
Welcome to the team!