Directory
This Directory includes Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni selectable by category, search or alphabetical by last name. Over 110 students have graduated from the Department of Biomedical Informatics (25+ PhD, 50+ MS, 25+ Certificate). The diversity of careers available to DBMI alumnus is evident in their biographies. Many of our graduates are teaching and performing research in academic institutions, such as Vanderbilt University, Arizona State University, and New York University while others have entered private industry with companies such as Cerner Corporation and Boston Scientific; some have positions in government agencies, such as the NIH and AHRQ, while others are at major medical centers, serving in roles such as Chief Medical Information Officer. We maintain a database of the career paths of our graduates. If you are an alumnus, please contact us if you would like to submit or update information!
Christopher Horvat
Biography
Christopher Horvat, MD, MHA
- Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, Biomedical Informatics, and Clinical and Translational Science
- Director, Clinical Informatics, Department of Critical Care Medicine and UPMC ICU Service Center
- Director, Health Informatics for Clinical Effectiveness, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Director, Condition A/C Program, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Lead Physician, UPMC Pediatric Sepsis Performance Improvement Collaborative, UPMC
Research Interests
- Process improvement and systems engineering
- Clinical informatics
- Precision sedation and analgesia
- Point-of-care ultrasound