Despite a healthy lifestyle, knowledge of medical risks or low predisposition to disease, illnesses can happen quickly. The best big data and predictive analytics still struggle at the individual level. Our first encounter with the health system is often the most significant problem we will ever face and can define one’s sense of wellbeing forever.
That was the case for me when I was struck by a car, requiring emergent surgery at the very hospital where I trained. No technological solution was as impactful to my care as the presence and perseverance of my closest friends and family. (ie. Dr. Tomás Diaz, pictured at right.)
I want to help understand this “N of 1” and allow patients and physicians alike to play the role they hope for in their medical journey.
Dr. Christian Rose is an emergency physician specializing in the broad intersection of clinical medicine, informatics and innovation - specifically in machine learning, decision support, user-centered design and global health.
He began a clinical informatics fellowship at Stanford University after completing his medical training as a Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco and the Zuckerberg General Hospital and was a physician leader at the Human Diagnosis Project (Human Dx) - an online system built by the world’s doctors to maps the best management for any patient. As a Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow in Biomedical Informatics he searched for new breast cancer genes using genomics and networking analyses and developed decision aids for breast cancer patients. Further, he implemented global health tele-medical services and emergency decision support tools with the WHO in South Africa and Tanzania. He has published and presented work at international conferences on topics from molecular biology to wearables and lean software development. But it is not just the technology that piques Christian’s interest. He believes in human-centered design and that the successful implementation of any tool relies on those who will benefit from it the most.
Christian grew up in the Hudson Valley of New York where he became interested in medicine at a young age while caring for his grandfather who suffered from congestive heart failure. There, he also experienced the difficulty of sharing medical information and accessing specialty care for those who live in rural areas. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Honors in Physics and Science, Technology and Society from Vassar College and completed his M.D. from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons where he received the inaugural Donald Lindberg Award for Excellence in Medical Informatics.