Health Informatics Director Seeking to Lead Healthcare IT Strategy
1. Chandra Bondugula, MD, MHI
226 Cottonwood Run, Florence, AL 35630 1-313-671-1935 csbond@umich.edu
Objective: To become Health Informatics Director of a healthcare system/ hospital and assist with design and
execution of Health Informatics vision and strategy. To provide leadership and guidance in leveraging Health IT
and informatics to achieve sustainable innovation in support of organizations healthcare delivery, quality, and
fiscal goals. To enable a culture of advanced learning health systems across the organization to meet the
challenges of the constantly changing healthcare needs.
Summary of Qualifications: More than 16 years of experience in clinical medicine and research and six years
in health informatics and health information management.
Education:
Master of Heath Informatics (MHI): University of Michigan School of Information and School of
Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI. [09/2103 to Current]
Clinician Leader, Graduate Certificate in Clinical informatics (CI): Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
[08/2012 to 08/2013]
Research Fellow in Sleep Medicine: University of Louisville Neurology and Pediatric Sleep
Medicine, Louisville, KY [10/2010 to 09/2011]
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS-United States Equivalency): NTR University of Health Sciences, AP,
INDIA [10-1991-01/1998]
Professional Health Informatics Experience:
Healthcare Informatics Intern: Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital (Florence, AL) and Shoals Hospital
(Muscle Shoals, AL) [05/2014 to Current]
o Participated in Stage 2 Meaningful Use steering committee meetings, advised and consulted
with physicians to use CPOE for medication orders, evaluated physicians use of PCOE
systems, involved in patient portal rollout, helped with creation of templates for physician
documentation,
Health Information Technology Practicum Trainee: University of Louisville Health IT Department,
Louisville, KY [05/2013 to 07/2013]
o Worked with CMIO of the hospital. Functioned as an active participant in professional health
informatics role. Integrated the leadership roles of systems thinker, communicator and decision
maker within a healthcare organization through constant communication with CMIO, physicians,
IT director, and managers and evaluated their role in the EHR implementation. Analyzed the
CMIO role in the delivery of clinical services across the healthcare enterprise by constant
communication and engaging in all the meetings and dialogues in the hospital. Evaluated the
organizations use of health information systems to support data driven decision-making.
Developed VTE order sets for University Hospitals. Presented Practicum experience to the
CMIO and Health IT team.
Medical Management Analyst: Voice 2MT, Inc. (Physician Liaison Officer for HIM Organization and
Physician Groups). Advised the HIM organization about the physician documentation, medical billing
Ann Arbor, MI [03/2004 TO 02/2007]
Clinical Experience:
Extern and Neurodiagnostic Consultant: University of Louisville Physicians Group: University of
Louisville Department of Neurology, Louisville, KY [12/10 TO 06/2012]
Medical Research Associate: Pointe Neuroscience Center, Grosse Pointe, MI [3/2007 to 10/2010]
Research Assistant and Observer: Movement Disorders Program, Detroit Medical Center, MI
2. [06/2005-06/2007]
Internal Medicine Extern: Taylor Internal Medicine Associates, Taylor, MI [3/2004 TO 6/2004]
Primary Care Physician: Manasa Maternity Home, Hyderabad, India [01/1998 to 05/2001]
Health Informatics Courses:
Introduction to Health Informatics: EHR, PHR, e-Prescription, CPOE, CDSS, LIS, RIS, HIE and
Interoperability,
Critical Policy Issues in Health IT: Legislation, ARRA, PPACA, HITECH, MU stages, Medicare and
Medicaid Incentives and penalties.
Management in Health Informatics: Leadership roles in Health IT, Health IT implementations,
redesigning care delivery, innovating through Health IT. CIOs role on EHR implementation and health
care delivery reform, HIT and the relationships between hospitals and physicians, Harvard Business
Review Cases.
Consumer Health Informatics: Health applications for consumers and patient engagement.
Health information standards and terminology: Medical terminologies and vocabularies, Data
interchange standards (HL7, DICOM), and Data set standards.
US Healthcare System: Financing: Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and private insurances. Facilities:
Hospitals, PCMH, ACOs, ASCs, AMCs, and LTC. Workforce: Administrators (C-suite), Physicians, Non
Physician Clinicians, IT specialists.
Contextual Inquiry and Project Management: University of Michigan Health System, Department of
Gastroenterology: Provided recommendation for Gastroenterologists scheduling systems for hospital,
outpatient centers, and procedure centers.
Databases in healthcare, analytics, design of complex websites (personal portfolio).
Health Informatics Projects:
Meaningful use stage 2 attestation projects, ECM and Shoals Hospitals, Florence, AL, May 2014-
September 2014
University of Michigan SPH Innovation in Action competition: Digital Shepherd (Sleep Application),
March 2014. Developed an application “Sleep App” for Sleep monitoring use sleep pillows.
University of Michigan Gastroenterology scheduling project, University of Michigan Health System, Dec
2013.
Developed VTE Prophylaxis order sets at University of Louisville. Assisted CMIO with developing the
VTE order sets and evaluated the current electronic order sets in the hospital and compared them to
the CHI group order sets.
Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) project on vocabulary standards, ontologies, Indiana
University, Indiana. Used breast cancer model as a use case to illustrate how healthcare standards can
be used in electronic health record systems.
Remote Care Management Medication Reconciliation Project, Ascension Health, Indianapolis, IN, April
2013.
Diagnosing Acute Coronary Syndromes (MI) using clinical decision support systems.
Evaluation Methods for Electronic Health Records Implementation: All scripts at University Physicians
Group, University of Louisville, Kentucky.
Certifications: Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)-04/2004
Membership in Honorary/ Professional Societies:
American Medical Association (AMA)
3. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Medical School Awards:
Student Council Leadership Award for excellence in academic achievement.
Leadership Roles:
Medical School Student Body, NTR University of Health Sciences, India
Conducted Health camps in underserved communities, India
Technical Skills: HTML5, CSS3, Python, SQL, SPSS, MS office
Hobbies: Travel, Playing cricket and board games, Cooking. Learning about Healthcare organizations.