Dr. Gerry Higgins

Greater Detroit Area United States

Research Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics at University of Michigan Medical School

Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceuticals

• Served as Director of Clinical Informatics and Chief Innovation Officer for a large hospital network, where I worked on the integration of genomics into the Electronic Health Record. • Founded and obtained funding for a start-up venture, called SimQuest, which focused on biomedical informatics, medical modeling and simulation. The company developed three commercial products, and contributed R&D to a human patient simulator. Sold company to a large medical device corporation. • Served as U.S. Vice President for Research & Development for Laerdal Medical Corporation, with approximately 250 R&D employees in the U.S. • Consulted for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), ...