Voices of Healthcare · #28
Kensaku Kawamoto
Chief Health AI Transformation Officer; Professor
University of Utah Health
He translates interoperable EHR apps and health system AI strategy into deployed tools, not only papers.
Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhD, is Chief Health AI Transformation Officer for University of Utah Health and a professor of biomedical informatics. He also leads initiatives such as ReImagine EHR that build interoperable applications on top of electronic health records.
Kawamoto's career sits at the intersection of standards, clinical decision support, and operational AI. Health systems looking for a model of how to run an innovation lab that ships into production often point to Utah's work under his leadership.
He is included for operator-academic influence on EHR-connected innovation and AI transformation.