Faculty
Administrators
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Steve Bronsburg, Ph.D., M.S., M.H.S.A.Interim Chair of the Department of Health Informatics |
| Stephen E. Bronsburg, Ph.D., M.S., M.H.S.A. is an Associate Professor, Interim Chair of the Department of Health Informatics, and Director of the Master of Science in Health Informatics Program, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (K.P.C.O.M.) Nova Southeastern University (N.S.U.) Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is a Site Reviewer for the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (C.A.H.I.I.M.). Dr. Bronsburg is an active board member of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Academic Form and Baccalaureate Educators Committee (B.C.C.), focusing on developing national accreditation standards for bachelor programs in health informatics. Dr. Bronsburg is an active South Florida Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (SFLHIMSS) member and a Co-Chair on several committees. He is also involved in several SFLHIMSS work groups, including coordinating the Annual Integrate Conference, the Annual Golf Event, which raises funds for students pursuing academic goals in health informatics, and the Annual Student and Professional Education Event. Dr. Bronsburg continues to conduct health information technology (H.I.T.) research in the areas of implementation, application, and evaluation, focusing on delivering health care and interventions addressing chronic diseases, addiction, and education. Dr. Bronsburg has authored, co-authored, and presented numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, and demonstrations nationally and internationally. Dr. Bronsburg is also an annual conference peer reviewer for AMIA, H.I.M.S.S., and the International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management (I.I.A.K.M.). He is a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management. | |
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Jeniffer R. Garcia, D.H.Sc., M.S.Interim Director of the Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics |
| Jeniffer R. Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics and the Interim Director of the Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics at Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University. Before assuming these roles, Dr. Garcia was an adjunct in the health informatics graduate program at Nova Southeastern University. She worked in the healthcare field for over 20 years in direct patient care, administrative roles, executive leadership roles, and as a clinical informatics professional, where she honed her expertise in healthcare technology, electronic health records, health policy and administration, and health informatics. Dr. Garcia obtained her master’s degree with honors in biomedical informatics from the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University. At the same institution, she earned a Doctorate in health science with a concentration in education in 2020, where she applied her expertise in health informatics and healthcare technology to investigate deficiencies in health informatics education programs, usability with electronic health records to identify training deficiencies and gamification for health promotion. Dr. Garcia is a South Florida Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (SFLHIMSS) member who serves on the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) professional development committee. Dr. Garcia is also an annual conference peer reviewer for the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). She is a Certified Scrum Master and a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Her research pursuits include artificial intelligence in healthcare technology, electronic health records, and process improvement. | |
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Vanessa D'Amario, Ph.D.Assistant Professor |
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Vanessa D'Amario is an Assistant Professor within the Health Informatics Department at Dr. Karen C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University. Before assuming this role, she honed her expertise in machine learning and deep learning methods through an internship at Fujitsu Research of America and as a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from the Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy. At the same institution, she earned a Ph.D. in computer science in 2020, where she utilized signal processing and machine learning to investigate different forms of epilepsy. Her research pursuits revolve around machine learning and its application to healthcare. |
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Michelle Ramim, Ph.D., M.B.A.Assistant Professor |
| Dr. Ramim is an assistant professor at the Health Informatics Department and the founding director of the Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics at the Dr. Karen C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University. She has over 28 years of experience in healthcare and information technology. She served in various roles across the medical insurance industry, nursing home and assistant living facility industry, information technology industry, and academia. She has extensive experience in large-scale system integration, data architecture, cybersecurity, and data privacy curriculum development, teaching, and research. Dr. Ramim's research investigates applied health informatics issues related to wearable medical devices, cybersecurity and systems implementation, data privacy and ethics, risk assessment, and information security governance. Dr. Ramim published over 32 papers in peer-review journals and conference proceedings over the past 18 years with nearly 700 citations. Dr. Ramim serves on the boards of the South Florida HIMSS as well as the South Florida InfraGard chapters. | |