Edward Shortliffe, MD, Ph.D.
Professor and chair of the Department of Medical Informatics at Columbia University, Dr. Shortliffe was, for 20 years, a member of the Stanford University faculty. Focusing on the broad range of issues related to integrated decision support systems and their effective implementation, Dr. Shortliffe was the principal developer of the medical expert system known as MYCIN. He received his MD and Ph.D. in medical information sciences from Stanford.