Paul Biondich
Co-Founder, OpenMRS

Dr. Paul Biondich is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Informatics at the Indiana University School of Medicine; Investigator at the Regenstrief Institute; Director of Informatics for the Indiana University Center for Global Health; and Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Medical Informatics. His primary career focus is in the research and development of health information systems for resource poor settings. Dr. Biondich leads the open source, global community project Open Medical Record System (OpenMRS) which collaboratively develops a freely available, medical record system platform presently utilized in over forty countries throughout the world. He is also actively involved in the Health Informatics Public Private Partnership, a PEPFAR sponsored initiative to provide adaptive technical assistance towards development of sustainable health information exchanges within low and middle income countries.