UC San Diego Health names Dr. Christopher Longhurst CIO

UC San Diego Health has appointed Christopher Longhurst, MD, as the system’s new CIO.

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Dr. Longhurst joins UC San Diego Health from Stanford (Calif.) Children’s Health, where he served as CMIO since 2004. He also was a clinical professor of pediatrics and biomedical informatics and a program director of the clinical informatics fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine.

In addition to overseeing UC San Diego Health’s IT department, Dr. Longhurst plans to see patients part-time. He is board-certified in pediatrics.

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