At Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Kwiatkowski leads technology operations and oversees clinical technology and day-to-day information services strategy across the health system. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring that enterprise IT capabilities reliably support high-quality care, clinical efficiency and operational excellence. Dr. Kwiatkowski has spent more than a decade at Cedars-Sinai, holding a series of progressively senior leadership roles that have given him deep insight into both clinical and enterprise systems. Earlier in his tenure, he served as executive director of application systems, guiding inpatient, ambulatory and outpatient application platforms. Most recently, he was vice president and associate CIO of applications, with responsibility for the organization’s full enterprise application portfolio. His leadership has been recognized through multiple honors, including the Cedars-Sinai “President’s Award” and the “Friend of Nursing” award. Before joining Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Kwiatkowski held clinical and operational leadership roles at the University of Chicago Medical Center, including directing drug information and leading the pharmacy informatics program.
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