Dr. Koniaris leads clinical informatics strategy across the largest healthcare network in New Jersey, overseeing a team of 26, including 11 clinical informaticists. She also serves as interim head of Hackensack Meridian Health’s data and analytics department, which oversees real-time dashboards, reporting tools, data catalogs and the safe, effective and ethical development and deployment of advanced AI and predictive analytics. She led the “Epic Refuel” project that implemented more than 600 features across the health network, an initiative already producing successful metrics demonstrated by Epic gold stars. Dr. Koniaris also chairs the AI advisory committee and oversees AI governance to ensure the safe and effective deployment of AI tools, including ambient documentation and predictive analytics. She previously led the “Thrive at the Bedside” initiative, which streamlined EHR workflows and enhanced efficiency for physicians and nurses across the system. Board certified in clinical informatics, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine, Dr. Koniaris also serves as an assistant professor of medicine at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, where she co-directs the Phase I “Infection, Immunity and Cancer” course. Hackensack University Medical Center ranked No. 1 in New Jersey and No. 1 in the New York Metro Area in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings, and Hackensack Meridian Health was recognized by the Lown Institute as the top nonprofit health system in the nation for giving back to the communities it serves.
