Mr. Zhang is chief innovation officer at the Veterans Health Administration, where he oversees the office of healthcare innovation and learning, the central entity coordinating innovation across 170 medical centers and more than 400,000 staff. In this role, he leads national efforts to scale innovative practices that improve care delivery for veterans across the country. Prior to joining VHA, he led digital innovation initiatives at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Mr. Zhang is the founder and first president of the American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Informatics Fellows organization, supporting the development of informatics leaders nationwide. He also founded and serves as president of the American Medical Extended Reality Association and co-founded the Journal of Medical Extended Reality.
