Dr. D’Souza is chief innovation officer at the University of Maryland Medical System, where he leads enterprise data and analytics, machine learning and AI, research informatics and clinical research functions. He oversees iHarbor, the system’s innovation center focused on improving clinical operations, advancing research and commercializing internally developed technologies. Dr. D’Souza also serves as co-director of the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing and the informatics core within the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. Previously, he led the expansion of clinical, research and education programs as chief of medical physics, including the opening of the Maryland Proton Treatment Center and growth in extramural funding. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and served as principal investigator on multiple federally funded and industry-sponsored grants. Dr. D’Souza holds more than a dozen U.S. patents and has led the development of clinical technologies that have progressed to commercialization.
