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Dr. Stearns is a board certified neurologist with 15 years of experience in clinical and academic medicine. For the past 10 years he has worked on several health information technology projects at the National Library of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, and with the United Kingdom's National Health Service. He served as the International Director of SNOMED, and played a central role in the development of SNOMED CT, a medical terminology that is evolving into a standard for electronic communication between healthcare enterprises. Dr. Stearns has presented at several national meetings on a variety of health information technology topics including the role of standards in health care, electronic health records, and health care regulatory compliance. He is a voting member of the federally sponsored Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), and a member of this body's technical committee addressing population health issues. Dr. Stearns has over 6 years of experience designing and implementing electronic health records for ambulatory practices and he is also a Certified Professional Coder. | 