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The IHTSDO head office is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the top floor of the IT University. The IHTSDO staff is responsible for IHTSDO’s day-to-day management and operations. The staff includes:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Chief Terminologist
• Chief Implementation and Innovation Officer
• Chief Quality Officer
• Chief Technical Architect
• Senior Project Manager
• Project Manager
• Business Manager 
• Secretary and Administrative Staff

Below we have given a short introduction of ourselves. To contact us, click here.

While we are in the process of recruiting a new Chief Executive Officer for the IHTSDO, Duncan McNeil has been appointed as Transitional CEO.

Kent Spackman, M.D. Ph.D.

Clinical Professor of Pathology, Public Health and Medical Informatics, Oregon Health & Science University

 

Dr. Spackman has served as the Scientific Director of the SNOMED Project at the College of American Pathologists and has been Chair of the SNOMED International Editorial Board. He is an internationally recognized expert on biomedical knowledge representation. His informatics research has focused on applied artificial intelligence, including machine learning, natural language understanding, and clinical terminology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics.

Siew Hong Lam

 

Dr. Lam was previously a Medical Informaticist for Perot Systems Corporation, where he worked on the design and implementation of enterprise clinical terminology services for vocabularies like SNOMED CT, LOINC, and ICD-9-CM. He was also involved in data standardization activities in the Veterans Health Administration and at the national level in the United States.

Dr. Lam’s professional career began in Singapore, where he practiced medicine and worked for the Singapore government. Since moving to the United States over 20 years ago, he has been a Senior Medical Informaticist for Intermountain Health Care, Inc. and the Chief Medical Informatics Officer of Clarian Health Systems, prior to joining Perot Systems.

Jane Millar

IHTSDO’s Chief Quality Officer leads the development, implementation, and maintenance of our quality strategy and framework. Ms. Millar brings a deep understanding of health information standards and associated assurance processes to this role. Prior to joining IHTSDO, she has been Head of Information Standard Services in the National Health Service in England since 2001. In this capacity, Ms. Millar’s area also provides links to the British Standards Institute’s Health Information Standards Committee, thus linking to the work of international standards bodies.

John Gutai

 

Mr. Gutai has over 20 years of cross-sector experience in information technology, including government, financial services, telecommunications, and process control in manufacturing. Most recently, he has served as a Chief Architect for Fujitsu Services, primarily defining an enterprise architecture and IT strategy for DVLA, an Agency of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom, to meet the needs of the Agency’s clients and its 6500 staff in more than 40 locations.

Berit Jensen, M.A.

 

Berit has a master’s degree in Computational Linguistics from the University of Copenhagen. She has been working in the translation business for many years with the main focus on IT terminology.

Christina Nilsson, M.A.

 

Christina has a M.A. in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews. She works as a Project Manager at the IHTSDO.

Sarah Bagshaw

 

Sarah comes to IHTSDO from a position as the Terminology Centre’s Programme Manager at the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. As she was involved in the formation of IHTSDO and is currently Chair of the Members’ Operational Liaison Forum (MOLF), Sarah is well known to the IHTSDO Community of Practice. Her rich background and experience will be a strong asset to the organization. In her new position with IHTSDO, Sarah will have a central role in the organization’s further development, working closely with other staff, the Community of Practice, and IHTSDO’s other global partners. She will also, of course, be working with MOLF Members to ensure a smooth leadership transition.

Jayaseeli Liyanage Christiansen, Diploma, Sri Lanka [Secretarial & Administration and Food & Beverage/Banquet (Administration)] 

 

Jayaseeli has many years of professional experience in administration within a variety of fields. She has been working as an administrator to single actors, multiple individuals and whole departments.