Welcoming Dr. Larry Nijmeh as Our New Chief Medical Information Officer

Congratulations to Dr. Larry Nijmeh who has been selected as the new Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) at Lakeridge Health.

Through his extensive experience as a regional and local leader, Dr. Nijmeh is ideally suited to advance our strategic goals in the use of health information technology for the benefit of patients and providers throughout Lakeridge Health and the Durham Region.

Dr. Nijmeh has been an Emergency Department physician at Lakeridge Health for almost 20 years and has contributed to many initiatives in the areas of quality improvement, business intelligence, clinical decision support, clinical informatics, and procurement of medical technology. He has a research interest in addiction medicine and is a lecturer at the University of Toronto and an Assistant Professor at Queen's University.

Dr. Nijmeh played a vital role in the procurement and implementation of Epic, our new Clinical Information System (CIS), serving as our local Physician Lead, and chairing the regional Physician Committee during the implementation and stabilization of the CIS.

As CMIO, he will continue to represent Lakeridge Health in the regional governance of the CIS as the Regional Chair of the Physician Council. He will also work in partnership with with Dr. Ilan Lenga as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Lakeridge Health and Regional Chief Medical Information Officer for the Central East Hospital Cluster.