NnaemekaGOkaforMDMS

Chief Health Informaticist Officer at Memorial Hermann Health System. Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston

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Office
6411 Fannin St
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-500-7863

Summary

Board certified in Emergency Medicine, Informatics and Medical Quality.

Education & Training

Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Boston University Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2004
University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2007 - 2024
MA State Medical License 2005 - 2008
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

41 citations
Dashboard visualizations: Supporting real-time throughput decision-making.
Amy Franklin, Swaroop Gantela, Salsawit Shifarraw, Todd R. Johnson, David J. Robinson
Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 2017-07-01
40 citations
Using voluntary reports from physicians to learn from diagnostic errors in emergency medicine
Nnaemeka Okafor, Velma L. Payne, Yashwant Chathampally, Sara K. Miller, Pratik B Doshi
Emergency Medicine Journal. 2016-04-01
14 citations
Voluntary Medical Incident Reporting Tool to Improve Physician Reporting of Medical Errors in an Emergency Department.
Nnaemeka Okafor, Pratik B. Doshi, Sara K. Miller, James J. McCarthy, Nathan R. Hoot
The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015-01-01