James J. Cimino

Who is James J. Cimino?

James J. Cimino, MD, is a physician-scientist and biomedical informatician. He pioneered the theory and formalisms of medical concept representation underpinning the use of controlled medical vocabularies in electronic medical records in support of clinical decision-making. Training under Octo Barnett at Harvard University, he also contributed to the initiation of the Unified Medical Language System. In addition, he actively practices medicine as an internist and has devoted many years to develop and innovate clinical information systems that have been integrated in the New York–Presbyterian Hospital, and the Columbia University Medical Center. Currently, Dr. Cimino is Chief of Laboratory for Informatics Development at the NIH Clinical Center and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University. Dr. Cimino has published over 175 articles.