Scot Silverstein:  

Life I am Assistant Professor of Healthcare Informatics and Information Technology, and Director of the Institute for Heathcare Informatics, College of Information Science & Technology, Drexel University. My research and teaching focus on the creative use of computers in clinical medicine and other areas of biomedical research. I hold co-appointments in the Drexel School of Public Health and the College of Nursing and Health Professions, and am also involved in clinical computing committees at the Drexel College of Medicine (formerly Hahnemann Medical College). I'm literally back to my roots, since my introduction to medicine and computers occurred at Hahnemann in special summer science programs in the early 1970's. Prior to this, I was Director of Scientific Information Resources and The Merck Index at Merck and Co. in West Point, PA (near Lansdale) and Rahway, NJ, overseeing state-of-the-art scientific information facilities used in drug research and development, a staff of 50, and a $13 million budget. I was also Director of The Merck Index of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals. I oversaw authoring and publication of the 13th Edition of this reference encyclopedia of medicinal chemistry for scientists and drug researchers, which dates to 1889 and sold over 200,000 copies worldwide in its 12th edition. I received a B.A. in medical science with minors in computer science and religion from Boston University, where I had the privilege to study under author and professor Elie Wiesel. I received an M.D. degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1981. After internship and residency in Philadelphia at MCP, Temple and Abington Memorial H...Expand for more