AOA-33 Annual Educational Conference

D. Thomas Upchurch, M.D.

AllMeds


Dr. Upchurch has extensive experience in clinical medicine, health information technology and business. In 40 years of experience in medicine he was a United States Air Force flight surgeon, Federal Aviation Agency aviation medical examiner, board certified otolaryngologist, clinical professor in otolaryngology and adjunct professor in family medicine and internal medicine, faculty member of the core curriculum committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, author of many medical articles and one medical textbook. In addition, he practiced otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in a private 4 man ENT group for 30 years. His business and administrative experience includes chief of aviation medicine for a USAF special operations facility, chief resident of an otolaryngology training program, president of 4 man ENT group for over 10 years, many hospital staff leadership positions including chief of surgery, president of local and state medical specialty societies, member of the informatics committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, director of 2 preferred provider organizations, co-founder, chief medical officer, CEO and finally Chairman of AllMeds, a health informatics company. Since 2004, he has concentrated full time on development and implementation of modern health information technology.

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