Resume
Academic Achievements
- - Inducted as Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (2025)
- - Leadership in Clinical Practice Physician Excellence Award, UW Health (2025)
- - Invited as a guest lecturer as part of the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology’s Health Science and Care Research Program seminar series
Research Experience
- - Serves as the Physician Administrative Director for Clinical AI and Medical Informatics Director for Predictive Analytics and Clinical Decision Support at UW Health
- - Runs an active research program within the Department of Emergency Medicine, directing the Emergency Care Systems Lab
- - Collaborates with investigators across UW–Madison, including the Wisconsin School of Business, College of Engineering, and the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
- - Current work focuses on automated risk scoring to identify older adults at high risk for falling after emergency department visits and automating referral to interventions to prevent future falls
Education
- - Undergraduate: Pennsylvania State University
- - Graduate: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- - Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- - Residency: Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Chief Resident
Background
- Research Interests: Clinical Informatics, Geriatric Emergency Medicine. Bio: Dr. Patterson is a tenured associate professor and serves as the Administrative Director for Clinical AI at UW Health and Medical Informatics Director for Predictive Analytics and Clinical Decision Support. In these roles, he works with hospital leadership to define AI strategy, governance, and development.