Air Force Officer | Physician | Clinical Informatician | App Developer
ABOUT
Dr. Colby Uptegraft is an active-duty major and physician in the United States Air Force, clinical informatics fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, and master of biomedical informatics student at Harvard Medical School. He's board-certified in general preventive medicine & public health and formally practiced as a flight surgeon. He specializes in data-driven approaches to improve medical readiness and human performance in military personnel and cross-platform mobile & web application development.
EXPERIENCE
2020 - Present
Solution Owner
Defense Health Agency
Optimize and create new PowerForms, Dynamic Documentation, Care Pathways, and Smart Templates for clinical end users in the Military Health System's electronic health record, MHS Genesis
2015 - Present
App Developer
Doc Apps
Developing mobile and web-based applications for military physicians to improve medical readiness, decision support, and access to information
2014 - 2016
Flight Surgeon
Keesler Medical Center
Delivered preventive medicine and acute health care for 20,000 joint trainees and students and 1,000 special-duty operators; provided medical support for two reservist C-130 flying squadrons
2015 - 2016
Flight Commander
Base Operational Medicine Cell
Led the primary test & evaluation clinic for the entire Air Force Medical Service; implemented, designed, and refined occupational and preventive medicine workflows disseminated enterprise-wide March 2016 and estimated to reduce primary care visits by 309,000 and save $24 million
EDUCATION
2018 - 2020
Master of Biomedical Informatics
Harvard Medical School
2016 - 2018
Master of Public Health
Uniformed Services University
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2009 - 2013
Doctor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
2005 - 2009
Bachelor of Science
Davidson College
magna cum laude
SKILLS
POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL TRAINING
2018 - Present
Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital
2016 - 2018
Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Residency
Uniformed Services University
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2013 - 2014
General Surgery Internship
University of California - Davis Medical Center
SKILLS
Java - Intermediate
R - Advanced
Javascript - Intermediate
Microsoft Office - Expert
Stata- Intermediate
Swift - Intermediate
EXPERTISE
MEDICAL DATA SCIENTIST
Board-certified in Public Health & General Preventive Medicine with two master's degrees, I combine clinical, public health, data science, and real-world expertise to tackle health care's biggest challenges.
CLINICAL INFORMATICIAN
With knowledge of both the clinical domain and health information technology, I bridge the gap between frontline clinicians and developers to create novel products and services designed with and for end users.
APP DEVELOPER
As a cross-platform mobile and web developer, I've independently designed, programmed, and published multiple iOS and Android applications as well as numerous RShiny web applications.