Michael Q. Stearns, MD, CPC, CFPC™
President and CEO

Michael Q. Stearns, M.D. is a board certified neurologist and one of the more experienced physician health care informaticists in the nation. Michael Q. Stearns, M.D. has won several teaching awards and has 15 years of experience in clinical and academic medicine where his responsibilities included educating medical students and neurology residents. With more than 10 years of experience in the health information technology sector, Michael Q. Stearns, M.D. has provided leadership to several high profile projects at the National Library of Medicine, the National Cancer Institute, and the College of American Pathologists. Michael Q. Stearns, M.D. played a key role in the development of SNOMED Clinical Terms, an evolving standard for the electronic transmission of clinical information being adopted worldwide. He also has over 8 years of direct experience with the design and implementation of electronic health records. Michael Q. Stearns, M.D. is a Certified Professional Coder and Certified Family Practice Coder.

Michael Q. Stearns, M.D. has given numerous presentations at national and local venues on a diverse array of topics related to health information technology including electronic health records, health care information technology standards, health information exchanges, coding, clinical terminology, structured data capture, data integrity in information systems, the history of ICD-9-CM, SNOMED CT, quality of care improvements related to technology, clinical efficacy research, practice optimization, and genomic medicine. Michael Q. Stearns, M.D. is a member of the American Society of Health Information Managers Health IT Industry Advisory Panel, the Health Information Technology Standards Panel, and the American Association of Professional Coders' Family Practice Steering Committee.