Bio: Dr. Charles Safran is Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School; former Chief, Division of Clinical Informatics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and past AMIA president and chair. Dr. Charles Safran is a primary care physician who, before medical school, was a LISP programmer at MIT’s medical decision making group in 1973 trying to apply AI in the realm of diagnostic planning and treatment selection for cancer patients.  After residency, he was fortunate to join Drs Howard Bleich and Warner Slack building early electronic health records that helped guide clinicians caring for persons with HIV infections.  During 50 years of professional life he was proud to have help train some of today’s leading clinical informatics professionals using technology to improve the care of our fellow citizens.