Draft:William Hersh

MD
William G. Hersh
MD William G. Hersh
Born	1958 (age 66–67); Chicago, Illinois
Known for	Information Retrieval; Biomedical Informatics Educator
Academic background
Education	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Hospital; Harvard University
Academic advisors	Robert Greenes
Academic work
Discipline	Biomedical Informatics
Institutions	Oregon Health Sciences University

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Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. Informatics Academic (talk) 03:04, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

William Hersh (born 1958) is an American biomedical informatician, physician, scientist, and educator.

Biography

Education

BS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MD, University of Illinois Chicago
Internal Medicine Residency
University of Illinois Hospital
Fellowship in Medical Informatics, Harvard University

Teaching and professional experience

Professional contributions

Research and development

Editorial work

Selected works

Books

Articles

National awards

Fellow, American College of Physicians (1993)
Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics (1996)
AMIA Donald Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics (2008)
Fellow, International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (2017)
Fellow, American Medical Informatics Association (2019)
William W. Stead Award for Thought Leadership In Informatics (2022)
National Library of Medicine (2025)

References