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Taha A. Kass-Hout is an American physician and technology executive who serves as the Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of GE HealthCare.[1] He was previously the first Chief Health Informatics Officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).[2]

Career

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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Kass-Hout joined the FDA in 2013 as its first Chief Health Informatics Officer. Independent trade coverage credited him with helping establish the agency’s open-data and precision-medicine initiatives, including openFDA and precisionFDA.[3][4]

Amazon Web Services

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In 2017, Kass-Hout joined Amazon Web Services as Vice President of Machine Learning/Distinguished Engineer and Chief Medical Officer. Coverage in the Wall Street Journal and STAT News discussed AWS’s healthcare artificial-intelligence efforts, including the launch of Amazon Comprehend Medical and Kass-Hout’s comments on clinical applications of AI.[5][6]

GE HealthCare

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In January 2023, GE HealthCare appointed Kass-Hout as its first Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Subsequent reports have cited his role in shaping the company’s data and artificial-intelligence strategy in medical imaging and patient-care solutions.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "GE HealthCare taps informatics leader Taha Kass-Hout as new CTO". Healthcare IT News. January 5, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  2. ^ "Profile: Taha Kass-Hout, FDA Chief Health Informatics Officer". ExecutiveGov. August 8, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  3. ^ "One Year Into 'openFDA'". Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS). July 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  4. ^ "FDA brings precisionFDA platform online". Bio-IT World. December 15, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  5. ^ "Big Tech Expands Footprint in Health". The Wall Street Journal. November 27, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  6. ^ "Amazon leader: AI can help health, but 'we need to ground that hype in evidence'". STAT. February 20, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  7. ^ "GE HealthCare taps informatics leader Taha Kass-Hout as new CTO". Healthcare IT News. January 5, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  8. ^ "Key takeaways from the 2024 HLTH conference". Advisory Board Daily Briefing. October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2025.

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