John Sinard, MD, PhD
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My current academic interests are in the fields of pathology informatics and practice management, including quality assurance and patient safety. The computer has long been a tool for data storage and management. More recently, information systems have become integrated into the daily practice of pathology, providing not only access to data, but also directing workflow, managing resources, and helping to guide medical decisions. Proper design of these systems is crucial to their being a useful adjunct to patient care rather than an obstacle which has to be overcome. Such design requires a comprehensive understanding of the clinical workflow as well as the capabilities and limitations of the information systems. In many cases, custom software development provides the greatest gain in workflow optimization, clinician productivity and efficiency, and patient safety. Proper capture and storage of data can also enable subsequent workflow analysis and quality tracking.
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Overview
John H. Sinard, MD, PhD, is a pathologist who practices in many subspecialty areas but specializes in diagnosing eye diseases. When he is not examining tissue samples of patients, Dr. Sinard works closely with the pathology department’s technology team within Yale Pathology Informatics, a program that he helped build from the ground up. “We have developed in-house software that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world,” Dr. Sinard says. “It helps facilitate the accuracy of patient specimens and provides important diagnostic information to the pathologist.”
Similar to this specialized software system, pathologists perform necessary roles in patient care behind the scenes, Dr. Sinard explains. “A specialty physician may see between five and 10 patients each day, while a pathologist may be treating 20 to 80 patients every day.”
At the Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Sinard currently serves as medical director of pathology informatics and professor of pathology and of ophthalmology.
Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Clinical Informatics
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pathology
- Original Certification Date
- 2014
Anatomic Pathology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pathology
- Original Certification Date
- 1994
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- May 25, 2023
Angelique Levi, MD, to Succeed John Sinard, MD, PhD, as Vice Chair of Operations, CLIA Laboratory Medical Director
- April 24, 2023
High-Tech Mobile Lab-in-a-Van Will Bring Needed Testing to Underserved Communities
- May 31, 2022
Uma Krishnamurti, MBBS, MD, PhD, Named New Director of Yale Breast Pathology
- March 06, 2022Source: College of American Pathologists Podcast
John Sinard, MD. PhD, Discuss How to Successfully Implement Histology Tracking Software
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