Bio

John Zaleski apprenticed in medical device connectivity while a graduate student at The University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science and while conducting clinical trials in post-operative weaning at The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. There, he developed a post-operative decision support method for weaning coronary artery bypass graft patients from mechanical ventilation. A necessary aspect of decision support was drawing data from mechanical ventilators and bedside monitors attached to live patients. Dr. Zaleski expanded his scope in the field after arriving at Siemens Health Services in Malvern, PA. There, he was responsible for medical device connectivity, architecture, and the Director of Siemens’ first Medical Device Integration Research Laboratory charged with medical device and electronic health record integration, principally with the Soarian® Clinicals Product Line. He was awarded Innovator of the year 3 years in a row, was named one of two original Principal Key Experts within an organization of more than 3,000, developed and managed new product lines from concept through FDA approval and market realization, including Siemens Health Services’ first class-2 medical device for bedside vitals collection in medical surgical wards. Later, he assumed responsibility for Siemens critical care product line. During this time he also wrote the industry’s first book on integrating medical device data into electronic medical records. He has authored numerous articles and holds 4 issued patents. Presently, Dr. Zaleski heads the Biomedical Informatics Department at Philips Research, headquartered in Briarcliff Manor, NY (25 miles north of NYC). At Philips, he is responsible for the global research portfolio in medical and clinical informatics related to critical and acute care, imaging oncology informatics related to women’s health, prostate and liver cancer, methylation and epigenomics. He has direct line responsibility and oversight of more than 20 clinical researchers, including physicians and other clinical staff.