Eric G. Poon MD MPH
Medical Information Sciences
Chief Health Information Officer, Duke University Health System; Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
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4220 North Roxboro StDurham, NC 27704
Phone+1 919-471-1518
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Summary
- Eric Poon, MD, is an internal medicine specialist based in Durham, NC, with subspecialty expertise in medical information sciences. He completed his medical education at Harvard Medical School, followed by residency and fellowship at Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is a professor at Duke University School of Medicine and has served as the Chief Health Information Officer at Duke University Health System since 2014. Dr. Poon has experience in health technology and informatics and has authored several publications on digital and artificial intelligence tools in clinical settings.
Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2003- Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2015 - 2026
MA State Medical License 2000 - 2016
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Partners Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2012
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Comparing ambient scribes: a randomized crossover clinical trial addressing ambient scribe technologies' impact on physician burnout.Anand Chowdhury, Michele Casey, Jonathan Wilson, Kathryn I Pollak, Benjamin A Goldstein
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2026-02-06 - Algorithm-Based Clinical Decision Support: Evolving Regulatory Landscape and Best Practices for Local Oversight.Anthony L Lin, Amanda B Parrish, Michael Cary, Christina Silcox, Suresh Balu
Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science. 2025-08-01 - 27 citationsAdoption of artificial intelligence in healthcare: survey of health system priorities, successes, and challenges.Eric G Poon, Christy Harris Lemak, Juan C Rojas, Janet Guptill, David Classen
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2025-07-01
Press Mentions
How AI Improves Healthcare Collaboration and Productivity in a Hybrid Work EnvironmentOctober 27th, 2025- Duke Innovates on Implementing and Assessing AI in Health SpacesJune 26th, 2025
- Ambient Scribe Physician Adoption Uneven, as Use Cases EvolveApril 15th, 2025
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