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Mark Zhang, DO, MMSc, FAMIA
Acting Assistant Under Secretary for Health (AUSH), Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks (DEAN)
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
As Acting AUSH for DEAN, Dr. Zhang leads Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) research, innovation and clinical training programs, fostering collaboration and knowledge transfer with facility-based educators, researchers, and clinicians within VA and with external partners. Previously, Dr. Zhang served as Director of VHA’s Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) where he led the organization’s exploration, testing and scaling of innovative solutions to enrich the quality of life for Veterans, families and their caregivers.
Prior to joining VA, Dr. Zhang was the Associate Chief Medical Information Officer of Digital Innovation and the Medical Director of the Digital Innovation Hub at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Associate Program Director of the Clinical Informatics and Innovation Fellowship at Mass General Brigham, Palliative Care consultant at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
He is the founder of Palliative Care Fast Facts for iOS and Android mobile applications, the co-founder of Cake, a venture backed company focused on advance care planning and also founded and was the first president of American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Informatics Fellows (ACIF), the national organization for clinical informatics fellows. He also founded and is the president of the American Medical Extended Reality Association (AMXRA), the medical society for medical extended reality.
In one of his previous roles as a leader in digital health implementation and digital innovation at Mass General Brigham, Dr. Zhang has created award-winning applications including COVID Pass and Mass General Brigham Prescreen.
