Dr. Rimma Perotte

Biography

Rimma Perotte is a lecturer in Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is also an affiliated member of the Data Science Institute and the Emergency Medicine department at Hackensack University Medical Center. Her work focuses on leveraging data science and informatics to provide clarity in complex decision-making and to drive performance improvement in healthcare. Perotte is involved in designing and teaching courses, including 'Defining, Evaluating, Improving Quality Healthcare', as part of her faculty responsibilities. Previously, she led research efforts at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Value Institute, where she utilized clinical data and scientific methods to enhance the quality and safety of patient care. Perotte completed her thesis under the supervision of Dr. Noémie Elhadad, which involved the development of high-throughput computational tools for summarizing patient records from various data types. Her thesis earned the prestigious AMIA Dissertation Award, marking her as a notable contributor to the field of Biomedical Informatics.

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