Asim Khan, PhD

Asim Khan, PhD, a nationally recognized expert in digital technologies and strategic health care information leader, serves as the University at Buffalo’s health sciences chief data and information officer.

He is also the chief data and information officer for UBMD Physicians’ Group and executive director of UB Information Technology HIPAA Compliance.

He is responsible for shaping a unified information technology strategy across UB’s health sciences and UBMD’s 17 practice plans. In order to enhance patient care, research and education, Khan focuses on driving digital transformation, improving data governance, and enabling information systems to work in unison.

Khan will oversee implementation of the Epic electronic medical record across UBMD and its practice plans, a key initiative to enable a unified electronic health record system across UBMD, Kaleida Health and the Erie County Medical Center.

He also leads the university’s information security team and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ Office of Medical Computing, working to align IT strategies with institutional goals and regulatory requirements.

Khan is a certified chief data officer and holds numerous industry-standard credentials in Epic electronic medical record project and agile management, enterprise health data systems, advanced analytics and cloud platforms. His work to implement and improve digital health care technologies has expanded patient access, strengthened research capabilities and contributed to better health outcomes.

Khan holds a PhD in computer and information science and has also received master’s degrees in information quality, project management, and engineering management, and a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronics engineering. He is an alumnus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and of George Washington University. Khan has served as adjunct faculty at Colorado State University Global and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.