Richard Lowensohn, MD
Experience
- Clinical perinatologist for over 25 years at University of Southern California, University of Chicago, Alta Bates Hospital and Oregon Health & Sciences University. Listed in America’s Best Doctors first two editions, and received Dean’s Award for teaching, resident’s award for teaching. Chief of Obstetrics at Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) for 8 years.
- Physician Champion and member of the EPIC electronic medical record installation team at OHSU. Certified in the Epicare Ambulatory Record – the only physician at OHSU so certified.
- Taught design principles for electronic medical records for Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology.
- Medical Director for OHSUhealth.com during its creation; helped supervise medical content as well as helping to design the site.
- Led the development of the Oregon Uniform Prenatal Record, then created and implemented a computerized version of the record (OBLINK) as a member of Health Outcomes Technology, as well as a version for delivery notes used at OHSU for a decade.
- Member of team developing the OBFILE electronic record for obstetrics at the University of Chicago.
- Trained as an electronic engineer. Served as Director of Obstetrical Data Processing on a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant for Los Angeles County. Over 40 years of medical computing experience.
Boards of Directors and Task Forces
- March of Dimes, Greater Oregon Chapter (also serve as Chair of the Health Professionals Advisory Committee) -current
- CODA, a substance abuse treatment program in Multnomah County -current
- Wired.MD Advisory Board (a web-based company which provided patient information via streaming video to health care providers, health care systems, medical libraries, etc, in multiple languages)
- Healthy Start of Washington County
- Oregon Maternity Care Access Commission (co-chair)
- Governor’s Task Force on Substance Abuse in Pregnancy (Chair)
Education
- Clinical perinatologist for over 25 years at University of Southern California, University of Chicago, Alta Bates Hospital and Oregon Health & Sciences University. Listed in America’s Best Doctors first two editions, and received Dean’s Award for teaching, resident’s award for teaching. Chief of Obstetrics at Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) for 8 years.
- Physician Champion and member of the EPIC electronic medical record installation team at OHSU. Certified in the Epicare Ambulatory Record – the only physician at OHSU so certified.
- Taught design principles for electronic medical records for Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology.
- Medical Director for OHSUhealth.com during its creation; helped supervise medical content as well as helping to design the site.
- Led the development of the Oregon Uniform Prenatal Record, then created and implemented a computerized version of the record (OBLINK) as a member of Health Outcomes Technology, as well as a version for delivery notes used at OHSU for a decade.
- Member of team developing the OBFILE electronic record for obstetrics at the University of Chicago.
- Trained as an electronic engineer. Served as Director of Obstetrical Data Processing on a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant for Los Angeles County. Over 40 years of medical computing experience.
Boards of Directors and Task Forces
- March of Dimes, Greater Oregon Chapter (also serve as Chair of the Health Professionals Advisory Committee) -current
- CODA, a substance abuse treatment program in Multnomah County -current
- Wired.MD Advisory Board (a web-based company which provided patient information via streaming video to health care providers, health care systems, medical libraries, etc, in multiple languages)
- Healthy Start of Washington County
- Oregon Maternity Care Access Commission (co-chair)
- Governor’s Task Force on Substance Abuse in Pregnancy (Chair)
Education
| 1961-63 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Electronic Engineering (no degree) |
Boston, MA |
| 1963-66 | Stanford University B.S.E.E. with Honors |
Stanford, CA |
| 1966-70 | Univ Southern California School of Medicine M.D. |
Los Angeles, CA |
| 1970-71 | Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center Internship in Internal Medicine |
Los Angeles, CA |
| 1971-75 | Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Los Angeles, CA |
| 1975-77 | Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center Fellowships in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Pediatric Gynecology |
Los Angeles, CA |