PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Indra Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI as President and CEO.

Sarkar, who holds a PhD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in Biomedical Informatics, comes to RIQI from Brown University where he was the founding director of the Brown Center for Biomedical Informatics. He is also an Associate Professor of Medical Science at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, as well as Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. An elected fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), Sarkar also serves as a member and treasurer of the Board of Directors for the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and is the founding Editor-in-Chief of JAMIA Open.

For media inquiries, contact Scott Young, Senior Director, Strategy & Growth at 401.276.9141 x247 or SYoung@RIQI.org.

About Rhode Island Quality Institute

RIQI is a center of collaborative innovation that advances health and healthcare transformation. Our mission is to improve the quality, safety and value of healthcare and share knowledge that advances the field of healthcare improvement. RIQI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2001 and overseen by a Board of Directors comprised of senior health industry leaders from our community, including CEOs of hospitals, health insurers and health-related businesses, along with leaders of consumer groups, academia and government agencies. For more information, visit www.riqi.org.