Damian A. Borbolla

Dr. Damian A. Borbolla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah's School of Medicine. He holds adjunct roles in Biomedical Informatics and leads executive training initiatives including directing the Master Program. His research focuses on Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS), Electronic Health Record (EHR) optimization, and healthcare standards adoption, with global engagement in WHO/PAHO initiatives to implement EHR systems across Latin America.

Dr. Borbolla earned his MD from Universidad del Salvador (Argentina), specialized in Health Informatics at Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and completed an MS in Biomedical Informatics at OHSU. His postdoctoral training spanned the University of Utah and OHSU's Biomedical Informatics departments. He is actively involved in the Sociotechnical ServiceLine and Knowledge Management & Mobilization Unit, addressing clinical informatics challenges.

His work emphasizes interoperability, CDSS governance, and EHR implementation strategies. Recent projects include analyzing workflows for tobacco cessation interventions, optimizing critical care information displays, and evaluating EHR adoption barriers in low-resource settings. He collaborates internationally on standards development and has published extensively in health informatics journals.