DuWayne L. Willett

DuWayne L. Willett is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine's Division of Cardiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, specializing in general and noninvasive cardiology. He serves as Chief Medical Informatics Officer for the UT Southwestern Health System and is board certified in cardiovascular diseases and clinical informatics.

His educational background includes:

• Medical Degree from Medical College of Wisconsin
• Internal Medicine Residency at Boston University Medical Campus
• Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at UT Southwestern
• Master of Science in Information Systems from Drexel University
• Master of Science in Healthcare Management from University of Texas at Dallas

Dr. Willett's research bridges cardiology and medical informatics, focusing on leveraging electronic health records to develop specialty patient registries and clinical decision support systems. His work on heart valve disease and health information infrastructure drives innovation in cardiac care delivery.

His scientific contributions have been recognized with:

• 2016 National Innovator Award from Healthcare Informatics magazine for rapid development of specialty registries
• 2019 UT Southwestern Institutional Service Award

As Chief Medical Informatics Officer, he leads system-wide initiatives including information architecture for the Dallas Heart Study. Current projects emphasize real-time EHR analytics to accelerate registry development and clinician decision support.

He maintains active membership in the American Medical Informatics Association, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and Healthcare Data Warehousing Association.