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David Do, MD
David Do is a clinical informatics manager at the Acceleration Lab. His work leverages big data to automate clinical care aspects and assist clinicians in delivering care more efficiently. He leverages elements of design, user experience, and agile development to create new digital products, many of which are in widespread use at Penn Medicine.
David received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed his neurology training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He has won numerous awards and grants for his work in health care safety and quality and secured more than $120,000 in funding from app challenges.

Passion areas
Helping clinicians gain better visibility of their patients and manage the ever-growing abundance of health data
Favorite project outcome
MEND - successfully applying machine learning techniques to improve the efficiency of behavioral health screening
Favorite quote about innovation
“More often than not, failure in innovation is rooted in not having asked an important question, rather than in having arrived at an incorrect answer.” - Clayton Christensen