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Dr. Azhar Rafiq, serves as the Director of Medical Informatics for NASA Headquarters in the Office of Chief Health and Medical Officer. In this role, he is responsible for providing leadership to implement Electronic Medical Record system throughout the agency. This includes overall team engagement integrating Information technology groups with work flow adaptation and clinical practices in occupational health clinics. Outcomes include validation of increase in quality of patient care with effective deployment of software systems integrating clinical practice dynamics with Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health monitoring capabilities. Dr. Rafiq is also Associate Professor of Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine with expertise and peer reviewed publications supporting his efforts in study of utilizing simulation towards clinical training within VCU, an academic teaching hospital environment, as well as with international partnerships and with NASA under varied gravitational influences.He also has expertise in integration of technology to medical care including telemedicine and application of bio sensor systems for remote patient monitoring