Philip J Kroth, MD, MSc

Philip Kroth, MD, MSc
  • Associate Dean for Health Services Research
  • Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics
  • Professor, Department of Medicine
  • Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
    • Primary Address
    • Office
    • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • Department of Biomedical Informatics
    • 1000 Oakland Drive
    • Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Biography

Philip J Kroth, MD, MSc, received his B.S. in Computer Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1987, his M.D. degree from the Medical College of Ohio in 1995, and completed his residency in internal medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1999. He completed a research fellowship in biomedical informatics at the Regenstrief Institute at the Indiana University Medical Center where he also earned an M.S. in clinical research in 2003. In his previous position at the University of New Mexico, in addition to practicing as a general internist, he founded and directed both a post-doctoral research fellowship in biomedical informatics as well as a ACGME-accredited clinical informatics fellowship for physicians.

Dr. Kroth was the elected national chair of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Academic Forum for 2015. His areas of research focus include adapting clinical records for research, the promotion of open access publication, and assessing the impact of health information technology (HIT) on user physician burnout and fatigue. Dr. Kroth is board certified in both internal medicine and clinical informatics.

Education

  • Research Fellowship 2003, Biomedical Informatics, The Regenstrief Institute for Healthcare, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • MS 2003, Clinical Research, Graduate School, Indiana University
  • MS 2003, Clinical Research, Graduate School, Indiana University
  • Residency 1999, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
  • Internship 1996, Internal Medicine Preliminary Year, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
  • MD 1995, Medical College of Ohio
  • MD 1995, Medical College of Ohio
  • BS 1987, Computer Engineering, Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • BS 1987, Computer Engineering, Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology

Board/Specialty

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
  • American Board of Preventive Medicine (Clinical Informatics)