Sorena Nadaf-Rahrov, Ms, Mmi, Phdc Email & Phone Number

Sorena Nadaf-Rahrov is an internationally recognized leader in Cancer Research, Precision Oncology, Translational Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science. He brings a unique blend of expertise that bridges digital innovation with patient care, clinical research, and drug discovery to advance outcomes.Since 2011, Sorena has volunteered as President & CEO of the Cancer Center Informatics Society, where he currently serves as Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer. In addition, he has been a strategic advisor to IntegraConnect since 2017, where he also served as President of Precision Medicine.Sorena held the position of Executive Vice President & Chief Informatics Officer at City of Hope National Medical Center and the Beckman Research Institute. He was also the founding Director of the Center for Informatics, where he led enterprise-wide digital strategy and built interdisciplinary teams specializing in Precision Medicine, Clinical and Research Informatics, Translational Bioinformatics, Data Science, and Digital Health Innovation.As co-chair of City of Hope’s Precision Medicine program, Sorena played a critical role in launching its enterprise infrastructure, including Disease Registries, Precision Medicine Platforms, Multi-OMICS Data Management, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS), Biobank Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), and High-Performance Computing resources. He was instrumental in key strategic initiatives such as City of Hope’s acquisition of TGen, the EMR transition from Allscripts to EPIC, and the implementation of a new PACS system, SECTRA.Before joining City of Hope, Sorena spent a decade at the University of California, San Francisco, as Chief Informatics Officer and Associate Director of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. He played a pivotal role in founding the Institute for Computational Health Sciences, where he chaired its operational infrastructure committee, focusing on enterprise-level High-Performance Computing solutions. Prior to his time at UCSF, Sorena served over 12 years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as CIO and Director of Biomedical Informatics for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.Sorena serves on multiple Biotech, Health System, and Cancer Center External Advisory Boards (CCSG EABs), as well as editorial boards for the Journal of Experimental Biology & Medicine and JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. From 2012 to 2019, he was consistently recognized among the Top 50 Healthcare IT Influencers to follow.

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