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Michael Boland, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Chief Medical Information Officer for Mass General Brigham, the Medical Director of Practice Innovation for Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.  He is a member of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Glaucoma Center of Excellence, providing medical and surgical care to glaucoma patients.  His research has focused on applied clinical informatics and improving the diagnosis and management of glaucoma by analyzing the results of in-office testing.

In addition to working on medical information technology at his home institutions, he has served on the Medical Information Technology Committee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, including as Co-Chair.  He collaborated with DICOM Working Group 9 on standards for ophthalmology testing devices, leading the development of the DICOM standard for automated perimetry.