James T. Case

James T. Case, MS, DVM, PhD, FACMI, FHL7 received his MS in Genetics from Stanford University and both his D.V.M. and Ph.D. (Comparative Pathology) from UC Davis. He served as Professor of Clinical Diagnostic Informatics with the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis from 1986 until 2010. In 1995, his efforts were focused on the development of national veterinary data standards. Having been heavily involved in standards development organizations, Jim has served as a member of the Laboratory LOINC committee, co-chair of the Health Level Seven vocabulary work group, Director at large for HL7 and is currently a member of the WHO Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee for ICD-11. He served at the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) from January 2010 to December 2018, where his primary role was the development and maintenance of the US extension to SNOMED CT and addition of US content into the International release of SNOMED CT. Jim joined SNOMED International in June 2015, seconded on a part time basis from the NLM, providing leadership across the Content Development and Mapping areas. After retiring from the NLM in December 2018, Jim transitioned wholly to SNOMED International, retaining his role as the Chief Terminologist, leading efforts to expand and enhance SNOMED CT to support meaningful use of electronic health records. He is an HL7 Fellow and the first veterinarian to be elected to the American College of Medical Informatics.