Hannah Galvin, MD, FAAP, FAMIA
Chief Medical Information Officer
Cambridge Health Alliance
HITAC Member Terms:
Term 1: 1/2023 – 12/2025
Term 2: 1/2026 – 12/2028
Dr. Hannah Galvin is an internationally-recognized digital health leader and expert in data segmentation and computable consent to enable patient-driven privacy and sharing preferences in order to advance equitable interoperability. Dr. Galvin is a GAO-appointed member of the federal Health IT Advisory Committee (HITAC), which provides recommendations to the HHS Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP/ONC) on policies, standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria relating to health information technology that advances the electronic access, exchange and use of health information. She co-founded and is Board Chair for Shift, an independent, nonpartisan industry collaborative advancing data segmentation and consent standards in order to facilitate safe, patient-empowered sharing of health information for all. Her work has led her to be named one of 2024 Fierce Healthcare’s ten Women of Influence and as a finalist for a HIMSS 2026 Changemaker Award.
Dr. Galvin currently serves as Chief Health Information Officer and interim Chief of Pediatrics for Cambridge Health Alliance, an innovative academic public health system dedicated to providing care for all in need throughout the Boston metro north region. In this capacity, she leads enterprise strategy for the use of AI and emerging technologies. Her research focuses on the equitable deployment of such tools for linguistically diverse populations, the safe and effective use of large language models (LLM’s) in clinical decision making, and maturation of standards and implementation guidance to support patient-driven data sharing across the interoperable ecosystem.
An experienced primary care pediatrician and hospitalist with specialization in child abuse medicine, Dr. Galvin’s clinical work centers on vulnerable populations including at-risk adolescents. She is dual-board certified in Clinical Informatics and Pediatrics, having completed her training at Boston Children’s Hospital after graduating from Harvard Medical School and Wellesley College. She serves on faculty at both Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, and is a member of the Harvard Medical School Faculty Council.