Summary
Yevgeniy Gitelman is a physician-engineer who leads custom software development at Penn Medicine, blending 12 years of clinical experience with hands-on product design and rapid prototyping. Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics, he practices as a hospitalist while directing a team that builds web apps used at the bedside to streamline clinician workflow and manage patient populations. His roles as Associate CMIO and Head of Custom Software reflect a rare combination of operational leadership, clinical credibility, and technical delivery in a large academic health system. He focuses on fast experimentation, lightweight integrations, and pragmatic solutions that move quickly from prototype to clinical use. Based in Philadelphia, he also serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, bridging education, frontline care, and software innovation. A detail that often surprises collaborators: he personally designs and ships production web apps that are actively used in clinical care, not just high-level strategy.
12 years of coding experience
Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Medicine (MD) at Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor's degree Neurobiology and Behavior, Bachelor's degree Neurobiology and Behavior at University of Pennsylvania
English, Russian