Director, Imaging Informatics
Senior Staff Radiologist, Fetal and Pediatric ImagingHenry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan

Dr. Halabi received his MD from The University of Toledo College of Medicine in 2001 and specialized in diagnostic and pediatric radiology with radiology residency training at Henry Ford Hospital (2001-2006) and pediatric radiology fellowship training at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (2006-2007), respectively.  Dr. Halabi joined the Henry Ford Health System as a senior staff radiologist in 2007.  In 2008, Dr. Halabi was appointed as the Director of Imaging Informatics at Henry Ford Health System Radiology Department.

With over 1 million diagnostic and interventional imaging exams performed at HFHS and interpreted by over 80 staff radiologists and 50 radiology residents and fellows yearly, the technology driving image acquisition, image distribution and communication requires constant orchestration between the radiology information system team, corporate information technology team, radiology and hospital administration and end-users including physicians, trainees, support staff and patients.  Dr. Halabi acts as the clinical liaison between the information technology teams and end-users with the goal of improving workflow, preserving quality and safety standards, and stimulating health care innovation.

Dr. Halabi’s current projects include development of electronic order entry with decision support, health care data mining to track clinical outcomes, improving voice recognition and speech understanding technologies to provide better communication to physicians and patients, and improving image distribution through the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).  Dr. Halabi is an active member of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) and has collaborated with the imaging informatics groups at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical Center.