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Taha Kass-Hout, MD, MS

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Global Chief Science and Technology Officer at GE HealthCare
📍 Seattle, Washington, United States

Dr. Taha Kass-Hout is GE HealthCares Global Chief Science & Technology Officer, pioneering AI in medical imaging and diagnostics. Educated at Harvard and UTHealth, his distinguished career includes leadership roles at Amazon/AWS and the FDA, driving digital transformation in healthcare. People who have worked with him describe him as brilliant, creative, and passionate.

He has a keen interest in design, drawing parallels between mid-century modern architectures human-centered engineering and the need to build healthcare systems that prioritize people over data. He also founded Humanitarian Tracker, a nonprofit that empowers citizens using technology to support humanitarian causes.

As the first-ever Chief Health Informatics Officer at the U. S. FDA, he founded the openFDA and precisionFDA initiatives to modernize medicine through data transparency.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Global Chief Science and Technology Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
Personality Overview

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Priorities

Topics Taha cares about

AI in Healthcare
He is a frequent keynote speaker on AI's impact on healthcare and leads GE HealthCare's R&D in AI-based medical imaging, diagnostics, and operational intelligence.
Human-Centered Design
He wrote about his appreciation for mid-century modern design, like the Eames Lounge Chair, as a blueprint for creating human-centric technology in healthcare.
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Career

Work history

1-2023
Global Chief Science and Technology Officer
GE HealthCare
5-2016 - 1-2023
Vice President/Distinguished Engineer, Health AI, & Chief Medical Officer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
3-2013 - 5-2016
1st Chief Health Informatics Officer
FDA
6-2009 - 3-2013
Director, Health Informatics Solutions and Operations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1-2006 - 6-2009
Director, Global Public Health and Informatics
InSTEDD (founded by Google)
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Education
1996 - 2002
Medical Training
Harvard Medical School
1999 - 2001
MS
UTHealth Houston
Social presence
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