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Peter N. Dobbs

Greetings

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About

Peter is an experienced software developer, data explorer, and product manager, specializing in data access, analysis, and visualization. He is passionate about improving the experience of the end-user, following the mantra: "Begin with the end in mind." He holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, with an emphasis in Biocomputing, and a Master's degree in Computational Mathematical and Statistical Sciences.

Projects

Agentic Healthcare Analytics
Agentic Healthcare

WIP Agentic AI system for performing analytics on healthcare data. Providing an agentic interface for interacting with 🔥 FHIR Resources

SIIM Clinical Data Informatics
SIIM CDI

Along with Kinson Ho, I wrote and recorded a pair of lectures on the DICOM standard, as it relates to Clinical Data Informaticists. These videos are available at the links below.

EMR6050: Web Solution for an Urban Mental Health
EMR6050

A suite of cloud-based tools to meet the technical needs of a new behavioral health clinic in Milwaukee, WI (see: Next Step Clinic). All instances and data were hosted on AWS. This project was completed as a part of my Master's thesis project.

This project spawned a research effort that produced:
Towards Developing an EMR in Mental Health Care for Children's Mental Health Development among the Underserved Communities in USA (2021), by Kazi Zawad Arefin, Kazi Shafiul Alam, Masud Rabbani, Peter Dobbs, Leah Jepson, Amy Leventhal, Amy Van Hecke and Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed (doi: 10.1109/COMPSAC51774.2021.00100)

Team Great Lakes (.tgl)
TeamGreatLakes

I was the team lead for a group of developers that participated in the 2018 and 2019 SIIM Hackathons. Click on the logo above for more information.

I presented on the following projects during the SIIM Hackathon Showcase

  • (2019) Shiny Forms on FHIR : Enables radiologists and developers to create a variety of FHIR Resources and submit them to a live FHIR server.
  • (2018) Synoptic Reporting as an Enabler : Displays a RadReport Template for completion by a radiologist and converts the input into a FHIR Resource that can be submitted to a live FHIR server.

Worldly Experience

I am honored to be an alumnus of the Engineering World Health Summer Institutes. Since being a program participant in 2016, I have been contracted by them twice as an On the Ground Coordinator - once in Rwanda and once in Uganda. I am not currently employed by EWH but I will always carry the memories in my heart.

While abroad, I documented my experiences in the form of a travel blog. I have added to it since my trips to share updates and any talks I have given on my experiences. You can access my writing by clicking the below. I'm always excited to share stories and lessons from my time in East Africa. Feel free to contact me with any questions or speaking opportunities.

Travel Blog

News

2025 H1

  • Promoted to Product Analyst (Level 3, Senior position) in recognition of accomplishments and dedication to Canon Medical Informatics.

2024 H2

  • Converted to fully-remote working practices while still employed out of the Minneapolis office of Canon Medical Informatics.

2024 H1

  • Nominated to represent engineering operations at in-person collaboration meetings in Nasu, Japan (Canon Medical's global hub). This opportunity included two 1-week business trips from Minneapolis to Japan.

2023 H2

  • Earned Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) certification

2022 H1

  • Promoted to Software Engineer (Level 2), in recognition of accomplishments and dedication to Canon Medical Informatics.

Fall 2021

Summer 2021

  • Earned Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification

Spring 2021

Spring 2020

  • Peter accepts offer from Vital Images, Inc (Canon Medical Systems), joins development effort for Vitrea Intelligence

Spring 2020

  • Peter's fourth season of college ultimate is cancelled (perhaps postponed?) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though, practices were held up until Marquette University's spring break.
  • Classes started up for the Spring semester, enrolled in (Statistical) Simulation and Applied Mathematical Analysis. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the courses switch to online following spring break.

Fall 2019

  • At the beginning of December Peter attended the Radiological Society of North America's 105th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting and met with various notable radiologists. He also got the chance to share his progress on the FormsOnFhir project.
  • In November Peter gave a talk on his experience in East Africa, titled "Nyandwi Muzungu: Medical Device Repair in Constrained Environments," for the Global Innovation Seminar Series at UW-Madison.

Summer 2019

  • Traveled to Denver, Colorada to attend the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Annual Meeting and compete in the hackathon. For the second year in a row, he led a team of students from the Great Lakes region, known as Team Great Lakes (TGL). TGL placed third overall with one of its projects and won the popular vote with another. Peter has appeared in numerous subsequent SIIM promotional materials.
  • Peter helped startup and was elected Captain of a new Ultimate Frisbee team in Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Revival.

Spring 2019

  • Built a prototype solution for documenting patient encounters at a recently funded mental health clinic in Milwaukee, WI. (EMR6050)
  • Spoke to students at Milwaukee School of Languages on scholastic and professional opportunities in the STEM field from the lense of a current graduate student who had global technical internship experiences.
  • Peter plays his third season for Marquette's D1 Ultimate Frisbee team, Birdhouse. (@BirdhouseMU) Marquette (Birdhouse) 2018 Roster Peter Dobbs (#77)

Fall 2018

  • Begins graduate studies at Marquette University, under the support of the GasDay Lab, taking courses on Healthcare Quality, Data Ethics, and Business Intelligence.

Summer 2018