Physician · Informatician · Builder
Omar Usman
MD, MBA
Founder and CEO of Naba Health · Emergency Physician at VA, Inova, and SRMC
A practicing physician who can code, design, and grow orgnaizations; a combination held by only a handful of doctors in the U.S.
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Omar Usman, MD, MBA is a physician-informaticist working at the intersection of emergency medicine, clinical informatics, and design. He brings a rare combination of clinical expertise, technical depth, and business acumen to the challenge of improving healthcare at scale.
As Vice President of Clinical Informatics at all.health, Dr. Usman leads clinical strategy for a wearable-based digital health platform, overseeing product development, clinical trials, and machine learning initiatives. His work has contributed to algorithms for atrial fibrillation and sleep apnea detection, as well as disease management programs reaching patients with diabetes, heart failure, COPD, and COVID-19.
Dr. Usman completed his Medical Informatics Fellowship at Stanford University and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, where he developed novel approaches to EHR data analysis and contributed to the ATHENA Clinical Decision Support System. He holds dual board certifications from the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine in Clinical Informatics.
His research spans sepsis detection algorithms, clinical decision support systems, implementation science, and the application of causal inference in clinical settings. He has published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, and Health Affairs, and has presented at more than 30 national and local conferences.
Background
Experience & Training
Career
Naba Health
2026 – PresentFounder and CEO
Fairfax, VA
all.health / Jawbone Health
2019 – 2026VP, Clinical Informatics
San Francisco, CA · Remote
Feinberg School of Medicine
2011 – 2012Business Researcher
Chicago, IL
Accenture
2006 – 2008Management Consulting Analyst
Chicago, IL
Clinical
Inova Fairfax City ER
2026 – PresentAttending Physician, EM
Fairfax, VA
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center
2025 – PresentAttending Physician, EM
Spotsylvania, VA
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2019 – PresentAttending Physician, EM
Washington, DC ・ Ann Arbor, MI · Palo Alto, CA
Kaiser Permanente
2018 – 2021Attending Physician, EM
San Leandro, CA
Training
Stanford University / VA Palo Alto
2017 – 2019Medical Informatics Fellowship
Palo Alto, CA
Clinical decision support systems and ML for clinical applications at Stanford Health Policy and the VA Center for Innovation to Implementation.
University of Chicago Medicine
2014 – 2017Emergency Medicine Residency
Chicago, IL
Resident Director of Quality & Technology. Developed sepsis scoring tool covering 150,000+ patients.
Education
Ohio State University
2014Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Northwestern University (Kellogg)
2011Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Finance · Marketing · Healthcare Enterprise Management
University of Michigan (Ross)
2006Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Finance · Business Information Technology
Domains
Areas of Expertise
Bridging clinical medicine, health informatics, and design to improve patient outcomes and health systems.
Emergency Medicine
Board-certified emergency physician with experience at academic medical centers and VA hospitals serving high-acuity patient populations.
Clinical Informatics
Board-certified in clinical informatics with expertise in EHR systems, clinical decision support, and health data standards.
Machine Learning & AI
Applied ML to disease risk screening, sepsis detection, atrial fibrillation identification, and personalized clinical content engines.
Digital Health & Wearables
Led clinical strategy for wearable-based digital health platforms, including IRB-approved studies and FDA-relevant device features.
Clinical Decision Support
Developed and validated CDS tools for sepsis identification, clinical risk stratification, and evidence-based order sets.
Design First Approach
Applying lean startup, design thinking, and change management methodologies to drive adoption of health technology innovations.
Technical Skills
Programming
Databases
Statistics
Front-end
Back-end
Testing
UI/UX & Dev
Graphic Design
EHR Systems
Office
Operating Systems
Dev Environments
Scholarship
Research & Publications
Peer-reviewed publications spanning clinical informatics, emergency medicine, and digital health.
The Comparison of Early Identification Scores in Sepsis
Usman OA, Usman AA, Ward MA
A letter commenting on the comparative performance of early identification scoring systems for sepsis, responding to a prior study evaluating a novel prognostic score based on thrombosis and inflammation in septic patients.
Comparison of SIRS, qSOFA, and NEWS for Emergency Department Sepsis Identification
Usman OA, Usman AA, Ward MA
A highly-cited comparative analysis of three early warning systems for sepsis identification in the emergency department, evaluating the diagnostic performance of SIRS criteria, qSOFA score, and the National Early Warning Score across a large urban academic medical center patient population of 150,000+ patients.
Selecting Test Cases from Electronic Health Records for Software Testing of Knowledge-Based Clinical Decision Support
Usman OA, Oshiro C, Chambers JG, Tu SW, et al.
A systematic methodology for selecting representative test cases from electronic health record data to validate knowledge-based clinical decision support systems, demonstrated through application to the ATHENA CDS implementation at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System.
We Need More Supply-Side Regulation
Usman OA
An analysis of supply-side regulatory mechanisms in healthcare markets and their role in controlling costs and improving care quality, with implications for health reform policy in the post-ACA landscape.
Recent Advances in Reducing Fuel Permeability and Leakage into the Environment from Automotive Fuel Systems
Usman OA, Usman M
A review of technical advances in automotive fuel system materials and design aimed at reducing hydrocarbon permeation and leakage, contributing to reduced environmental emissions from vehicle fuel systems.
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Available for collaborations, consulting, speaking engagements, and creative projects at the intersection of medicine, technology, and design.
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