Stephanie Reel, who has served as both chief information officer and vice provost for information technology for Johns Hopkins University and as chief information officer and senior vice president for Johns Hopkins Medicine, has announced she will retire on July 1, 2020.
Reel joined Johns Hopkins in 1990 and since 1998 has served as both CIO and vice provost for information technology for the university and as CIO and senior vice president for Johns Hopkins Medicine. She is the longest-tenured member of the university's executive leadership team.
During her tenure, Reel grew what began as a team of 75 serving the university and health system to a group of more than 1,300 people who deliver information technology services and solutions—including networking; telecommunications; and clinical, research, and instructional technologies.
Reel oversaw the aggregation of data from more than 100 distinct systems into a consolidated view of a patient's record in Epic and paved the way for the successful launch earlier this year of the Johns Hopkins Precision Medicine Application Platform, which facilitates big data research across the enterprise and equips care providers with tools and information needed to improve patient care.
Reel also oversaw the development and launch of the Technology Innovation Center, which collaborates with researchers and care providers to strengthen patient care and discovery through the development and commercialization of medical software.
Sunil Kumar, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at JHU; Daniel G. Ennis, senior vice president for finance and administration at JHU; and Robert Kasdin, senior vice president, chief financial officer, and chief operating officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine; put out a message to the university and health system community: "Serving in these dual roles is unprecedented among academic health systems nationwide, and a testament to Stephanie's vision and leadership ability. Throughout Stephanie's tenure, information technology has continued to evolve and Johns Hopkins' needs for innovative solutions have grown," they added. "Stephanie and her team have been committed to leveraging the power of emerging technologies and have cultivated strong, collaborative relationships to meet these needs."
Reel was named a Premier 100 IT Leader by Computerworld in 2013, a Hall of Fame Honoree by CIO Magazine in 2012, and one of the Top 25 Leaders Driving the Healthcare IT Revolution by Information Week Healthcare in 2011. During Reel's tenure, Johns Hopkins has been honored for innovation in information technology by the Smithsonian Institution and Healthcare Informatics, and Computerworld named the institution a "Best Place to Work in Information Technology."
