Gil Alterovitz, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA

Harvard Med Faculty | 3x Inaugural Chief AI Officer | National AI Director | VA National AI Institute | AI & Biomed Informatics | Advisor | Speaker | Best-selling Author | Open to Advisory/Board Roles | Student Mentor

Greater Boston

About

Specialties: Precision Medicine, PGx, Network methods, Bioinformatics, Bayesian methods, Ontologies, SMART/FHIR Genomics, Mobile Apps.

Experience

  • Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School
    2010 - Present · 16 yrs 6 mos

    Director, Biomedical Cybernetics Laboratory bcl.med.harvard.edu (Prior positions: Assistant Professor, Instructor) Led international consortium and efforts on drug-resistant diseases.

  • US Dept of Veterans Affairs (7 yrs)
    • Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, VA/VHA
      Nov 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Designed and led AI initiatives and pilots at VA level and VHA levels. Represented VA and VHA at various interagency, White House, and public settings. Brought together 20+ offices to develop first VA AI Strategy. Created department-wide Trustworthy AI Framework.

    • Director of National Artificial Intelligence/Director of National Artificial Intelligence Institute
      Jul 2019 - Present · 7 yrs

      Founded National AI Institute to enable better outcomes, increased efficiency via AI. Led efforts on enabling AI R&D and translating to care.

  • President at Presidential Innovation Fellows Foundation
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    Board member and President of this non-profit Foundation. Working to foster links and engagement across the country.

  • Senior Advisor to the Director and Inaugural Chief AI Officer at The National Institutes of Health
    Mar 2025 - Jun 2025 · 4 mos

    Designed and led various AI initiatives. Proposed unified NIH AI program and strategy for future new paradigm for doing science, including preparing for launch at CHAI (chai.org) conference and beyond, eg see: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-117.html and later ai.nih.gov (already cited in RFI) Update: returned back to home agency (VA) for special project.

  • Executive Team, Clinical Working Group at Global Alliance for Genomics and Health
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2020 · 6 yrs 1 mo

    Focusing on eHealth and global sharing of clinical genomic data.