Dr. Yasnoff, a well-known national leader in health informatics, is Founder and Managing Partner of NHII Advisors, a consulting firm that helps communities and organizations successfully develop health information infrastructure systems and solutions. Previously, as Senior Advisor, NHII, Department of Health and Human Services, he initiated and organized the activities leading to the President’s $50 million FY05 budget request and creation of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, establishing the NHII as a widely recognized national goal.

Prior to that, Dr. Yasnoff spent five years at CDC, where he became well known for his work in public health informatics, including co-editing the textbook Public Health Informatics and Information Systems. Earlier, he developed and deployed Oregon's statewide immunization registry, which is still operating successfully today.

He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Adjunct Professor of Health Sciences Informatics at Johns Hopkins University and Health Management and Systems Sciences at the University of Louisville, was a Board Member of the American Medical Informatics Association in 2003-4, and is the author of over 250 publications and presentations, including the “Health Information Infrastructure and Public Health Informatics” chapter in the 3rd Edition of the widely-used textbook Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Healthcare and Medicine.

Dr. Yasnoff earned his Ph.D. in computer science and M.D. from Northwestern, was elected a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics in 1989, and in 2006 was recognized for his achievements with an honorary DrPH from the University of Louisville.