Full Name
MD, MBA Ruben Amarasingham, MD
Job Title
Founder and CEO
Company
Pieces
Speaker Bio
Ruben Amarasingham, MD, MBA, is the Founder and CEO of Pieces, a healthcare AI firm that specializes in clinical decision sciences. Dr. Amarasingham is also the Founder and past president of PCCI, a scientific research institute based in Dallas, Texas whose focus is clinical trials and biomedical informatics, and gave rise to Pieces.
Dr. Amarasingham is a national expert in the design of AI products for healthcare and public health, and the use of innovative care models to reduce disparities, improve quality, and lower costs. Prior to his role as CEO of Pieces, Dr. Amarasingham was the Associate Chief of Medicine at Parkland Health & Hospital System, and a professor in the departments of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he also served as the Director of the Biomedical Informatics Program for the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award. Ruben is a past member of the national board of directors of HIMSS.
Dr. Amarasingham received his Bachelor of Science degree from Brown University and his MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he received the Bryan Williams scholarship for Academic Excellence all 4 years of his training. He received postdoctoral training in biomedical informatics and health services research as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He completed his MBA at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
Ruben Amarasingham, MD