Be sure to check out our Photo Gallery below!

It’s a Wrap!

View the Ed Hammond Symposium Google Photo Album here.

Video recordings, Tributes to Ed and Fun Facts from the symposium are available here.

For other symposium resources please email your request to Judy Adkins.

Dr. Vincent Price

Opening Remarks Thursday, January 9, 2025

Vincent Price
President, Duke University

Mary E. Klotman, MD

Opening Remarks Friday, January 10, 2025

Mary E. Klotman
Dean, School of Medicine Duke University

We are honored to announce the Ed Hammond Celebratory Symposium has been selected as a Duke Centennial Celebration

Duke’s Centennial is a unique opportunity for Duke faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends to come together in celebration of this historic milestone. The Centennial is a perfect opportunity to recognize the people and milestones that have had a great impact on Duke University and will launch us into our second century. We salute and recognize you, Dr. Hammond!

November 22, 2024

BOOK TODAY!
Need a Guest Room for the Symposium?
The Washington Duke Inn is a luxurious retreat and one of Durham’s top hotels.
They are offering Symposium guests a great rate of $234.00 per night.

Don’t wait! Register by December 16th to receive this discounted rate.

Guests may make reservations online using the following reservation booking link:

Ed Hammond’s 90th Birthday Party

November 1, 2024
A special invitation for students / trainees…

Celebrate Dr. Hammond’s remarkable contributions to biomedical informatics while exploring the past, present, and future of healthcare.

We invite students and trainees to present a poster and attend the Poster Session and Thursday lunch for free.
This is a unique chance to showcase your work to a diverse audience of experts and peers. Please visit the poster session webpage for more information.

Students are welcome to attend the entire symposium for a reduced registration fee of $100.00. Breakfast, lunch, cocktail reception and a grand banquet to honor Ed is included in the registration fee.

Ed enjoying the evening.

September 5, 2024
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open.
Register Soon! We are saving a spot for you!
The Organizing Committee

September 1, 2024

On behalf of the Planning Committee, we invite you to attend this wonderful tribute to Ed Hammond to celebrate the contributions he has made to informatics, education and industry and to wish him a Happy 90th Birthday! We look forward to seeing you in January 2025!

Best wishes,

David Page, Warren Kibbe and Anru Zhang

Would you like more information?

For further information or to contribute to the symposium please contact Anru Zhang @ anru.zhang@duke.edu.

Do you have questions regarding registration?

For questions regarding registration for the symposium or hotel please contact Judy Adkins @ judy.adkins@duke.edu.

Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the following sources for website content:
Duke University School of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine; National Institutes of Health: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rutgers Medical Informatics History Project
ChatGPT

Video Sources:
“2003 Morris F. Collen Award: W. Edward Hammond, PhD, FACMI”, YouTube. Uploaded by AMIA Informatics, 2003, https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2023+Morris+F.+Collen+Award%3AW.+Edward+Hammond%2C+PhD%2C+FACMI%2C+

“A Conversation with Dr. Ed Hammond re: Healthcare IT”, YouTube, Uploaded by Object Management Group , OMG TC Meeting, Reston, VA2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7HG1a3Ap5Y

“Ed Hammond on health informatics and the Duke MMCi program”, YouTube, Uploaded by Duke MMCi Program, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy6Tr9e4IrI

“Bringing Together Clinical Information Resources” 1991 Duke SICU Historical Video, provided by William Stead, https://youtu.be/6DPs3kYYTgo?si=veF07I9PBxFFgPL0