HOMER R. WARNER, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Medical Informatics, University of Utah
Dr. Homer Warner is professor emeritus at the University of Utah Department of Medical Informatics. He is a highly honored physician and recognized pioneer in the field of Medical Informatics. He is the “father” of LDS Hospital’s world-renowned HELP system.
Dr. Warner studied zoology at the University of Utah, and played on the U’s football team. His education was interrupted by two years of service in the Navy, where he was trained as a carrier-based fighter pilot during World War II. He received his undergraduate degree in 1946, and his MD degree in 1949, both from the University of Utah. He interned in Internal Medicine at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. He was a resident in Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota Hospital, and a fellow in Cardiology and Physiology at Mayo Clinic. He received his PhD in physiology from the University of Minnesota in 1953.
Dr. Warner established the cardiovascular laboratory at LDS Hospital and was its director from 1954-1970. He was professor and chairman of the Department of Medical Informatics at the University of Utah School of Medicine from 1973-1996.
Dr. Warner has received numerous awards and honors locally and abroad, including the Computers in Healthcare Pioneer Award; the American College of Medical Informatics’ Morris Collen Award; the Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology; Doctor of Science Honorus Causa from Brigham Young University; Distinguished Research Award from the University of Utah, Doctor of Technology Honorus Causa from the University of Linkoping, Sweden, and is a National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine Senior Member.
Dr. Warner was the first recipient of The Deseret Foundation’s Heart and Lung Research Foundation’s Legacy of Life Award in 1991.