Chief Medical Officer, Epic

Jackie Gerhart, MD is the Chief Medical Officer at Epic and a practicing family medicine physician with a focus on digital health and clinical innovation. She helps shape clinical strategy and works closely with healthcare organizations to implement and scale technologies that improve patient care. Her work includes advancing the use of ambient voice for documentation and applying EHR data to improve patient outcomes and medical knowledge. As the lead clinical researcher for Epic Research, her studies—published on EpicResearch.org—have informed agencies including the FDA, CDC, and the White House.

Dr. Gerhart also serves on the National Academy of Medicine’s Digital Health and AI Action Collaborative and the Evidence-Based Medicine Action Collaborative. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she practices primary care. She earned her medical degree from the Mayo Clinic and completed residency at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Madison, WI. With a background in biomedical engineering and neuroscience, she is dedicated to reducing barriers to care and aligning technology, policy, and clinical practice.