Perry Gee has been a registered nurse for 30
years and has PhD in Nursing Science and Health-care Leadership with an
emphasis in consumer health informatics from the University of California,
Davis. Perry has a medical surgical, critical care, flight and home care
nursing clinical background as well as over 15 years’ experience as a Clinical
Informatics Specialist and educator. His health informatics experience includes
work in both acute care and ambulatory care environments. Perry is currently a
Nurse Scientist for Dignity Health with a focus on research involving patient
engagement. His current research interests are in the area of diabetes
self-management support, consumer health informatics, e-patients, eHealth,
on-line health communities, personal health records, and the use of health
technologies for chronic illness self-management support. Perry is also adjunct
faculty at the University of California, Davis and the University of Kansas.