Jerry Stonemetz, MD (Co-Founder, CMIO)

Jerry provides leadership in technology design and product development, as well as IT and strategic business initiatives. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors and heads up ShareSafe’s Physician Advisory Board.

Jerry is currently Vice Chairman of Clinical Operations for the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University where he has been on staff since 2004. He has served as National Medical Director of Anesthesia Services for HCA (Hospital Corporation of America), Assistant Professor at USUHS at Bethesda Naval Hospital and anesthesia group president / chairman of the anesthesia department of a community-based private practice.

Jerry was President and Founder of Stonegan Software and an Executive VP of LifeCare Technologies, an anesthesia EMR software system. Jerry is a nationally recognized expert in anesthesia information management systems and the use of data for demonstration of quality metrics. He is also the editor of the first published textbook on anesthesia informatics. Jerry is an expert in operating room management; systems integration; contract development and negotiation; physician compensation; billing/coding/compliance programs for anesthesia departments; and post-integration clinical operations. He is a Diplomat to the American Board of Anesthesiology and has been trained in Lean Sigma.

A Board Certified Anesthesiologist, Jerry graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. degree in Zoology and earned a Master's Degree in Biochemistry from Clemson University. Jerry received his Medical Degree from Temple University and completed his residency in anesthesia at the University of California, San Francisco.