University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
![[photo] Randall Stewart, M.D.](images/RandyStewart2002.jpg)
Dr. Stewart graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science in Premedicine in 1994 and earned his M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1998. He completed internship through the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center working at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinics.
In 1999 he transferred to the University of New Mexico to complete his residency in Psychiatry. The UNM Department of Psychiatry has been working towards a Behavioral Health-specific electronic medical record since 2002. This was during Dr. Stewart's fourth year of residency when, as chief resident, he began his medical informatics involvement providing clinical representation on the Implementation Team. Following residency, he worked as Department of Psychiatry faculty for one year prior to transitioning to the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center to pursue a career in Medical Informatics.
In the summer of 2005, Dr. Stewart was awarded fellowship funding through a National Library of Medicine Individual Medical Informatics Fellowship grant. He is currently studying the effects of electronic documentation on the psychiatric patient population and working to complete the fellowship curriculum. His interests include application development, EHR implementation, and medical coding and standardized languages. He has a background as a U.S. naval electronics technician.
