Moira E. Smith, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Informatics Faculty

P.O. Box 800699
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0699

Phone: (434) 924-8485
Fax: (434) 924-2877
Email: MES3HD@uvahealth.org

Dr. Moira Smith is the Medical Information Officer for Emergency Medicine, Director of Digital Clinical Workflows, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at University of Virginia. She completed her emergency medicine residency and clinical informatics fellowship at UVA. Dr. Smith’s work focuses on data analytics, quality improvement, electronic health record usability, workflow optimization, and clinical decision support.

Dr. Smith leads multidisciplinary initiatives at the intersection of clinical care, operations, and informatics to advance the safe and effective integration of digital health and artificial intelligence into clinical workflows. Her work includes the design, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based clinical pathways integrated within the EHR. Her research is supported by institutional and foundation funding and focuses on digital health innovation and the application of artificial intelligence to improve patient care and clinical efficiency in emergency medicine.

In addition to her research, she mentors residents, fellows, and medical students in informatics and AI. Nationally, she holds several leadership roles, including serving as the 2025–2026 Chair of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Informatics, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence Interest Group, and contributes to broader informatics and AI initiatives through ACEP and AMIA.