It's hard to retire when the passion remains. Skills as a master clinician fade without constant contact with patients and the continuous learning they stimulate. But us old hands bring experience, might I say, wisdom to guide colleagues. It is invigorating to work with entrepreneurs and watch them thrive! 

David A Stumpf, MD, PhD is Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (NUFSM). He is an Innovation Broker and President and lead consultant at Woodstock Health Information and Technology, bringing a rich array of executive experience to consulting engagements. He is a Mentor at Chicago Innovation Mentors @MATTER. In the Illinois State Medical Society, he is currently a Member of the House of Delegates and the Council on Economics. He has expertise in early stage companies, merger and acquisition, and a variety of health information technology areas (common ontologies supporting evidence based rules, clinical decision support, coordination of care, assessment of competencies, practice improvement, preferences, and new reimbursement strategies). He has held executive and leadership roles in academic, clinical practice, hospital, professional society, and payer venues. He spent six years at UnitedHealth Group in several executive roles. At NUFSM he served as Chair of Neurology and member of the Board of Directors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, the Pediatric Faculty Foundation and the Children's Memorial Foundation. He previously taught in the Northwestern Masters in Medical Informatics program. As a medical informaticist, he has worked with the National Quality Forum (NQF), the Physicians Consortium for Practice Improvement (PCPI), Health Level 7 (HL7), Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), Medbiquitous, and the Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP). He has been active in professional societies, including a decade on the Practice Committee, Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). He is a member of AAN, American Medical Informatics Association, American Medical Association, Illinois State Medical Society, McHenry County Medical Society, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for the Advancement of Science and other organizations. He served on the ACGME Neurology Residency Review Committee and has worked with certifying boards on Maintenance of Certification technology strategies. He has taken leadership roles in retirement organizations. He is Treasurer and Board member of the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education. He is Past President of the Northwestern Emeritus Organization, editor of their newsletter and leading their program review. He is the author of over 100 medical publications. He is Board certified in three areas: Pediatrics, Neurology and Clinical Informatics. He lives in Evanston and Woodstock, Illinois.