Yasir Tarabichi, MD, MSCR, FAMIA, is a board-certified clinical informaticist, pulmonologist, and intensivist who serves as Chief Health AI Officer at MetroHealth and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Ovatient. He is an executive leader focused on advancing the safe, scalable, and value-driven implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) across healthcare systems.

As Chief Health AI Officer, Dr. Tarabichi leads enterprise AI strategy, governance, and implementation, overseeing the full lifecycle of AI from intake and evaluation through deployment and continuous monitoring. He has established system-wide frameworks that enable responsible AI adoption at scale, aligning clinical, operational, and technical stakeholders while ensuring measurable impact, safety, and equity. His work has translated AI from isolated pilots into workflow-embedded solutions, delivering improvements in clinical outcomes, access, and financial performance.

At Ovatient, an intrapreneurial virtual care collaborative launched by MetroHealth and the Medical University of South Carolina, he leads informatics strategy for a multi-system, virtual-first care model. His work centers on interoperability-first architectures that enable coordinated care and seamless data exchange across disparate electronic health record systems and partner organizations, supporting a “no wrong door” approach to patient access and longitudinal care.

Dr. Tarabichi also serves as Director of Clinical Research Informatics, where he has built the enterprise data and analytics foundation enabling AI at scale. His work has focused on transforming fragmented clinical data into a standardized, governed, and accessible asset – supporting real-world evidence generation, self-service analytics, and the development, validation, and monitoring of AI-driven clinical decision support.