Medical Subject Headings
Biographical Sketch, John Kilbourne, M.D.
- Title:
- Head, Medical Subject Headings
- Office:
- National Library of Medicine
- National Institutes of Health
- Bldg. 1DEM, Room 202G
- 6701 Democracy Blvd
- Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
- Telephone:
- (301) 594-2897 (voice)
- (301) 402-2002 (fax)
- Electronic mail:
- kilbourj@mail.nih.gov
John received his M.D. degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. After completing his Family Medicine residency and practicing near Chicago, he joined the SNOMED division of the College of American Pathologists as a clinical editor maintaining the SNOMED CT clinical vocabulary. His role there expanded to include implementation training and supervising the external editing. In 2005 he joined the NLM to work on the RxNorm drug vocabulary, helping it grow and improve to become the recognized and endorsed U.S. standard for e-prescribing.
