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Acknowledgements

Page standards status: Informative

This Implementation Guide was developed under the auspices of the Vulcan FHIR to OMOP work group in collaboration with the OHDSI OMOP + FHIR working group.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Christopher Chute, whose vision and leadership made this project possible. Dr. Chute not only conceived and initiated this effort by proposing it to the Vulcan Steering Committee, but also provided unwavering executive sponsorship and representation throughout the entire project lifecycle. We also want to recognize the efforts of Vulcan PMO Director, Filippo Napoli whose skill and dedication were invaluable in helping us achieve this critical project milestone.

Primary Authors

Name	Organization
Davera Gabriel	Evidentli, Inc
Jean Duteau	Dogwood Consulting

Primary Editors

Name	Organization
Adam Lee	University of North Carolina
Guy Tsafnat	Evidentli, Inc
Michael Van Treeck	Evidentli, Inc

Vulcan FHIR to OMOP Working Group Co-Leads

Name	Organization
Davera Gabriel	Evidentli, Inc
Catherine Diederich	Duke University
Adam Lee	University of North Carolina
Lukasz Kaczmarek	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG

Past project FHIR to OMOP transformation maps & technical implementation expertise contributed by

Organization	Contributors
CareEvolution, Inc	Ben Berk Scott Favre
Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)	Myung Choi
Evidentli, Inc	Guy Tsafnat Michael Van Treeck Davera Gabriel
FHIR-OMOP Oncology Use Case Subgroup	Qi Yang (IQVIA) May Terry (MITRE Corp)
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)	John Gresh (Curlew Consulting)
Technische Universitat (TU) Dresden	Elisa Henke Yuan Peng

FHIR - OMOP Collaboration Subgroup Leaders

We also recognize the exceptional contributions of the leaders from the four FHIR - OMOP subgroups that preceded the formation of the Vulcan IG project. These dedicated teams explored critical concepts and established foundational principles that were integrated into this implementation guide.

Data Harmonization Subgroup

Name	Organization
Ben Smith	Principia, Inc
Guy Tsafnat	Evidentli, Inc

Terminology Subgroup

Name	Organization
Davera Gabriel	Johns Hopkins University
Grahame Grieve	Health Intersections, Inc

Oncology Use Case Subgroup

Name	Organization
May Terry	MITRE Corporation
Qi Yang	IQVIA, INC

Digital Quality Measures Use Case

Name	Organization
Floyd Eisenberg	iParsimony, LLC
Ben Hamlin	National Committee for Quality Assurance

2025 Vulcan Virtual Connectathon

We are deeply appreciative of all the participants in the July 2025 Connectathon, whose valuable testing and feedback on the technical artifacts significantly accellerated the development of this implementation guide. We especially appreciate the contributions of Ben Berk and Scott Favre of CareEvolution who conceived and created the FHIR and OMOP Validation Package for the Connectathon, and a persisting resource for the Community at-large.

Rebecca Baker	Abderrazek Boufahja
Benjamin Berk	Myung Choi
Indraneel Dasari	Jean Duteau
Scott Favre	Davera Gabriel
Youngmi Han	Adam Lee
Prasanth Nannapaneni	Filippo Napoli
Chris Roeder	Will Roddy
Guy Tsafnat	Michael Van Treeck

Working Group Calls

Throughout this project, more than 100 individuals from over 70 organizations, representing academia, government, and industry contributed their decades of experience in managing Real-World Data to support the best practices proposed. Working group participants that took active roles in discussions leading to generation of the narrative and technical artifacts presented in this IG include:

Academic Organizations

Name	Organization
Danielle Boyce	Johns Hopkins University
Alex Cheng	Vanderbilt University
Myung Choi	Georgia Institute of Technology
Shahim Essaid	University of North Carolina
Stephanie Hong	Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Kanter	Columbia University
Bryan Laraway	University of North Carolina
Adam Lee	University of North Carolina
Karthik Natarajan	Columbia University
Jason Patterson	Columbia University
Andrea Pitkus	University of Wisconsin - Madison
Sridhar Ramachandran	Indiana University
Chris Roeder	University of North Carolina
Asif Syed	MD Anderson Cancer Center
Xiaohan Zhang	Johns Hopkins University

Government Organizations

Name	Organization
Amanda Deering	US Centers for Disease Control
Matt Elrod	National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
Brian Gugerty	National Institutes of Health
Kevin Lan	US Centers for Disease Control
Jane Pollack	National Cancer Institute
Harsh Sharma	Fraser Health Authority
Ken Wilkins	National Institutes of Health
Sonya Zhan	US Centers for Disease Control

Industry Organizations

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Name	Organization
Adam Bouras	Tritonis, Inc
Scott Favre	CareEvolution
John Gresh	Curlew Consulting
Sabyasachi Gupta	Apexon
Mike Hamidi	Walmart Healthcare Research Institute
Ben Hamlin	National Committee for Quality Assurance
Amro Hassan	Alliance Chicago
Lukasz Kaczmarek	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Sergey Krikov	Parexel
Nareesa Mohammed-Rajput, MD	MITRE Corporation
Henry Ogoe	Publicis Sapient
Ann Phillips	Intelligent Medical Objects
Christian Reich	Odysseus Data Services
Sebastian van Sandijk	Odysseus Data Services
Hayden Spence	Aptive Resources
Thomas Stone	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
May Terry	MITRE Corporation
Thomas White	MedStar Health

We recognize that this guide establishes an important foundation, and also acknowledge that many opportunities for additional data domains and use cases remain. Please eMail the Vulcan PMO with questions or comments falling outside the established HL7 balloting process. We welcome your feedback and encourage continued collaborations to more fully realize the transformative potential that these two complementary standards can bring to advancing human health.