Dr Daniel Capurro is an Associate Professor in Digital Health at the University of Melbourne and a practicing Consultant Physician in General Medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. With a unique background combining clinical medicine and computer science, Daniel holds a PhD in Biomedical and Health Informatics from the University of Washington and is internationally recognised for his work at the intersection of data, technology, and patient care.

Daniel’s research focuses on the safe and effective integration of digital tools into clinical practice. His work spans electronic health records, artificial intelligence, process mining, and digital phenotyping. He has led projects using AI for triaging surgical referrals, identifying hospital-acquired infections, optimising antimicrobial stewardship, and modelling patient trajectories in emergency care. He is the founder of the Digital Health Validitron, a simulated clinical environment designed to evaluate digital health innovations before they are implemented in real-world settings.

Before relocating to Australia, Daniel served as Chief Medical Information Officer at UC-CHRISTUS Health Network in Chile, where he led the implementation of major digital systems across hospitals and clinics. He also established the Chilean National Centre for Health Information Systems, a multi-institutional initiative aimed at improving digital interoperability and health informatics capacity nationwide.

Daniel is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH), and serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals, including as Deputy Editor of NPJ Digital Medicine. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to research programs exceeding $30 million in competitive funding.