Dr Philip Burstein
Dr Philip Burstein
Vice President
Health Care Data Optimisation and Data Stewardship Operation
Drug Development Sciences
GlaxoSmithKline
Phil received his medical degree and internal medicine training from the Medical College of Virginia. After completing a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of Colorado HealthSciences Center, he practiced endocrinology for 10 years before becoming Vice President of Medical Affairs at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheatridge, Colorado. In 1998 he joined SmithKline Beecham, HealthCare Services as Director of Clinical Content for their Disease Management programs. In 1999 he was appointed Director of Disease Modeling supporting R&D within Biostatistics and Data Sciences. Following the formation of GSK, Phil led a team called Data Exploration Sciences, a diverse group of project leaders and scientists dedicated to advanced data mining of varied, complex data sources both internal and external to GSK. Currently he is leading Data Stewardship Operatons which develops and implements clinical data standards to support clinical research, is responsible for the life cycle management of our data assets and the asset services team that enables R&D in locating and using and reusing our data. Phil also leads eHIi, the electronic Healthcare Information initiative, which is a group interested in promoting GSK's ability to fully utilize the rapidly evolving use of electronic health records in clinical research.