Stephen L. Grimes, FACCE SHIMSS 

Stephen Grimes is a Senior Consultant and Analyst specializing in clinical engineering and health technology management issues with GENTECH in Saratoga Springs, NY. 

Mr. Grimes has nearly 30 years experience with hospitals, shared service organizations, and healthcare consulting firms.  As a nationally recognized authority on topics ranging from future challenges facing clinical engineering to medical device security and the HIPAA Security Rule’s implications for biomedical technology, he is a frequent speaker and author.  He is also the regular columnist on information technology to the Journal of Clinical Engineering and the associate editor for clinical engineering for IEEE's Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine.  He also serves as a healthcare technology management consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Mr. Grimes is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), and a Senior Member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) where he chairs their Medical Device Security Workgroup.  He is also a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) where he currently serves as President-Elect and chair of their HIPAA Task Force.  Mr. Grimes is a graduate of Purdue University’s Biomedical Engineering Program.