Vishal Wanchoo is President and CEO of GE Healthcare Information Technology (HCIT), a $1.8 billion segment of GE Healthcare. GE Healthcare IT, headquartered in Barrington, Illinois, near Chicago, is a global leader in delivering information technology solutions that support high-quality and cost-effective care through business, clinical, and imaging applications covering settings from the physician office to the integrated delivery network.

Vishal has been involved in the healthcare industry for more than 25 years. He started his career with GE in November 1997, as the Vice President and General Manager of the Imaging and Information Systems organization, where he was responsible for the development and marketing of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS). In April 2004, his responsibilities expanded to include all clinical technology applications, from hospital to physician office. In January 2005, he was promoted to President and CEO of GE Healthcare Information Technology, a newly created, separate business entity within GE Healthcare, and made a corporate officer. This business is dedicated to helping transform healthcare delivery by driving critical breakthroughs in healthcare IT. GE Healthcare IT’s Centricity solutions support the vast information needs of our customers with enterprise-wide and departmental clinical systems; industry-leading imaging management solutions and best in class practice and revenue cycle management tools.

Before joining GE Healthcare, Vishal was Vice President of Electronic Imaging at Agfa Medical, where he created and developed Agfa’s PACS business. He started his career as a software engineer at Matrix Instruments, and was quickly promoted through engineering ranks to Director of Engineering.

Vishal holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Vishal and his family reside in the metropolitan Chicago area.