Bio
Julian M. Goldman, MD is an anesthesiology clinician-scientist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Dept. of Anesthesiology, Founder and Director of the Program on Medical Device Interoperability & Cybersecurity (MD PnP), and Medical Director of Biomedical Engineering for Mass General Brigham . He founded the MD PnP Program in 2004 to advance patient safety through medical device interoperability and systems engineering, developing standards-based approaches for patient-centric integrated clinical environments. The program's Center for Smart and Autonomous Medical Systems (SaAMS), established in 2023, is leading the SaAMS Collaborative Community to enable pre-competitive sharing of technology expertise and safety solutions for advanced medical systems.
Dr. Goldman is Board Certified in Anesthesiology and Clinical Informatics and is a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (FASA). He completed anesthesiology residency and a research fellowship in medical device informatics (AI-based real-time patient monitoring) at the University of Colorado. He departed Colorado as a tenured associate professor to work as chief medical officer of a medical device company. At Massachusetts General Hospital, he served as a principal anesthesiologist in the 'Operating Room of the Future,' integrating clinical practice with innovation, systems engineering, and technology translation.
Dr. Goldman served as a Visiting Scholar in the FDA Medical Device Fellowship Program, and has served in national advisory roles across FDA, FCC, NSF, VHA, DoD, and CDC, helping shape U.S. policy for medical device interoperability, safety, and clinical technology innovation. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), contributing to emergency preparedness and community response efforts.
Dr. Goldman serves in leadership positions in several healthcare standardization and innovation organizations. He is the long-standing Convener of the Joint Working Group on Physiologic Closed‑Loop Controllers, helping define safety and performance frameworks for autonomous medical systems. He is immediate past Chair of ISO Technical Committee 121 on Anesthetic and Respiratory Equipment, Chair of the Working Group on cybersecurity, and Co-Chair of the AAMI Interoperability Working Group. He is a member of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Committee on Technology and American Society of Anesthesiologists Committees on Equipment, Innovation, and Informatics and Information technology.
His contributions have been recognized internationally, including his designation as an IEEE EMBS Distinguished Lecturer and an International Council on Systems Engineering “Pioneer,” as well as awards for innovation, systems engineering, and clinical impact from professional societies and academic institutions. These include the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) Award for Professional Achievement in Technology, the AAMI Foundation/Institute for Technology in Health Care Clinical Application Award, and the University of Colorado Chancellor’s “Bridge to the Future” Award.
