Royal Philips announced the appointment of Roy Smythe M.D. as Chief Medical Officer for Health Informatics, effective immediately. He joins Philips from Valence Health, where he held the position of Chief Medical Officer. He will report to Jeroen Tas, CEO Connected Care and Health Informatics at Philips. Roy Smythes key area of focus will be Health Informatics. His knowledge will be leveraged across all Philips Connected Care and Health Informatics businesses. Prior to his role at Valence Health Dr. Roy Smythe (American, 56) was Chief Medical Officer at Avia (2013). Roy is the former Medical Director for Innovation for Baylor Scott & White Healthcare (2011) an integrated delivery system. Before that he was the Roney Endowed Chair and Professor of Surgery, Medicine and Molecular Medicine (2006), and also Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Baylor Scott & White Health System and for the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine (2004) - the most comprehensive health science center in Texas.