Dean Forrest Sittig (born March 2, 1961) is an American biomedical informatician specializing in clinical informatics.

[13] His dissertation was entitled, “COMPAS: A Computerized Patient Advice System to Direct Ventilatory Care.

His research focuses on understanding the sociotechnical risks of, and solutions to address, unintended consequences associated with design, development, implementation, and use of various health information technologies (HIT),[16] including computer-based provider order entry, clinical decision support within electronic health records (EHRs), and most recently in EHR-related patient safety.

[20] This model has also been used in a variety of HIT-related research studies including: identification of keys to implementing novel clinical prediction algorithms,[21] exploring barriers to implementation of clinical information systems in nursing homes,[22] development of a childhood cancer passport for care,[23] and development of a questionnaire regarding EHR-related safety concerns.

[28] In 2017 he was elected an Inaugural Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI).