David Chou. Vice President and CIO of Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City (Mo.). Mr. Chou has held various health IT executive positions over the years. Most recently, he was a healthcare IT advisor for East Lansing-based Michigan State University, where he helped plan for an EHR implementation. Mr. Chou has also served as CIO of Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center and senior director of IT operations at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. This year, he was recognized as one of The Huffington Post's Top 100 Most Social CIOs on Twitter.