Lee Shapiro, President
Lee Shapiro is the president of Allscripts, a publicly-traded
provider of clinical software, connectivity and information
solutions to physician groups, medical centers and pharmaceutical
companies. Mr. Shapiro is responsible for the Chicago-based
company’s strategy, mergers and acquisitions, business
development and partnerships, as well as business activities
addressing Allscripts pharmaceutical services, electronic prescribing,
emergency department information systems, care management and
Internet-based consumer health services.
Since assuming his post in 2002, Mr. Shapiro has directed
Allscripts’ ChannelHealth, Advanced Imaging Concepts,
RxCentric and A4 Health Systems, among others. He is
responsible for the company’s key strategic relationships,
including those with Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Intel, and
IDX Systems Corp., now a part of GE Healthcare. Additionally,
Mr. Shapiro is Allscripts’ representative to the board
of directors of Medem, a San Francisco healthcare software
company.
Prior to joining Allscripts in 2000, Mr. Shapiro was the Chief
Operating Officer of Douglas Elliman-Beitler, a premier commercial
office management and development company, where he directed
all business activities throughout the United States. Before
that, Mr. Shapiro practiced commercial law at Barack, Ferrazzano,
Kirschbaum, Perlman and Nagelberg, a prominent Chicago law
firm. Mr. Shapiro also previously served as president of SES
Properties, Inc. of Carlsbad, Calif., a closely held, fully
integrated real estate company and the largest retail developer
in Las Vegas, Nev. Concurrently, Mr. Shapiro formed City Financial
Bancorp in 1986 and served as its Vice Chairman. He was responsible
for acquisition of financial institutions, financing, regulatory
issues, legal affairs, review and restructuring of operations
and the ultimate sale of this $100 million holding.
Mr. Shapiro holds a J.D. degree from The University of Chicago
Law School. He serves on the board of the Gastro-Intestinal
Research Foundation (GIRF) in Chicago.