Bret is a board-certified general surgeon who previously co-owned and co-managed a multi-specialty group practice. While in practice he used several electronic health record systems and voice recognition software. He began working at Epic full-time in February 2004 after practicing for nearly eight years. At Epic, he is involved in many facets of the EHR, including pre- and post-go live audits, content development, reporting and discrete data collection, physician engagement, presentations related to the EHR, and optimization.