Speaker and Moderator Biography Excerpts
Dale C . Alverson , MD , FATA , FAAP
Medical Director , Center for Telehealth
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Dr . Alverson is Professor Emeritus and Regents ’ Professor at the University of New Mexico , where he is the Medical Director of the Center for Telehealth . He is involved in the planning , implementation , research , and evaluation of telemedicine systems for New Mexico , as well as nationally and internationally . He also is the Chief Medical Information Officer at LCF Research and the New Mexico Health Information Collaborative , assisting in their efforts to address the development and meaningful use of health information exchange , adoption of electronic health records , and integration with telemedicine . Dr . Alverson is a Past President of the American Telemedicine Association . He is involved in collaborative international programs to advance telehealth and e-health globally .
Angela Beaudreau , MA
Senior Manager , Provider Network Providence St . Joseph Health At Providence Saint Joseph Health , Angela Beaudreau manages the network of telehealth physicians who provide patient care throughout Alaska , Montana , Idaho , Washington , Oregon , California , and soon Texas and New Mexico . She has been a primary player in the continued efforts to establish a telehealth model that reduces the impact of redundant licensing and credentialing processes while maintaining high quality of care and creating efficiencies that allow for a greater volume of patients to be served . Ms . Beaudreau has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Education and has been working in administrative roles within the healthcare landscape since 2004 .
Najib Ben Brahim , PhD
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ignis Health
Dr . Ben Brahim holds two doctoral degrees , one in systems and information engineering from the University of Virginia and the other in health biology from the School of Medicine of the University of Montpellier in Montpellier , France . He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ignis Health ,
a company focusing on data analytics approaches to measuring the clinical , operational , and financial returnon-investment performance of telehealth . @ TelehealthData
Ami B . Bhatt , MD , FACC
Director , Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program & Director , Outpatient Cardiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr . Bhatt is an active clinical cardiologist , investigator , and educator . She graduated from Harvard College , obtained her doctoral degree from Yale School of Medicine , and trained at Massachusetts General Hospital ( MGH ), Children ’ s Hospital of Boston , and Brigham and Women ’ s Hospital in internal medicine , pediatrics , adult cardiology , and adult congenital heart disease ( ACHD ). Her team has transformed ACHD care at MGH into an internationally renowned program . Dr . Bhatt was nationally recognized as an educator by the American College of Cardiology in 2015 and by the American Heart Association in 2016 for ACHD program building and design . She innovates in the domains of telemedicine for ACHD patient visits , provider consultation , multimodality teleconferences , and adoption of mobile health technologies for caregivers and patients . Some of Dr . Bhatt ’ s practice is now rural telecardiology . She has developed outreach clinics throughout New England to support ACHD care in the community and has been integral in establishing MGH Heart Center ’ s cardiovascular outreach clinics at Holy Cross Hospital in Florida . She also mentors students in starting up companies and assessing novel technologies for applicability in the academic medical and clinical cardiac settings . @ amibhattmd
Taylan Bozkurt , MBA , FACHE
Assistant Chief Operating Officer and Director of Telemedicine
Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America
At Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America ( BRCA ), Taylan “ Ty ” Bozkurt leads development and implementation of the telemedicine program and operational / strategic planning to deliver burn / wound , reconstructive , and trauma / critical care across 13 institutions in 6 states . Prior to joining BRCA , he was Program Manager for Episodic and International Initiatives for Massachusetts General Hospital ( MGH )
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