Speaker and Moderator Biography Excerpts
Dale C . Alverson , MD , FATA , FAAP
Medical Director Center for Telehealth University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Dale Alverson , MD , 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 . He is a Past President of the American Telemedicine Association .
Richard S . Bakalar , MD
Managing Director , Advisory Services in Healthcare Solutions Specialist in Virtual Care Global Center of Excellence for Health KPMG , LLP
Richard S . Bakalar , MD , has an active medical license in Maryland with board certification in Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine and over 30 years of clinical , health informatics and executive leadership experience . A US physician consultant for the Global Healthcare Center of Excellence at KPMG , LLP , he advises clients in health care , telecommunications , retail health , and medical devices , as well as on leading telehealth practices , market readiness , shared services , innovative data analytics , and consumer engagement solutions . He is a past President of the American Telemedicine Association and an active member of the Telemedicine and eHealth journal editorial review board . As the Navy Surgeon General ’ s first Special Assistant for Telemedicine , he established the Navy ’ s operational Global Telemedicine Network , supporting digital radiology and 12 medical specialties on 28 Navy ships , 3 Navy medical centers and 23 hospitals and clinics worldwide between 1995 and 2002 .
Grant Chamberlain
Managing Director , Healthcare Investment Banking Ziegler
Grant Chamberlain joined Ziegler in 2015 as a managing director in the Corporate Finance Healthcare Practice . With more than 20 years of investment banking experience , he has advised some of the leading health-care systems , including Sharp Healthcare , Cedars-Sinai , and Baylor Health , along with several of the most innovative mHealth companies , such as AirStrip , MDLIVE , and Voalte . Prior to Ziegler , he led the mHealth sector coverage at Raymond James — which included telehealth , remote monitoring and wireless health-care solutions — after spending 15 years advising health-care information technology and tech-enabled outsource services companies on a broad variety of mergers and acquisitions , joint venture / partnerships and private financings . He was a principal at Shattuck Hammond Partners prior to its acquisition by Morgan Keegan and was a part of the corporate finance group of General Electric Capital Corporation and the financial services division of GE Medical Systems .
Daniel J . Derksen , MD
Director , Arizona Center for Rural Health Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health , University of Arizona
Daniel J . Derksen , MD , is the Walter H . Pearce Endowed Chair and Director of the Center for Rural Health , as well as Professor and Chair of the Community , Environment and Policy Department at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health . He oversees the State Office of Rural Health and Rural Hospital Flexibility Programs . He completed an RWJ Health Policy Fellowship in 2007-08 with US Senator Jeff Bingaman . He researched and drafted provisions to improve the supply and distribution of the nation ’ s health workforce included in Title V of the Affordable Care Act . While working for Governor Susana Martinez ( R- NM ), he established New Mexico ’ s health insurance marketplace . As principal investigator of state , federal , and private foundation grants in excess of $ 50 million over his career , he works to improve health insurance coverage and access to high quality health care , emphasizing community-based service-learning models in rural areas .
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