Leigh Ann Ruggles
Executive Vice President of Sales and
Client Success
MDLIVE
Leigh Ann Ruggles serves as Executive
Vice President, Sales and Client
Success for MDLIVE, where she brings
20 years of experience in health care
and technology firms across business
development, account management,
marketing, and product strategy roles.
Prior to MDLIVE, she was Director of Strategy and Business
Development for Verizon’s Mobile Health Division, where she
led the sales, account management, and marketing teams
for Verizon’s mobile health products. She also served as
Director of Business Development for Healthways, a population health management company, where she held several
roles, including new sales and channel sales management
with health plans, employers, and health systems. Prior to
Healthways, she led the Marketing Division for Managed
Objects (now Novell), where she directed the team responsible for global and domestic marketing and communications.
She also has held leadership roles in non-profit and publicprivate organizations.
Jay H. Sanders, MD, FACP, FACAAI, FATA
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Global Telemedicine Group
Jay H. Sanders, MD, is the CEO of The
Global Telemedicine Group, Professor
of Medicine (Adjunct) at Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine, and a Founding
Board Member and President Emeritus
of the American Telemedicine Association. Known to many as the "Father of
Telemedicine," he developed the first
Statewide telemedicine system; the first Correctional telemedicine
program; the first tele-homecare technology, called "The
Electronic House Call"; and the first telemedicine kiosk. His
consulting activities have included NASA, DOD, HHS, the FCC,
state governments, WHO, and multiple academic institutions
and Fortune 500 companies. He served as the sole civilian
representative on the DOD Telemedicine Board of Directors
with the Surgeons General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
During the Clinton Administration, he represented the USA to
the G8 nations for telemedicine and was appointed by former HHS
Secretary Leavitt to the Chronic Care Workgroup Committee.
Tarik Shaheen, MD
Child Psychiatrist and Founder
Iris Telehealth
Tarik Shaheen, MD, is a board-certified
psychiatrist with specialized fellowship
training in treating children, adolescents and their families. He founded
Iris Telehealth with the goal of providing a more patient-friendly telehealth
company that is able to quickly adapt
to an organization’s needs. With more
than five years of experience and training at the University of
Virginia in telepsychiatry, he has learned the ins and outs of
how to give great care via telemedicine and how important
building relationships between partners is to delivering that
care. Leading Iris Telehealth, he is able to enjoy his clinical
role just as much as his administrative one.
Atul Singh, MS
Director, Business Operations &
Innovation, Digital Health
Walgreens
Atul Singh is a digital health and
marketing leader in the health-care
industry. He is passionate about
creating innovative digital products
and services that offer differentiated
user experience, drive customer
engagement, and improve health
outcomes. At Walgreens, he leads a team of digital health
experts delivering high quality customer experience for the
digital pharmacy, telehealth, and remote patient monitoring
programs. Prior to joining Walgreens, he worked at leading
pharmaceutical companies such as Abbvie, Sanofi and Teva,
on teams responsible for launching some of the blockbuster
drugs for auto-immune disorders, such as Humira and
Copaxone.
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