SPS 2016 Leadership
HONORARY CHAIR
HONORARY CHAIR
CO-CHAIR
Jay H. Sanders, MD,
FACP, FACAAI, FATA
Ronald S. Weinstein,
MD, FCAP, FATA
Dale C. Alverson,
MD, FATA, FAAP
President and Chief
Executive Officer
The Global
Telemedicine Group
Director, Arizona
Telemedicine Program
Director, Southwest
Telehealth Resource
Center
Medical Director
Center for Telehealth
University of
New Mexico Health
Sciences Center
CO-CHAIR
Elizabeth A. Krupinski,
PhD, FSPIE, FSIIM,
FATA
Co-Director
Southwest Telehealth
Resource Center
NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Joseph S. Alpert, MD
Editor-in-Chief, The American Journal of Medicine
David C. Balch, MA, FATA
Chief Technology Officer, White House Medical Group,
Washington, DC
Rashid Bashshur, PhD, FATA
Senior Advisor for eHealth, eHealth Center, University of
Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Pat Basu, MD, MBA
Anne E. Burdick, MD, MPH, FATA
Associate Dean for TeleHealth and Clinical Outreach,
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Adam Darkins, MD
Vice President for Medical Affairs, Medtronic,
Minneapolis, MN
Daniel J. Derksen, MD
Director, Arizona Center for Rural Health, Mel & Enid
Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
Charles R. Doarn, MBA, FATA
Editor-in-Chief, Telemedicine and e-Health Journal
Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, MD
Senior Vice President, University of Arizona Health Sciences,
Tucson, AZ
Alexis S. Gilroy, JD
Partner, Jones Day, Washington, DC
Robert A. Greenes, MD, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, College of Health
Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
James P. Marcin, MD, MPH, FATA
Professor, Pediatric Critical Care, UC Davis Children's
Hospital, Sacramento, CA
Ronald C. Merrell, MD
Editor-in-Chief, Telemedicine and e-Health Journal, Emeritus
Professor of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University
Randall Moore, MD, MBA
President, Mercy Virtual, Chesterfield, MO
Thomas S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH
Associate Vice Chancellor and Professor, Family and Community
Medicine, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA
Marta J. Petersen, MD
Medical Director, Utah Telehealth Network,
Salt Lake City, UT
Ronald K. Poropatich, MD, FATA
Executive Director, Center for Military Medicine Research,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Lisa A. Robin, MLA
Chief Advocacy Officer, Federation of State Medical Boards,
Washington, DC
Jay H. Shore, MD, MPH
Director of Telemedicine, University of Colorado Depression
Center, Aurora, CO
Nancy L. Vorhees, RN, MSN
Chief Administrative Officer, Inland Northwest Health
Services, Spokane, WA
CONFERENCE COORDINATORS
Kris Erps
Associate Director for Administration, Arizona Telemedicine Program, Tucson, AZ
Nancy Rowe
Associate Director for Outreach, Arizona Telemedicine Program, Tucson, AZ
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