Karen Edison, MD, Associate Professor & Chair of Dermatology, University of Missouri Health System, Columbia
Karen Edison, M.D., is a clinician, educator, and researcher, with health policy expertise. She received her medical degree and completed her residency in dermatology at the University of Missouri in Columbia where she joined the faculty in 1993. She served as Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow and then majority health policy staff for the Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee in the United States Senate from 1999-2001, where she was instrumental in the legislative expansion of Medicare reimbursement for telehealth services. She was a key member of the legislative team that drafted the reauthorization of the Community Health Center Programs and spent two years as key staff in a bipartisan coalition that developed the “Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act”, which was finally signed in to federal law in 2005. She returned to Missouri in 2001 where her current titles include Philip C. Anderson Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology, Medical Director of the Missouri Telehealth Network (since 2001), and Co-Director of the Center for Health Policy at the University of Missouri in Columbia (since 2002).
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Robert Eikelboom, Adjunct Associate Professor, Ear Science Institute Australia
Dr Rob Eikelboom is a bioengineer who has been in involved in telehealth research for over a decade, and in medical research for over 20 years. He has led the development of ear teleheatlh in Western Australia, a state 1/3rd the size of USA. It has been implemented in a number of regions in India, as well.
Yuji Akematsu, Post-Doctral Research Fellow, University of Hyogo
TSUJI, MASATSUGU, Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, and Professor emeritus, Osaka University. Areas of specialty include Economic Theory, eHealth and Tele-education. Has been analyzing economic benefits of eHealth by utilizing survey and questionnaires’ data of local governments. Publications include The Internet Revolution: A Global Perspective, (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Received a B.A. degree in Economics from Kyoto University; M.A. in Economics from Osaka University; and Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. He also serves as a member of Information and Telecommunications Council, the Government of Japan, and Board of Director, Japanese Association of Telemedicine.
Ryan Spaulding, PhD, Director, Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth, Unviersity of Kansas Medical Center
Ryan Spaulding is the Director of the Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth and a Research Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management the University of Kansas Medical Center. He administers all telehealth projects, research activities and daily operations of the department. He has authored and co-authored several published articles and book chapters on the use of health information technologies in the delivery of health care to underserved areas. Dr. Spaulding received his PhD from the University of Kansas and previously earned BS and MA degrees from Central Michigan University. He is a member of the American Telemedicine Association.