Use and Adoption of Telemedicine Technologies for Rural Specialty Healthcare
Track
:
Clinical Services
Program Code:
50
Date:
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Time:
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
EST
Location:
214C
MODERATOR
:
Thomas S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH, Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Technologies and Alliances, UC Davis Health System
Thomas S. Nesbitt, Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Technologies and Alliances, is responsible for advancing the UC Davis Health System’s excellence in telemedicine. Toward that goal, he works closely with leaders throughout the state in developing partnerships with regional hospitals, clinics and centers to expand access to quality health care and create a statewide broadband telehealth network. He also ensures that faculty and staff excel at using innovative technologies to provide high-quality, state-of-the-art medical care.
SPEAKER
(S):
Elizabeth Kim, MD, Resident, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Elizabeth Kim, MD, is a second-year neonatology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She completed her undergraduate studies at Lyon College in Batesville, AR, receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in 1999. She attended the UAMS School of Medicine, graduating with Alpha Omega Alpha honors in 2005. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and UAMS in 2008 and began her training in neonatology in July of that year. Her research interest is in the use of telemedicine in neonatal/perinatal community outreach and education.
Gary C. Doolittle, MD, Professor, Hematology/Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Dr. Gary Doolittle has been practicing oncology via telemedicine for 15 years. He is a Professor of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) in Kansas City, Kansas. He is also the Medical Liaison for the Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth at KUMC as well as the Director of the Midwest Cancer Alliance, a network of hospitals, physicians groups, and cancer support and patient advocacy organizations across Kansas and western Missouri focused on early cancer detection, cancer care, cancer prevention and survivorship.
Dr. Jeffrey Saffle is Professor of Surgery and Director of the Burn-Trauma Unit at the University of Utah Health Center in Salt Lake City, which is the only specialized burn care facility serving the states of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. Dr. Saffle is past-President of the American Burn Association and leads their multicenter trials group. The burn program at Utah has previously developed a telemedicine program for the evaluation of acutely burned patients located at remote facilities which has proved successful in providing cost-effective access to specialized burn care to areas far distant from the burn center.