Advisors:

 

Dr. Peter Yellowlees, MD UC Davis
Luis G. Kun, Ph.D. Senior Advisor on Healthcare IT and Security
Matthew Goodwin, Ph.D. Director, Clinical Research, MIT Media Lab; Assoc. Director, Research, Groden Center
Tom Hardart, MBA Principal, Adirondacks Films; Fmr. VP, International Business, AOL
Jasjit Suri, Ph.D, MBA, Fellow AIMBE Imaging Systems
Tom Young, MD Recently Served as President
Tyler T. Whitney, Psy.D. Founder / Clinical Director Intermountain Center for Autism and Child Development

 

Dr. Peter Yellowlees, MD - UC Davis
After completing his medical training in London, Dr. Yellowlees worked in Australia for twenty years before coming to UC Davis to continue his research in telemedicine and eHealth. He has an international reputation in telemedicine and long distance health and education delivery and is an experienced speaker who has given over 100 presentations in 20 countries in the past five years. He has a number of research interests and is presently working on projects involving robotic surgery, electronic record implementation, data mining and disease management protocols, Internet e-mail and video consultation services, the use of virtual reality for health education on the Internet, and electronic death record certification processes.

Dr. Yellowlees has worked in public and private sectors, in academia, and in rural settings. He has published three books and about 100 scientific articles and book chapters and has been regularly involved in media presentations. He has consulted to governments and private sector companies in several countries and has received about $5 million in research grants. His main interests are in improving access to health and education services using information technologies.

Luis G. Kun, Ph.D. - Senior Advisor on Healthcare IT and Security
Dr. Kun will advise the company in the areas of HIPAA compliance for our target market sectors. After a 14-year career with IBM, Dr. Kun served as the Director of Medical Systems Technology and Strategic Planning at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He also served as the Senior IT Advisor to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, where he formulated the IT vision and was the lead staff for HPCC program and Telehealth. As a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) between 1999 and 2001, he was the Senior Computer Scientist for the Health Alert Network for Bioterrorism and later the Acting Chief Information Technology Officer for the National Immunization Program (NIP), where he formulated its IT vision in October 2000.

Matthew Goodwin, Ph.D. - Director, Clinical Research, MIT Media Lab; Assoc. Director, Research, Groden Center
Matthew S. Goodwin, Ph.D., received his B.A. in Psychology from Wheaton College in 1998 and his M.A. in 2005 and Ph.D. in 2008, both in Experimental Psychology, from the University of Rhode Island. He is the Director of Clinical Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Laboratory and Associate Director of Research at the Groden Center – an Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders in Providence, RI. He serves on the Executive Board of the International Society for Autism Research, is Co-Chair of the Autism Speaks-Innovative Technology for Autism Initiative, and has an Adjunct Associate Research Scientist appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. He has over 15 years of research and clinical experience working with the full spectrum of children and adults with ASD; is well acquainted with a variety of experimental methods and statistical approaches used in the behavior sciences; and has extensive experience developing and evaluating innovative technologies for behavioral assessment, including telemetric physiological monitors, accelerometry sensors, and digital video/facial recognition systems.

Tom Hardart, MBA - Principal, Adirondacks Films; Fmr. VP, International Business, AOL
Mr. Hardart advises on business strategy and direction. Mr. Hardart negotiated many successful alliances for AOL, and retired in 2001. He has most recently started a movie company with investment backing.

Jasjit Suri, Ph.D, MBA, Fellow AIMBE - Imaging Systems
Jasjit is an internationally-acclaimed imaging technologies expert. He holds a master's degree from the University of Illinois, a Ph.D from the University of Washington, and an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He has published extensively on diagnostic and therapeutic biomedical imaging devices and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). His specialties are technology development & management, telehealth, and forming strategic alliances. He oversees the company's imaging technologies and assists the CEO with strategic planning.

Tom Young, MD -Recently Served as President
Tom Young’s medical and health IT career spans nearly four decades, with experience helping organizations such as EDS, Qualis and as the Idaho Medicaid Official in charge of the state’s Health Programs through 2003. Dr. Young then served as CIO and CMO for Connextions Health -- a successful health IT firm in Florida. Dr. Young returned to Idaho to help the Children’s Home Society of Idaho open the state’s leading regional autism clinic. He also maintains a private practice specializing in pediatric behavioral issues and telehealth.

Tyler T. Whitney, Psy.D. - Founder / Clinical Director Intermountain Center for Autism and Child Development Meridian, Idaho
Dr. Whitney works with children, adolescents, and young adults and their families, and in systems in which problems with self-regulation, relational development, cognitive dysfunction, self-concept, and information processing difficulties are evident. He is the founder and currently the Clinical Director for ICACD, with staff privileges at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center (Boise and Meridian facilities). In addition, he is adjunct faculty at University of Idaho in the Counseling and Human Services graduate program. He consults with hospitals, residential facilities, and school districts throughout the Intermountain region. Dr. Whitney is active in research related to the clinical application of telemedicine, autism spectrum disorders, and systems of care that render out of home placement to children, adolescents, and young adults. Dr. Whitney is a full member of INSAR (International Society of Autism Research).

 

 
 
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