ATALACC Presentations - ATA Meeting, Seattle, April 7, 2008

ATALACC 2008 SEATTLE LUNCH MEETING

AGENDA

April 7, 2008, 12:30-2:45 pm

Room 303

ATALACC Welcome Message

12:30 – 1.00 pm               

ATALACC Welcome Message

Juan Ramón Arosemena, MD

ATALACC Chair

“Telehealth, Bridging the Gap - A Global Perspective”   

Ron Emerson RN BSN

Global Director of Healthcare Markets -POLYCOM

1:00 – 1:30 pm

ATALACC Update: Goals & Objectives 2008-2009

Juan Ramón Arosemena, MD

ATALACC Chair

OTMC Status Quo

Giselle Ricur, MD

Past ATALACC Chair

1:30 – 2:00 pm                   

Telemedicine in LAC

“Telemedicine Experience in Venezuela”

Tomas J. Sanabria Borjas, MD

President Maniapure Project Foundation- Telesalud

“Telemedicine in Ecuador”

Ricardo Hidalgo1, Dale C. Alverson2 Gonzalo Cartagenova1, Luis Maldonado3

1UTE Ecuador, 2UNM USA, 3FAE Ecuador.

2:00 – 2:30 pm                   

Distance education in LAC

Report on: “2008 Program of Innovative Continuing Medical Education in Dermatology”

Ivan Camacho, M.D.

Fellow Telemedicine Program; Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

“University of Arizona – Panama Experience”

Ronald Weinstein, MD

Director Arizona Telemedicine Program; University of Arizona Health Sciences Center

2:30 – 2:45 pm

Announcements & Closure

ATALACC Board Staff