ATA Clinician Council

ATA Clinician Council

Advancing Trust, Quality, and Innovation in Virtual Care

Clinician Council

Senior Clinical Advisor and Past Chair of the Board, American Telemedicine Association (ATA); Professor, Harvard Medical School; Editor, npj Digital Medicine

Gokhan Anil,
MD

Chair of Clinical Practice, Mayo Clinic Health System – MN

Melynda Barnes,
MD

Chief Medical Officer, Ro

Sameer Berry,
MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer, Oshi Health

Ethan Booker,
MD - Chair: Evidence

Chief Medical Officer for Telehealth, MedStar Health

Brian Carpenter

Chief Medical Officer, Telemedicine, Sound Physicians

Melinda Cooling,
APRN

Chief Clinician Executive OSF OnCall and SVP Advanced Practice OSF HealthCare

Abigail Crawford,
APRN, FNP-C

Chief APP Pediatric Telemedicine, Department of Pediatrics Martinsburg Pediatric Subspecialties Telemedicine, WVU Medicine Children’s

Carrie Culpepper,
RN, FNP-C, MBA

Managing Director, Chief Nursing & Quality Officer, TTUHSC Managed Care

Charles Fisher,
PT, MPT, MBA

Vice President, HSS Rehabilitation and Performance, Hospital for Special Surgery

Leanna Fortunato,
PhD

Director of Quality and Innovation, Office of Health Care Innovation, American Psychological Association

Gail Golab

Associate Executive Vice President and Chief Veterinary Officer, AVMA

Helen Hughes,
MD, MPH - Chair: Trust

Medical Director, Office of Telemedicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine

Erin Hulfish

Medical Director of Innovation, Stony Brook Medicine

John Kazianis,
MD

VP and Senior Medical Director, Hicuity Health

Malik Khan,
MD, FCCP

Medical Director Virtual Health, Corewell Health

Kristen Lawton

Chief Nursing Officer, Equum Medical

Trang Le,
MD

Assistant Professor, VCU Health

Jade Le,
MD

Infectious Diseases Service Line Chief at Access Physicians

Talbot “Mac” McCormick,
MD

Chief Physician Executive, Eagle Telemedicine

James Thomas McElligott,
MD, MSCR

Executive Medical Director, Center for Telehealth, Medical University of South Carolina

David Newman,
MD

Chief Medical Officer, Virtual Care, Sanford Health

Ngoc-Anh Nguyen,
MD

Medical Director, Houston Methodist Hospital Virtual Urgent Care & Telemedicine

Jordan Pritzker,
MD, MBA - Chair: Guidelines

Medical Director, Aetna

Sarah Quiring

Senior Product Manager - Clinical Applications, AvaSure

Giselle Ricur

Executive Director Virtual Care, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Helen Schnase,
MD, MBA - Chair: Med Ed

Vice President, Clinic Services, Transcarent

Kate Steinle,
MSN

Chief Clinical Officer, Folx Health

Greg Weidner,
MD, FACP

Senior Medical Director, Virtual Care Vice President, Care Model Design and Innovation, One Medical/Amazon

Maggie Williams,
MD, DipABFM, DipABLM

Medical Director, Virtual Primary Care, Evernorth/MDLIVE

About the ATA Clinician Council

The ATA Clinician Council brings together clinical leaders to identify and address barriers to the adoption and advancement of telehealth, virtual care, and emerging technology-enabled care models. The Council helps shape industry best practices, policy priorities, and clinical guidance while advancing a Trust Agenda centered on responsibility, credibility, transparency, and integrity across the healthcare ecosystem.

Resources

ATA TELEHEALTH & VIRTUAL CARE TAXONOMY
This taxonomy establishes a common framework and set of definitions for telehealth, virtual care, and technology-enabled health services. Decades of evidence have shown telehealth to be a safe, effective, and convenient care modality that expands access, improves efficiency, and supports high-quality care delivery. The taxonomy is designed to promote consistency across policy, research, reimbursement, and implementation efforts while clarifying the distinct roles of care models, technologies, settings, and governance considerations. Download Taxonomy »

TELEHEALTH YOU CAN TRUST
A Guide from the ATA
This resource provides practical guidance for both patients and healthcare professionals to evaluate telehealth services. Through 10 key questions and considerations, it helps promote informed decisions, patient safety, quality care, and trust in virtual healthcare delivery. Download Guide »

Building Trust in Telehealth

Trust is the foundation of effective healthcare, and in telehealth, it’s more important than ever. The ATA Clinician Council’s Principles of Practice set a standard for responsibility, transparency, and outcome-driven care. These principles emphasize:

Telehealth as an essential tool for closing gaps in today’s healthcare system.
The power of telehealth to transform care delivery.
Patient care is enhanced when clinicians use the right care modality in a legal, ethical, and appropriate manner.

Telehealth Guidelines and Resources
The ATA and our expert councils and workgroups have published a range of materials to help clinicians best prepare their practices for telehealth, guidelines for effectively integrating digital health tools into care delivery, and key tenets of virtual care delivery.

Is Telehealth Right for Your Practice?
Over the past several years, telehealth has proven to be an effective, convenient, and necessary tool in care delivery, with a growing evidence base for its appropriate and effective use in any clinical discipline. Hear firsthand from clinicians about their experiences.

Watch the video, as members of the ATA Clinician Council share their personal experiences and clinical benefits of telehealth in practice.