Special thanks to the esteemed professionals that have given their time and talent to leading our board of directors.

Snapshots of the ATA’s leaders from our founding in 1993 through today.



Joseph C. Kvedar,
MD
Term: 2021-2022
Director, Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare System Inc., Vice Chair, Dermatology, Harvard Medical School


John Glaser,
PhD
Term: 2019-2021
Senior Vice President at Cerner


Andrew Watson,
MD, MLITT, FACS
Term: 2018-2019
Vice President of Clinical Information Technology Transformation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center


Peter Yellowlees,
MD, MBBS
Term: 2017-2018
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Vice Chair of Faculty Development UC Davis Health System


LTG (RET) James Peake,
MD
Term: 2016-2017
Senior Vice President, CGI Federal, Former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs


Reed Tuckson,
MD FACP
Term: 2015-2016
Managing Director, Tuckson Communications


Yulun Wang,
PHD
Term: 2014-2015
CEO & Chairman, InTouch Health


Edward M. Brown,
MD
Term: 2013-2014
CEO, Ontario Telemedicine Network


A. Stewart Ferguson,
PhD
Term: 2012-2013
Chief Information Officer, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium


Bernard A. Harris,
Jr., MD, MBA
Term: 2011-2012
President and CEO, Vesalius Ventures


Dale Alverson,
MD
Term: 2010-2011
Medical Director, Center for Telehealth, University of New Mexico Health Sciences


Karen S. Rheuban,
MD
Term: 2009-2010
Medical Director, Office of Telemedicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Senior Assiciate Dean for CME and External Affairs, University of Virginia


Elizabeth A. Krupinski,
PhD
Term: 2008-2009
Assistant Director, Program Evaluation, University of Arizona, Department of Radiology - Research


Hon S. Pak,
MD, FAAD
Term: 2007-2008
Chief Executive Officer, Diversinet Corp.


Richard S. Bakalar,
MD
Term: 2006-2007
Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, ViTel Net


Themla McClosky Armstrong
Term: 2005-2006
Director, Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network


Joseph C. Kvedar,
MD
Term: 2004-2005
Director, Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare System Inc., Vice Chair, Dermatology, Harvard Medical School


Ronald Weinstein,
MD
Term: 2003-2004
Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program, Arizona Health Sciences Center


COL (Ret.) Ron Poropatich,
MD
Term: 2002-2003
Executive Director, Center for Military Medicine Research, Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center


Rashid Bashshur,
PhD
Term: 2000-2002
Director of Telemedicine, Professor of Health Management and Policy, Telemedicine Resource Center, University of Michigan Health System


Mark Goldberg,
MD
Term: 1998-2000
President, Perceptive Informatics


Jay H. Sanders,
MD, FACP, FACAAI
Term: 1996-1998
President and CEO, The Global Telemedicine Group, Professor of Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine (Adjunct)


Jane H. Preston,
MD, FAPA
Term: 1993-1996
Director, Texas Telemedicine Project, President, Telemedical Interactive, Consultative Services, Inc.


History

Founded in 1993, we’re a non-profit association headquartered in Washington D.C. The ATA now includes more than 400 organizations focused on transforming health and care through enhanced, efficient delivery.




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