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Ms. Waldorf also serves as an expert witness in negligent credentialing cases. She received her BS degree in Accounting from NC Wesleyan College. Andrew Watson, MD, MLitt, FACS Vice President of Clinical Information Technology Transformation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center President, American Telemedicine Association Andrew Watson, MD, is a fourth- genera tion surgeon and the eighth surgeon in his family. He earned his master’s degree at the University of Oxford, studying 17 th century baroque architecture, and attended medical school at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He did his surgical training and fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He is an actively practicing colorectal surgeon specializing in minimally invasive inflammatory bowel diseases and complex reoperative abdominal surgery. He is the primary surgeon in the IBD medical home at UPMC. He actively uses and helps to develop telemedicine at UPMC, with a focus on remote patient monitoring, and has personally done over 500 virtual consults including pre-operative, post-operative, tele-rounding, intra-operative, and remote patient monitoring. He blends his career working for UPMC International, Insurance Services, and Health Services Divisions to practice and help envision the transformation of healthcare, with a focus on remote patient monitoring. He is the President of the American Telemedicine Association. Ronald S. Weinstein, MD, FCAP, FATA Director Arizona Telemedicine Program patented, and commercialized robotic telepathology and is often referred to as the “Father of Telepathology.” He has served as president of six professional organizations including the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). In addition to being President Emeritus of the ATA, he has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Association for Pathology Informatics and has been inducted into the United States Distance Learning Association Hall of Fame. Dr. Weinstein has over 600 professional publications cited over 10,000 times in the literature. Lee A. Wood Executive Vice President and General Manager, Physician Services InTouch Health As Executive Vice President and General Manager, Physician Services, Lee Wood brings 25 years of experience in healthcare and hospital management, finance, and business development to InTouch Health. Throughout his career, Mr. Wood has worked closely with physicians and organization leaders across multiple sites and in multiple states in developing and managing physician provider networks, servicing both inpatient and outpatient practice populations. Prior to joining InTouch Health, he held business development and operations positions with Columbia/HCA, AmeriPath, and, most recently, MEDNAX, Inc., where he was the Regional Vice President of a 12-state region for the national physician group. He received his bachelor’s degree from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, TX. Full speaker and moderator bios are online at https://ttspsworld.com/speakers Ronald S. Weinstein, MD, is the founding director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program. He received his medical degree from Tufts Medical School, in Boston, and is a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)- trained pathologist. He is regarded as a pioneer in both telemedicine and telepathology. While a MGH pathology resident, he participated in rendering diagnoses on some of the first telemedicine cases of the MGH-Logan International Airport telemedicine program in 1968. Decades later, he turned his attention to telepathology while a pathologist for National Cancer Institute- funded clinical trials. In 1986, he introduced the term “telepathology” into the English language. He invented, Telemedicine Telehealth Service Provider Summit | 25