Journal Relationships & Activities

Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) requires all board and staff members to disclose financial and non-financial relationships and activities.  An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he/she and/or a spouse or partner had a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months, and is reported below. Disclosures below report board member and staff affiliation beyond that of a current employer. For a complete list of editorial team and staff members please click here. Updates are conducted annually in December.

Note: Editorial Board Members are excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists. 

 

Executive Editor-in-Chief

John D. Halamka, MD, MS, USA

  • Advisory Board roles at Arcadia Healthcare Solutions, IPRD Solutions, TripleBlind and New Leaf Venture Partners, Orion Healthcare Board of Directors and Gates Foundation Consultant

 

Editors-in-Chief

Lyle Berkowitz, MD, USA

  • Patient Point Contractor and Health Catalyst Shareholder

Dr Suhail Chughtai, UK

  • AI Software Applications for Medical Professionals to streamline the workflow in clinics or hospitals; Lead Software Designer – CEO of the AI Healthcare Firm; VMLP AI Healthcare Ltd, in the UK

 

Associate Editors-in-Chief

Paul Barach, B.Sc. MD, MPH, Maj (ret.), USA

  • Pegwin—consultant and stockholder at Play It Health,  advisory board member and stockholder at Vital tech and principle at J Bara Innovation

Andrew Philip, PhD, LP, USA

  • I do not review or submit articles on CMS policies or models, nor endorse any content on behalf of HHS/CMS. I am a minor shareholder in MindMed (publicly traded company). I am a Headway independent contractor. These interests will have no impact on my editorial decisions and recommendations.

 

Regional Editor

Joe Hawayek, UAE

  •  I am a board member at TachyHealth, Senior Advisor of Diginova Health a digital health incubator, investor and consulting company. My spouse is the Medical Director and owner of a medical practice in Dubai that offers pediatrics, family medicine and orthopedics specialties.

 

Section Editor

Gary L. Legault, MD, USA

  • Independent Contractor with LCA Vision Inc.

Sunil Shroff, MS. FRCS, D Urol, India

  • I'm the editorial director of www.medindia.net

 

Editors

Richard Anglin, USA

  • I own telmedx and all associated patent applications

Sarah Bell, RN, USA

  • I am advisor for Look Deep Health

Andrew J. Butler, PhD, MBA, PT, FAPTA, FASAHP​, USA

  •  I am an advisor to Motus Nova, LLC. The company produced a robotic device for stroke rehabilitation. I receive no financial or stock compensation.

Utibe Effiong, MD, MPH, MHA, USA

  • Owner of Treasure Health LLC, and independent contractor for Amwell, MDLIVE and Teladoc

Matthew R. Fisher, USA

  • I'm outside attorney for various physician practices, hospitals, SNFs, care delivery organizations, digital health companies and liability insurers. Advisor for WaveOn Health.

Jason Hallock, MD,USA

  • My spouse is a minor shareholder of Hims & Hers

Erkan Hassan, USA

  • I'm on the advisory board of PantridgeDTell Corp, have stock in Intercept Inc, and consult for Immunexpress & Montuno Health; contractor for PRoNexus Inc. 

Devraj Jindal, India

  • I'm CEO of Cardiometcare Plus Health Solutions (CPHS) Private Limited, India, and hold copyrights for Clinical Decision Support System software in India.

Sujeet Katiyar, India

  •  I have a stake in Corporate Concepts & Knowledgeware Creators Ltd (CCKC Ltd). My spouse is a board member and stakholder in CCKC Ltd. 

Dominick Pahl, MS, USA

  • Independent Contractor at Innovation Advantage Virtual Nursing Academy

Shayan Vyas, MD, MBA, FAAP, USA

  • I own shares of Teladoc Health

 

Peer Reviewers

Verónica Blanco Gutiérrez , PhD Candidate, UK

  • Sareholder of GSK and Smith & Nephew

Nandhakumar Raju, USA

  • I am Co-Founder of Mazo Solutions and My Ayur Health

Sandeep Reddy, Australia

  • I am Founder-Chairman, Medi-AI

Matthew Sakumoto, MD, USA

  • I am an independent contractor for Clearstop Health and PlushCare Health and receive honorarium from the American Medical Association (AMA) and Matter Health; stock or stock options within the past 24 months: MDisrupt, Oncoustics, Clearstep Health, Upbeing, RocketDoctor, Rezilient Health, Nabla Health, Offcall   

Dr. C. Sheela Sasikumar, India

  • Spouse distributes medical and surgical disposible products

Allison Viola, MBA, USA

  • I own Cerner stock

Debbie Voyles, USA

  • I have received honoraria from Maine Health, Vidyo Telehealth Summit and Vidyo Telehealth Advisory Board in 2017. Travel support to participate in InTouch Telehealth Summit in 2016. Travel support to present at Maine Health Summit about UCHealth rollout of Virtual Health. I have received funds to cover travel costs to attend vendor Summits to learn about their new Telehealth applications as well as honorarium to speak at the Maine Health Summit about how UCHealth has rolled out our Virtual Health program within the EPIC environment. Any funding I have received or will receive for travel costs from vendors will not influence my decision or affect my ability to choose the best software or hardware options for our Virtual Health program.

 

Publishing and Operations Staff

Tory Cenaj, USA

  • Founder and owner of Partners in Digital Health, including the journals Blockchain in Healthcare Today, Telehealth and Medicine Today, ConV2X event series, and all related activities and initiatives associated with these titles, and company portfolio assets. I own SolarCoin.  I am advisor for IEEE-SA and cofounder of a stealth startup.

John Russo Jr., PharmD, USA

  • I am the owner of The MedCom Resource