Anthony Nappi is a long-time advocate for patients and frontline healthcare staff. Trained as a Physical Therapist and Registered Nurse, Anthony has worked at just about every level of care. After years as a clinician, he transitioned to a project management and consultative role, most recently with the University of Virginia School of Medicine. His team, Virginia IMPACT, […]
For the past 16 years, Brian Gunnell has served as the Senior Video-Conferencing Engineer for the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth. A Virginia Tech graduate, he brings extensive expertise in mobile and fixed endpoint VTC technology, communications, and telepresence infrastructure, as well as the clinical applications of mobile telehealth. Brian has played a vital […]
Samuel Collins, DrPH, MSc is a research director within the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. He leads the Project ECHO initiative at UVA, with a focus on provider and community education related to substance abuse, mental health, and other clinical topics. His work involves intervention and education design based on public health trends and […]
Rob Sprang, MBA has led the UK Telehealth initiative at the University of Kentucky since 1996 and has been involved with improving the legal and regulatory environment at both the state and federal level. It has been encouraging to see the broad adoption of telehealth. Unfortunately, it took a public health crisis to help the […]
Mara Servaites, MSW, PCMH, CCE, serves as the contract Executive Director for Virginia Telehealth Network (VTN). She is an independent consultant for health and human resource organizations across the country, specifically focusing on safety net providers and rural health organizations. Before entering the consulting field, Mara served in senior positions with national organizations serving the […]
Jay Ostrowski, MA, LPCS, NCC, ACS, BC-TMH (Founder) helps mental health programs of all sizes develop regional and national online telemental health services, create online therapy clinical workflows, create award-winning niche applications, and train clinicians in the safe and legal use of technology for online therapy. He’s a Licensed Professional Counselor. As a clinician, he […]
Amanda Martin North is the Executive Director of the Center for Rural Health Innovation (CRHI) located in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. As Executive Director, she covers a wide range of duties: from day to day operations to program design and implementation, but she is happiest when she can make spreadsheets and budgets work to improve […]
Dr. Steve North, MD, MPH, is a practicing Family Physician and Adolescent Medicine specialist at a rural health center in Mitchell County, NC. In 2011, he founded the Health-e-Schools school-based telemedicine program that currently provides access to acute care, primary care, adolescent medicine, and comprehensive asthma services to over 35,000 students at 80 schools in […]
