Salus Telehealth creates board of directors after merger
Since acquiring VideoMedicine in September, Salus Telehealth has taken steps to reorganize its leadership as the companies adjust to the new partnership.
Salus, a Waycross, Georgia-based company that designs and implements telemedicine programs, which now owns VideoMedicine, a mobile, free-market doctor network, announced the creation of a seven-member board of directors that will help guide the merged entities. The board plans to help Salus achieve its goal of reducing healthcare costs and improving patient outcomes through telemedicine.
Listed below are the seven members:
· Charles Butler, MD: Butler, the creator of VideoMedicine, will serve as chairman of the board. He is a former U.S. Olympic athlete, an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He received his MD from New York University’s School of Medicine and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
· Bernard A. Harris Jr., MD, MBA: Harris will serve at the vice chairman for the board. He is also the CEO and managing partner of Vesalius Ventures, a Houston-based medical venture capital firm. Additionally, he was an astronaut at NASA for 10 years.
· Paula Guy: Guy serves as the president and CEO of Salus Telehealth and is a founding member of the board. She is a telemedicine expert and frequently gives speeches and offers consulting services on the topic.
· Frederick Feit, MD: In addition to his board duties, Feit is the director of the Fellowship Training Program in Interventional Cardiology and is an associate professor of medicine at the NYU Langone School of Medicine.
· Brent Furse: Furse also serves as the Global Chief Commercial Officer and President of U.S. at Cardiorentis AG, a Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company.
· David Flannery, MD: He is also the medical director at the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics in Bethesda, Maryland.
· Rene LaVigne: LaVigne also serves as president and CEO of Iron Bow, an information technology and services company in Chantilly, Virginia.
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