Physician Nexus Appoints Prof. V. Dorodny to its Esteemed Advisory Board

Professor Victor Dorodny Joins Physician Nexus Advisory Board

September 6, 2011, Malibu, CA---Physician Nexus, (www.PhysicianNexus.com ) based in Silicon Valley, is the fastest growing social network dedicated exclusively to physicians.

This global communications platform was developed with a vision to transform the field of medicine, allowing physicians to connect with each other in ways that were not possible before.

Physician networking, consultations, referrals, career planning, and other vital and powerful physician-specific features are now at your fingertips with Physician Nexus. It also serves as uniquely user-friendly platform for Tele-Medical and Medical Tourism application.

Physician Nexus appoints Prof. Victor S. Dorodny M.D., N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. (www.DrDorodny.com), a specialist with over 30 years of clinical and executive experience, as well as a Doctorate in Health Information Technologies (HIT) and over 17 years of hands-on HIT/Telemedicine experience, to its esteemed Advisory Board.

Prof. Dorodny is the former Chief Medical Officer and Global Practice Leader for US-TeleMedicine Company and currently serves as the President & CEO of TeleMed Partners --global Health, Information, and Technology Integrators. (www.TeleMedPartners.com)

Professor V.S. Dorodny enjoys international recognition for advancing electronic health record technologies (EHR, EMR, PHR), and promoting confidentiality and security of health information.

He has served as Advisory Board Member of: The Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS); National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) and The IPA Association of America (TIPAA).

He was one of the creators of the current Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

He conceived, designed, and led development of Knowledge–based Health Information Systems (KbHIS©) operational databases for healthcare organizations. He served as consultant to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations; Technical Advisor to the United States Department of Justice and the FBI.

Prof. Dorodny originated the revolutionary concept of health and pharmaceutical care value (HCV©) that continues to shape emerging health systems. He consults for: the Institute for Alternative he , National Association of Consulting Pharmacists, the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospital Organizations (JCAHO), the National Pharmaceutical Council, and the FDA.

Prof. Dorodny is an accomplished Healthcare/HIT Physician-Executive and has successfully introduced his concepts into the marketplace as the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Clark Information Services, Inc., a software, applications and data warehousing company for pharmaceutical industry and other health care organizations; as the Executive VP & Chief Medical Information Officer of Superior Consultant Company, Inc., an integrated health care, pharmaceutical industry and information technology management company; as the Executive VP of Business Development for ICN, Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eastern Europe.

Prof. Dorodny is Board Certified by the American Academy of Pain Management, Diplomate and Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Ethical Physicians, Associate in Medicine of the American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM), Diplomate and Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Hospital Physicians, graduate of USC Executive Management Institute in Health Care, and Registered Arbitrator.

Prof. Dorodny made significant contributions on diverse topics in major mass media publications, peer review journals and trade publications. He authored monographs and books. Among his editorial board appointments: Managed Healthcare, US Pharmacist, ADVANCE for Health Information Executives. As Reuters Healthcare Expert he often presents at national and international conferences, and guests on national TV and radio.

Incoming Advisory Board Members.

It is with great pleasure that I announce the appointment of my longtime friend and colleague Robert A. Donin, MPA to serve as the Chairman of our Industry Advisory Board.

A native Californian, Mr. Donin holds  a Bachelor of Health Science (BHS), Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington, and Master of Public Administration (MPA) from USC, Los Angeles, , California with main area of concentration in Health Services Administration.

Robert currently serves as President, TRI-PAC Health and Wellness Advocacy founded by Prof. V. Dorodny as a part of Clinton Gore Health Strategy in 1993 with focus on Patient-Physician and Legislative Advocacy and expansion of patient choice. TRI-PAC has been invited, asked, and provided input and testimony at local, state, national, and global level.

Through TRI-PAC,   Mr. Donin serves as the Chairman, Guangzhou Medical Exchange Program and Director, Los Angeles Guangzhou Sister City Association.  The Sister City will celebrate its 30 year anniversary in 2011.

Mr. Robert Donin is an Insurance Agent by trade specializing in health insurance and travel and international health insurance.  He is a Member, local, state, and national health underwriters association. Have also been to Sacramento and Washington, D.C as a part of a delegation to communicate with state and national legislators and their staff on health reform and health insurance reform. 

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Similarly, we are pleased by Dr. Paul W. Wallace decision to join the Advisory Board for TeleMed Partners.

 

Paul W. Wallace, M.D., M.P.A., has overseen the operation of Wallace of Beverly Hills, Inc. since 1993.  A native of Los Angeles, Dr. Wallace attended Harvard Medical School and did his internship in General Surgery, with graduate training in Dermatology and a fellowship in Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery at the Charles Drew/M. L. King, Jr. Medical Center in Los Angeles. For the past decade he has been an attending physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and is the Clinical Director at San Mateo Medical Center. Dr. Wallace is a member of the U.S. Army Reserve and specializes in Military Trauma and wound ballistics.

Dr. Wallace has 21 years of ringside medicine (boxing) experience. He is currently the Chairman, World Boxing Council Medical Advisory Board; Chairman, WBC Muy Thai Medical Advisory Board; Chief ringside physician, California; Vice-President and current Board member, American Association of Professional Ringside Physicians; former USA Boxing Physician Instructor at the United States Olympic Center and lead physician of multiple U.S. National Teams; Medical Director and technical advisor for “The Contender” (seasons 1 and 2) on NBC and ESPN.

Dr. Wallace also works as a consultant and technical advisor to Paramount, Disney, Universal, Sony, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks movie studios on how to create various skin presentations (burns, trauma, gunshot wounds and make-up design).  In 1991, he started the nationally acclaimed “Second Chance Tattoo Removal Program”, a scar-free removal procedure for all skin types.

Dr. Wallace utilizes “cutting edge” procedures and is knowledgeable in a wide array of techniques incorporating tele-medicine to address issue in health and safety, medical and cosmetic problems.  He has lectured to elected officials, athletic directors, physicians, trainers, coaches and healthcare providers nationally and throughout North and South America, Asia, Europe, and Africa.

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Attorney Michael P. Calof has been in private practice in Los Angeles since 1978 and his practice incorporates all facets of Employment Law.  He has litigated civil employment cases in both State and Federal Court.  He is admitted to practice in all courts of the State of California, The U.S. District Court, Central District, the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Calof was formerly with the City Attorneys Office from 1973 through 1978 where he was assigned as co-counsel advising the Police and Fire Pension Department and the City Employees Retirement Department, as well as their respective Boards in regard to service and disability retirement matters.

As part of his civil practice, Mr. Calof has litigated issues related to employee rights to medical coverage, Cobra Rights, and Long and Short Term Disability Benefits for employees in the public and private sector as well as U.S. government sector.

Mr. Calof recently successfully settled a U.S. Whistle Blower claim on behalf of his client against a large hospital chain for alleged Medicare violations. This successful settlement for six million dollars was pursuant to provisions of the Qui Tam Act.

TeleMed Partners joins imminent telemedicine boom

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Nov. 22, 2010 Malibu, California. Prof. Victor S. Dorodny, MD, is realigning his 17-year-old health care policy, economics and information technology consulting company, Health Pro Worldwide, Inc., and refocusing on the hot fields of health information technology (HIT) and telemedicine. The new company, TeleMed Partners, with almost two decades of expertise, fosters strategic partnerships between HIT manufacturers, medical service providers, consumers, and payors. Its first consulting client is US Tele-Medicine of Beverly Hills. “The current US health care system needs to expand the use of Health Information Technologies (HIT) and Telemedicine. The system emerging in the wake of new health care legislation will crash without it,” says Dr. Victor Dorodny. “Adding thirty million health care consumers, while mandating extended coverage, combined with increased demand for health care from the aging baby boomers is straining the system at the seams. Telemedicine seems to be our best viable alternative to provide health care for the ever growing needs of the consumer, especially the chronically ill and aging. I have no doubt that health care delivery in the US will change dramatically in the next ten years through the adoption of telemedicine. We are in the convergent space defined by medicine, information, and technology, and plan to work hard on integrating them for the benefit of the health care system.”

Prof. Dorodny, MD, ND, PhD, MPH (www.DrDorodny.com) President of TeleMed Partners, was one of the creators of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). He has served on the Advisory Board of the Assoc. of Medical Director of Information Systems and the National Assoc. of Managed Care Physicians. He conceived, designed, and led development of Knowledge-based Health Information Systems (KbHIS©) operational databases for healthcare organizations. He has consulted for the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospital Organizations, the National Association of Consulting Pharmacists, the National Pharmaceutical Council, and the FDA, and is internationally recognized for advancing electronic health record technologies (EMR, EHR, PHR), and promoting confidentiality and security of health information. For an expanded biography please see www.DrDorodny.com.

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TeleMed Partners is a physician –owned consulting company with over 35 years of clinical, academic, medical technology and IT/HIT experience offering tactical and strategic medical & HIT (health information technology) guidance and integrated solutions to all telemedicine stakeholders.


Experienced staff of HIT and medical professionals, as well as networking and integration specialists develops high quality lower cost solutions for consumers, providers and payors of health care.


In strategic partnership with HIT manufacturers, service providers, purchasers, providers and payors of health care, and health information exchanges (HIE) we are in a convergent space defined by medicine, information and technology.

Our staff can be reached at Info@TeleMedPartners.com
Dr. Dorodny can be reached at Dorodny@medscape.com