<<June 26, 2000>>
R. Daniel Hague, BSEE, FE <dhague@umich.edu>
Dr. Mariano Terrazas <mterrazas@cardiol.br>
Lori Brossia <claws@umich.edu>
Drisha Leggitt <drisha_leggitt@agilent.com>
Marcos Costa <marcos_costa@agilent.com>
Alexandre Tunes <alexandre_tunes@agilent.com>
Ricardo Cabrera <rcabrera@3dechotech.com>
Professor Rashid Bashshur, Ph.D. <bashshur@umich.edu>
Kimberly K. Obbink <kobbink@montana.edu>
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez <rbrsat@pworld.net.ph>
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez <paeling@doctor.com>
Sherrilynne Fuller, Ph.D. <sfuller@u.washington.edu>
Mr. Bruce R. Best <bbest@uog9.uog.edu>
Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>
Herman D. Tolentino, MD <hermant@I-manila.com.ph>
Dena S. Puskin, Sc.D. <dpuskin@hrsa.gov>
Dr. K. C. Lun <kclun@nus.edu.sg>
Dear Dan:
=========
(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) with comprehensive
description
of what you have done well for the telemedicine demo during
our Manaus
workshop on 5/31st.
I thank you again for your excellent help.
It was a heartfelt demo to help a patient with a serious
heart disease
in remote area of Amazon region, thanks to the equipment
loaned by
Agilent Technologies people who brought it all the way from
the US for
this occasion.
Dear Mariano:
=============
I would like to express my sincere thanks for your
and your
people's highly successful conduct of this telemedicine
demonstration.
Pls convey my sincere thanks to Dr. Starling and Lori, too.
Dear Ricardo:
=============
(2) I was very sorry that we could not have a demo of a 3D
image of the
patient's heart with your software, since your Brazilian
rep had trouble
with their PC.
Dear Dan:
=========
Pls contact Ricardo to get his demo software and
practice with it
at your university prior to your going to Manila since
I really
wish to have this demo done this time during our workshop
in
Manila on 10/29-31/00.
Dear Dan:
=========
(3) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT II).
I am very delighted to hear of your obtaining Rashid's
permission for
your attending our Manila workshop on October 29 to 31, 2000.
I will inquire your participation in a workshop if and
when our
colleague in Egypt will organize it in Beirut, Lebanon.
They received
funds from the InfoDev of the World Bank (as we did for our
Tampere
event in August of last year) and is now proceeding their
operation with
their colleagues in Lebanon.
Dear Kim:
=========
(4) ATTACHMENT III is the bio of Daniel.
Pls include it in the section of the bio (before Haraguchi's
bio) in
your travel grant application to the NSF.
Dear Bruce and Sherri:
======================
(5) Pls inform me if you can attend our Manila workshop on 10/29-31, 2000.
If so, pls retrieve Preparation of Manila workshop on
10/29-31/2000 -
June 22, 2000" at <http://www.friends-partners.org/~utsumi/gu-l/mid-2000/index.html>
and respond to my request Item (6) ASAP. Thanks in advance.
Dear Steve:
===========
(6) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT IV).
I visited Herman's web site. Yes, it is very impressive!!
Dear Sherri:
============
(7) Referring to your msg (ATTACHMENT V), pls let me know
a specific person
at the Fogarty Center of NIH so that Kim may approach for
travel grant
for our medical personnel.
Dear Rashid and Dena:
=====================
If you know any person there, pls let me know to help Kim.
Dear KC Lun:
============
(8) I am very pleased to receive your msg (ATTACHMENT VI).
Should you wish to passively view (receive-only) our telemed
demo during
our Manila workshop with your newly installed PictureTel
via ISDN at 384
Kbps, pls let me know since we plan to utilize a video bridge
at
PEACESAT at the University of Hawaii. You may call into
the bridge as
being responsible for the call's payment.
Better yet idea -- if you can organize a workshop with
your colleagues
in distance learning at your university, we would be very
happy to
conduct such telemed demo, too.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:51:58 -0400
From: "R. Daniel Hague" <dhague@umich.edu>
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
CC: Eric Wolf <gizmo@med.umich.edu>, claws@umich.edu
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Preparation for Manila workshop on 10/29th
to 31st]
utsumi wrote:
> Dear Daniel:
>
> (1) Many, many thanks again for your wonderful job done
in Manaus.
You are welcome.
>
> (2) Pls send me one or two para of a description what our
telemedicine demo
did, what difficulties you encountered, etc.
What the demo did:
Dr. Starling - Associate Director of Cardiology / University
of Michigan
Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan/US
Dr. Mariano - Cardiology Physician / University of Amazonas
Hospital, Manaus,
Amazonas/Brasil
On May 5, 2000 Dr. Starling from the University of Michigan
Health System
(UMHS) and Dr. Mariano from University of Amazonas Hospital performed
a
telemedicine consult between the Michigan and Amazon. The consultation
was
over a young man with a severe heart problem requiring prompt
surgery. The
specific type of heart problem is an area of study by the National
Institute
of Health (NIH). Dr. Starling is currently working under two
of these NIH
grants and was very willing to share his findings with Dr. Mariano
over the
video conferencing link. While the physicians simultaneously
studied the
echo cardiograph they dialoged with each other and the medical
technologists
operating the equipment. The technologists manipulated various
heart
scanners, cardio microphones and electrical impulse monitors.
The physicians
spoke through an interpreter in Manaus. The interpreter remained
close to the
video conferencing speakers and microphones to bridge the gap
between english
and portuguese. No translation was required for medical terms;
subjective
dialog was greatly enhanced by the presence of the interpreter.
The
physicians consulted with each other for about 30 minutes concluding
with a
treatment plan specific to the patient. The consultation was
very successful
based on post consultation interviews with the physicians.
The entire telemedicine consultation was televised and streamed
over the
internet. The local television company (TV Amazonas) uplinked
the feed to
AmazonSat who broadcast the signal to the entire country of Brasil
and beyond
to Venezuela and Columbia . The TV station packaged the telemedicine
consultation as a prime time program with a live 10 man crew,
studio with
lights and cameras, control room, uplink and many more resources.
The TV crew
created picture in picture images of the attending and referring
physicians ,
close up shots of the diagnostic equipment and close ups of a
studio audience
asking questions about the technology and how to be able to use
such resources
for business and distance learning as well as telemedicine.
What difficulties I encountered:
Nothing was built in Manaus, no connection to the phone company,
no digital
switch, no VC equipment. The expectations were that 3 each ISDN
BRI
lines would be available and VC gear would be waiting for me to
work on. I
gave the demonstration a 20% chance of success after getting the
event status late Sunday night [May 28th] as I was kindly picked
up at the
airport. It is better for the next event if the telephone company
have the
BRI's available before I arrive. That way we can start by troubleshooting
the
lines. If this is not possible we should have three extra days
to
deliver these lines and then the three days to set up demonstration
equipment
with remote video conferencing sites. It was divine that we
succeeded and I am very pleased so many workers came together
to make this
happen. The efforts of the TV Amazonas staff, Embratel technologists
and Phillips technologists were well beyond the call of duty.
The risk by
doing this on such a short time frame is getting allot of people
involved and not being able to deliver. Some people will assume
that the
technology is not ready when in fact it is solid. It is important
to
the mission of the workshops that these key technologies work.
I am really
glad I was able to help with this and maintain the image you are
trying to present. In summary, more than three days are required
to build a
digital microwave link, install a digital telephone switch,
provision the switch for ISDN, install video conferencing equipment
and
connect that equipment (video and audio inputs and outputs) to
a control
room and test the circuits to the remote workshop locations.
Even with these
facts, I would do the same thing again and understand that the
funding model may not be able to support a full time engineer
to plan events
like this ahead of time.
>
> (3) Pls let me know the response to this inquiry to Eric
and Lori.
Eric and Lori,
This request is in reference to any other tests that can be done
over a video
link that are as purposeful as the electrocardiograph diagnosis.
Moving images and color are good for demonstration purposes.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best, Tak
> *******************
> "R. Daniel Hague" wrote:
>
> > Eric and Lori,
> > While in Manaus, Tak asked me if there are any other
telemedicine tests
> > that lend themselves to video conferencing like echo
cardiograph. Tak
> > liked the movement and colors that the HP 5500 equipment
put out for Dr.
> > Starling to observe in Ann Arbor. I am not familiar
with the equipment
> > in Mott Imaging room, but I know several more machines
with video
> > outputs are in there. I would like to do the next event
in Manilla,
> > Philippines if you would have me. The event is in October
and I could
> > find the time. Of course there would have to be a physician
willing to
> > participate.
> > -Dan
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ATTACHMENT II
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 06:25:30 -0400
From: "R. Daniel Hague" <dhague@umich.edu>
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@friends-partners.org>
Subject: Phillipines
Dr. Utsumi,
I met with Dr. Bashshur on Friday and he has told me that he would
like
me to represent the University of Michigan Hospital at these remote
locations pending financing considerations for each case. For
the
Philippines he will pay for the hours that I am there if you can
come up
with the plane ticket, hotel and meals. He is very interested
in
Beirut, Lebanon and will likely fund an entire trip there in the
near
future. Do you have any events on the horizon for Beirut?
-Dan Hague
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ATTACHMENT III
R. Daniel Hague
I. Address:
R. Daniel Hague, BSEE, FE
Director of Video Services
Information Technology Division
The University of Michigan Health System
4251 Plymouth Road #2235
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2785
Tel: 734-763-0698
Fax: 734 615-1727
Video: 2x64 734.615.2756/57
dhague@umich.edu
dhague@netscape.net
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dhague
http://www.ns.itd.umich.edu/groups/Engin/Digital_Video/digvid.html
Social Security Number:
II. Reason for selection:
He is a key person (loaned from the University of Michigan)
for our
telemedicine demonstration during our Manila workshop which is
to open the
eyes of decision-makers for the value of broadband Internet so
that they will
deploy it in the Philippines at their earliest possible time.
III. Expected tasks after the conference:
He can integrate technology providers together very quickly
and with a high
degree of success. The following article about the Manaus/Amazona/Brazil
workshop on May 31st, 2000 was based on a three 16 hour days with
anywhere
>from 6 to 20 technologists pulling together the event. He
would consider
himself the Project Manager / Engineer for these technologists.
On day one
they had to build a digital microwave link between the local telephone
company
(EMBRATEL) and one of the local television stations (TV AMAZONAS).
On day two
they had to install a PBX to convert the fractional T-1 signal
to 4 each BRI
signals. The PBX manufacturer (Phillips) representatives were
under a lot of
pressure to complete an entire PBX installation in one day. They
had some
real challanges since the PBX was missing a power supply and had
at least one
bad CPU card. Finally, on day three they installed the video
conferencing
equipment and started testing the EMBRATEL trunks, digital microwave,
PBX and
video conferencing gear as a complete system. The entire system
came together
at 6 pm that evening for a 7 pm event.
What the workshop coordinators were told by EMBRATEL and Phillips
was that the
digital microwave and the PBX would be installed before he arrived
on site.
His role was to have three days to interconnect the Aligent Echocardiograph
with the video conferencing system and make sure the University
of Michigan
physician and technologist in Ann Arbor were solidly connected
to the Manaus
studio. A solid connection was required because of the images
from Manaus
were to be commented on in real time by the physician in Ann Arbor.
What
happened was very difficult to complete inside such a short time
frame, but he
was told by many that this was the highlight of the workshop and
that makes it
worth the effort. He would like to have the same success at the
Philippines
workshop if possible, but much of the work can be done before
he gets there
this time. We need 3 each ISDN BRI lines configured for International
Order
Code (IOC) "S".
On May 31, 2000 Dr. Starling from the University of Michigan
Health System
(UMHS) and Dr. Mariano from University of Amazonas Hospital performed
a
telemedicine consult between the Michigan and Amazon. The consultation
was
over a young man with a severe heart problem requiring prompt
surgury. The
specific type of heart problem is an area of study by the National
Institute
of Health (NIH). Dr. Starling is currently working under two
of these NIH
grants and was very willing to share his findings with Dr. Mariano
over the
video conferencing link. While the physcians simultaneously studied
the
echocardiograph they dialoged with each other and the medical
technologists
operating the equipment. The technologists manipulated various
heart
scanners, cardio microphones and electrical impulse monitors.
The physicians
spoke through an interpreter in Manaus. The interpreter remained
close to the
video conferencing speakers and microphones to brige the gap between
English
and Portuguese. No translation was required for medical terms;
subjective
dialog was greatly enhanced by the presence of the interpreter.
The
physicians consultated with each other for about 30 minutes concluding
with a
treatment plan specific to the patient. The consultation was
very successful
based on post consultation interviews with the physicians.
The entire telemedicine consultation was televised and streamed
over the
internet. The local television company (TV AMAZONAS) uplinked
the feed to
AMAZONSAT who broadcast the signal to the entire country of Brasil
and beyond
to Venezuela and Columbia. The TV station packaged the telemedicine
consultation as a prime time program with a live 10 man crew,
studio with
lights and cameras, control room, uplink and many more resources.
The TV crew
created picture in picture images of the attending and referring
physicians,
close up shots of the diagnostic equipment and close ups of a
studio audience
asking questions about the technology and how to be able to use
such resources
for business and distance learning as well as telemedicine.
IV. Bio:
Fall 1996 - Present
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)- ITD / ITCom Engineering
Group - Senior
Engineer
Project and Product Team Leader for campus video infrastructure
convergence
initiatives. This role includes leadership in: developing a campus
Multiport
Concentrator Unit (MCU) product that will allow multi-site video
conferencing
across various voice, video and data networks, building a high
speed video
editing backbone over fiber optics between studios throughout
the campus,
integrating campus video signals to the satellite uplink while
adhering to RS-250 specifications, integrating live streaming
video and live H.323 video
conferencing into the existing data networks, designing video
convergence
solutions to further merge standard cable TV, ISDN video conferencing,
IP
video conferencing and IP video broadcasting across three UM campuses
in
addition to the UM Health System and Athletics. General individual
work plan
responsibilities include: Operational Standards, Design Criteria,
Understanding Technical Developments, Network Management, Database
Development
and Long Range Planning. Large amounts of time are used to coordinate
technology decisions with University departments, colleges and
schools.
Fall 1993 ¢ Fall 1996
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) - ITD / ITCom Engineering
Group - Engineer
III
Project and Product Team Leader for Campus CATV Backbone and
Digital Video
initiatives. While serving in this role, ITCom and MCIT (Medical
Center
Information Technology) completed a worldwide TeleMedicine connectivity
framework for the University of Michigan Health System, the Video
Networking
Team (VNT) secured funds to build a two-way video connection between
campus
and the local cable television company (MediaOne/COMCAST), VNT
provided a
cross platform solution for TCP/IP control of video electronics
by
authenticated local or dial-in users, VNT secured funds for a
video
switcher/scheduler allowing shared video encoder and transcoder
access by
students, staff, and faculty from any IP connected PC or Macintosh
computer.
Previous to having a video networking team, he completed the Video
Infrastructure Renewal Project at the Ann Arbor main campus where
5,400 dorm
rooms along with 600 lecture halls, auditoriums and staff offices
were
connected to an innovative hybrid fiber/coax video backbone system
using
lasers and optical receivers on interbuilding fiber cable, 750
MHz RF
electronics on intrabuilding coax cable, and interbuilding optronics
for
reverse video.
Fall 1990 - Fall 1993
Questar Network Services/ASCOM Inc. Consultant / Application Engineer
Questar Network Services consulting consisted of engineering
design
consultation, RFQ preparation, project management, troubleshooting
(grounding,
wiring, interfaces) and network installation supervision. Questar
instructed
roughly 1,000 US West, AT&T, GTE, and Tektronix engineers
and installation
personnel on Limited Energy Limited Journeyman subject material
from the
National Electrical Code. The graduating students passed the State
of Oregon
and State of Washington qualifying examinations at 7 times the
state's
average. After the move from Oregon to Michigan, a short term
sales
engineering relationship with ASCOM Inc. (Northern Michigan's
leading
communications cable installation company) developed. Six months
in the new
Northern Michigan territory representing ASCOM, generated $96,000.00
in gross
sales at a 35% GPM (Gross Profit Margin).
Fall 1987 - Summer 1990
OPTEC, Inc. - Fiber optic LAN company with expertise in long
distance
telephone and Local Area Network fiber optic design, installation,
troubleshooting and maintenance. The positions held were Project
Engineer,
Senior Project Engineer and Vice President Engineering. The job
responsibilities expanded from designing fiber optic LANs, to
managing a
design staff, training new employees and presenting technical
papers at
various national trade shows and customer locations. Senior staff
member
requirements were involvement in the strategic planning process
and
development of an engineering department budget. In house tasks
included
proposal writing, pricing networks and designing specific LAN,
WAN
applications for the customer. Field tasks included system troubleshooting,
responding to emergency outages and walk through site evaluation
for planning
and design purposes.
Summer 1985 - Sumher 1987
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) - Telecommunications Department
staff
member holding the positions of Field Engineer he and Field Engineer
II. The
job responsibilities initially encompassed fiber optic backbone
network
design, installation and project management. As construction of
the campus
wide backbone was completed, additional responsibilities for the
design,
installation and system integration of departmental data networks
were added.
This opportunity resulted in experience in microwave, T-carrier,
baseband,
broadband, voice mail, video and many other communication system
applications.
In addition, the multi-user environment provided him with exposure
to
Ethernet, X.25, X.400, decnet, Token Ring, StarLAN, Arcnet, Apple
Talk, Frame
Relay, FDDI, SONET and several other protocols.
Summer 1983 - Spring 1985
Consumers Power Company - Engineering Planning Department staff
member holding
the positions of Graduate Engineer and Associate Engineer. The
job
responsibilities included; using a computerized model of the power
grid to
write a 3 year plan for increased regional power requirements,
presenting
scenarios for supplying the capacity in the most cost efficient
manner,
engineering and designing service drops for new businesses and
factories along
with "special project" management for a new switched
distribution capacitor
project throughout the State of Michigan.
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ATTACHMENT IV
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 11:46:20 +0900
To: utsumi@columbia.edu, hermant@I-manila.com.ph, paeling@doctor.com,
rbrsat@pworld.net.ph
From: Steve McCarty <steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp>
Subject: Re: Preparation of Manila workshop on 10/29-31/2000
Esteemed colleagues,
>Dear Ralph and Herman:
>(4) Pls construct a web site as utilizing the info in the
above mentioned
>grant application.
> Dear Steve:
> Pls assist them on this matter
Dr. Tolentino has better Web skills than mine,
as can be seen from his Websites:
>http://cm1.upm.edu.ph/miu/
>http://www.veranda.com.ph/hermant
However, it would be my exquisite honor to help in any way possible.
Collegially,
Steve McCarty
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ATTACHMENT V
From: "Sherrilynne Fuller" <sfuller@u.washington.edu>
To: "Takeshi Utsumi Ph. D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>,
"Kim Obbink" <kobbink@montana.edu>
Subject: potential funding
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:33:22 -0800
Tak, Kim
I'm not surprised by NSF reponse -- this has been their position
for many
years (i.e. that medicine is NIH's reponsibility) while they concentrate
on
"science." It does present difficulties.
RE: NIH funding for international activities, the Fogarty Center
of NIH does
provide such funding. This is where funding for our Peru public
health
informatics research and training project comes from.
I'm still interested in potentially attending the University
of the
Philippines meeting but my spring travel schedule is quite full.
Kim -- I'd really like to meet you one of these days and talk
about
potential collaboration. Any chance you're planning to be in
Seattle in
next few months??
sherri
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ATTACHMENT VI
From: Lun Kwok Chan <kclun@nus.edu.sg>
To: "'Tak Utsumi'" <utsumi@friends-partners.org>
Subject: RE: Preparation of Manila workshop on 10/29-31/2000
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 09:05:30 +0800
Tak,
Greetings from Singapore and thank you for copying the GU-L mails to me.
I have just set up a PictureTel system in my Medical Informatics
Program
with 384 kbps ISDN connection. We are also available on high-speed
Internet. If there is any way we can contribute to the coming
Manila w/shop
pls feel free to contact me. We are also of course very much
into telemedicine.
We are also a WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Informatics
and well known
to Dr Park, Dr Chong and of course, Prof Rashid Bashur.
Regards,
KC Lun
Director, Medical Informatics Programe
National University of Singapore
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List of Distribution
R. Daniel Hague, BSEE, FE
Director of Video Services
Information Technology Division
The University of Michigan Health System
4251 Plymouth Road #2235
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2785
734-763-0698
Fax: 734 615-1727
Video: 2x64 734.615.2756/57
dhague@umich.edu
dhague@netscape.net
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dhague
http://www.ns.itd.umich.edu/groups/Engin/Digital_Video/digvid.html
Dr. Mariano Terrazas
Cirurgiao Cardiaco
Cirurgiao Vascular
Incor Instituto do Caracao do Amazonas
Rua Major Gabriel, N 823
CEP 69020-060
Manaus. Amazonas, Brazil
Tel/Fax: 633-1930
mterrazas@cardiol.br
Lori Brossia
Telemedicine Coordinator
University of Michigan Health System
4251 Plymouth Road ALB2F3
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Voice: 734-936-2257
734-936-2257 -- Emergency phone during session
Mobile: 734-678-9013
Pager: 734-936-6266 ID 4136
claws@umich.edu
http://www.med.umich.edu/telemedicine
Drisha Leggitt
Corporate Community Relations Manager
US Community Relations Manager
Agilent Technologies
8000 Foothills Blvd. MS 5778
Roseville, CA 95747-5778
(916) 748-3826 phone
(916) 785-9236 fax
drisha_leggitt@agilent.com
http://www.agilent.com/philanthropy/
Marcos Costa
Presidente
Agilent Technologies Brasil Ltda.
Alameda Araguaia, 1142 - 2 Andar
06455-000 - Barueri - SP - Brasil
+55-11-7297-3690
Fax: +55-11-7297-3793
marcos_costa@agilent.com
Alexandre Tunes
Director, International Business Development
Agilent Technologies Brasil Ltda.
SCN Qd 2 - Bl. A - Ed. Corporate
Finan. Center - 5 Andar - Sl. 33
70712-900 - Brasilia -DF - Brazil
+55-61-329-6021
Fax: +55-61-329-6199
Cel: +55-61-9965-3545
alexandre_tunes@agilent.com
Ricardo Cabrera
Director, Sales & Marketing/Americas
3D EchoTech
555 Burbank Street Unit A
Broomfield, CO 80020
(800) 957-3246
(303) 438-8455
Fax: (303) 438-8530
rcabrera@3dechotech.com
www.3DEchoTech.com
Professor Rashid Bashshur, Ph.D.
President-elect of the American Telemedicine Association
Editor-in-Chief of the Telemedicine Journal
Director of Telemedicine
Professor of Health management & Policy
The University of Michigan Health System
Am Arbor
Michigan 48109-2029
USA
734-763-0555
Tel: +1 734 647 3089
Fax: +1 734 936 9406
bashshur@umich.edu
Kimberly K. Obbink
Director
Burns Telecommunications Center and Extended Studies
128 EPS Building,
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717-3860
USA
Tel: +1-406-994 6550
Fax: +1-406-994 7856
kobbink@montana.edu
http://btc.montana.edu
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Former President of Trinity College of Quezon City
Trustee member of the St. Luke College of Medicine
#7 Visayas Avenue, VASRA
1128 Quezon City, Philippines
+632-524-7118
Cedllphone: 0918-880-2799
Pager: 1481-792171
Powerpage: 633-3333
rbrsat@pworld.net.ph
ralphrod@nsclub.net
paeling@mailcity.com
paeling@doctor.com -- while in the US frm 5/28/00 to 7/15/00.
Sherrilynne Fuller, Ph.D.
Head, Division of Biomedical Informatics
Department of Medical Education
School of Medicine 35-7155
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-5531
Fax: 206-543-3389
sfuller@u.washington.edu
Mr. Bruce R. Best
PEACESAT/TADEO
Research Associate
Station Manager
Telecommunication and Distance Education Operation
Center for Continuing Education & Outreach Programs
University of Guam
Box 5278 UOG Station
Mangilao, Guam 96923
011-671-735-2621/0
011-671-734-8377
Fax: 011-671-734-8377<<04/22/1994>>for short msg
bbest@uog9.uog.edu
Steve McCarty
Professor
Kagawa Junior College
President, World Association for Online Education (WAOE)
3717-33 Nii
Kokubunji, Kagawa 769-0101
JAPAN
+81-877-49-8041 (office, direct line)
Fax: +81-877-49-5252
steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp
steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp
mccarty@mail.goo.ne.jp -- web mail
http://www.waoe.org -- for WAOE
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/WAOE-founding.html
Website Map: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/
English language home page and online publications page:
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/ -- for Japanese language
home page
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/jpublist.html -- for online
publications
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/presence.html
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
(an Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library 4-star site)
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/projects-ej.html
("Fundamental Projects of Dr. Takeshi Utsumi")
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/index.html
(Global University System Asia-Pacific Framework)
http://www.friends-partners.org/~utsumi/gu-l/mid-2000/index.html
Herman D. Tolentino, MD
Associate Professor
Medical Informatics Unit
University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Anesthesiology / Medical Informatics
ICQ No.: 52662721
Email: hermant@I-manila.com.ph
http://cm1.upm.edu.ph/miu/
Web: http://www.veranda.com.ph/hermant
Dena S. Puskin, Sc.D.
Director, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Deputy Director, US Public Health Service
Office of Rural Health Policy, Room 11A55
Health Resources and Services Adiministration
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
USA
Tel: 1 301 443 0447
Fax: 1 301 443 1330
dpuskin@hrsa.gov
http://telehealth.hrsa.gov
Dr. K. C. Lun
Director, Medical Informatics Program and
WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Informatics
Associate Professor, Dept of COFM
National University of Singapore
Clinical Research Center
Block MD 11, Level 1
10 Medical Drive
Singapore 117597
Tel: 65 779 3457 / 779 3145 / 874 4988
Fax: 65 779 3513 / 779 1489
kclun@nus.edu.sg
http://medweb.nus.sg/lun
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
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* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.)
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* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
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* Founder of CAADE
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* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education)
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* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination
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* Global University System (GUS)
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* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A.
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* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer
email) *
* Email: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676
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* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/
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