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ICU Management

Zoom-on-daniel-lichtenstein-critical-ultrasound-pioneer

2016 07 Mar

Prof. Daniel Lichtenstein is a medical intensivist and visiting Professor, who has worked at the medical ICU, University Hospital Ambroise-Paré in Paris, since 1989. This ICU, previously chaired by Prof. François Jardin, is believed to be the first ICU that had ultrasound onsite for cardiac purposes.In 1991 Prof. Lichtenstein defined critical ultrasound,...Read more

ICU Management

Zoom-on-jessica-nutik-zitter-critical-care-and-palliative-care-physician-and-writer

2016 16 Feb

Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD, MPH is a physician and writer with a professional interest in critical care and end-of-life care. She blogs for the Huffington Post and the New York Times . Her first book, Critical Decisions , a memoir about her professional journey at the intersection of ICU and Palliative Care medicine is due to be published by Avery/...Read more

ICU Management

Zoom-on-peter-gibb-chief-executive-icusteps

2016 02 Feb

ICUsteps was founded in the UK by 2005 by ex-patients, their relatives and ICU staff to support patients and their families through the long road to recovery from critical illness. ICUsteps is the only support group for people who have been affected by critical illness and has helped many former patients, their relatives and medical staff from...Read more

IMAGING Management

Zoom-on-kimberley-applegate-professor-of-radiology-emory-university

2016 02 Feb

Kimberly Applegate , MD, MS, FACR, is professor of radiology and pediatrics and director of practice quality improvement in radiology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She serves on the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors, completing a 2-year term as the first woman to be elected ACR Council Speaker, and has chaired the ACR national...Read more

IMAGING Management

Zoom-on-julian-dobranowski-award-winning-radiology-author

2016 26 Jan

Julian Dobranowski is Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging in the Faculty of HealthSciences at McMaster University , Hamilton, Ontario in Canada. He is Senior Consultant, Strategic Quality Initiatives, Diagnostic Imaging at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, Provincial Lead for the Cancer Imaging Program, Cancer Care Ontario and Clinical Lead...Read more

IMAGING Management

Zoom-on-katrine-ahlstrom-riklund-president-european-congress-of-radiology-2016

2016 18 Jan

Katrine Åhlström Riklund is Professor/chief physician at the Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University , Sweden. She is the Programme Director of the Medical School and Assistant Head of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology. She is the President of the 2016 European Congress of Radiology , which opens in Vienna on 2 March. She also serves...Read more

Health Management

Dipak-kalra

2016 05 Jan

1. What are your key areas of interest and research?  Helping to drive the future evolution of electronic health records (EHRs) to be a rich, holistic and smart information resource to all players involved in healthcare and research. My present areas of focus include semantic interoperability, enabling meaning to be understood by people and computers...Read more

ICU Management

Zoom-on-james-krinsley-director-of-critical-care-stamford-hospital

2015 08 Dec

James S. Krinsley, MD, FCCM, FCCP is Director of Critical Care, Stamford Hospital and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Columbia University . What are your key areas of interest and research?   Glucose control in the critically ill.   What are the major challenges in your field?   Once an outstanding result has been achieved in the ICU, to...Read more

ICU Management

Zoom-on-john-marini-professor-of-medicine-university-of-minnesota

2015 27 Oct

John J. Marini is Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota in the United States and Director of physiological and translational research, Regions Hospital, St. Pauls, Minnesota. Dr. Marini is a valued  member of the ICU Management Editorial Board .   What are your key areas of interest and research? Applied physiology of respiratory...Read more

IMAGING Management

Zoom-on-david-wilson-president-british-institute-of-radiology-2014-2016

2015 22 Sep

Dr. David Wilson is a consultant musculoskeletal radiologist, and President of the British Institute of Radiology 2014-2016.  1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Occult fractures and outcome in acute ankle injuries. When someone sprains their ankle, if a fracture is suspected they are x-rayed and treated. If there is no fracture,...Read more

Health Management

Zoom-on-elias-brountzos-cirse-president-2016-2017

2015 08 Sep

Professor Elias N. Brountzos took up office as the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) President at the 2015 annual scientific meeting in Lisbon, 26-30 September, when the Society celebrated its 30th anniversary. What are your key areas of interest and research? Much of my work has focused on peripheral vascular...Read more

ICU Management

Zoom-on-claudio-martin-past-president-canadian-critical-care-society

2015 03 Aug

Professor Claudio M. Martin, MSc, MD, FRCPC, CCPE, is President of the  Canadian Critical Care Society . He is Professor in the Department of Medicine, Chair/Chief of  Critical Care Western , Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University and Medical Director of Critical Care at  London Health Sciences Centre, Ontario . 1.  What...Read more

IMAGING Management

Zoom-on-lluis-donoso-president-european-society-of-radiology

2015 28 Jul

Prof. Lluís Donoso is Editor-in-Chief - Imaging, HealthManagement.org The Journal . He became President of the European Society of Radiology in 2015. Prof. Donoso is Director of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona , Spain and Executive Director, UDIAT Centre of Diagnosis of Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí .     1. What are your key...Read more

IT Management

Zoom-on-henrique-martins-president-of-shared-services-of-the-ministry-of-health-portugal-spms

2015 14 Jul

Prof. Henrique Martins is an Internal Medicine Specialist and a writer and speaker on the subject of eHealth and Leadership. He earned his PhD degree from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge with a thesis on “The use of Mobile ICT in clinical Settings”. eHealth being central to his work, he worked as the Chief Medical Information Officer...Read more

ICU Management

Zoom-on-jozef-kesecioglu-university-medical-center-utrecht

2015 07 Jul

Jozef Kesecioglu is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht , the Netherlands. We asked Prof. Kesecioglu our 7 questions: 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Selective decontamination of the digestive tract, ethics and the intensive care environment....Read more

Health Management

Zoom-on-valentin-sinitsyn-federal-center-of-medicine-and-rehabilitation

2015 01 Jul

Prof. Valentin Sinitsyn is Head of the Radiology Department in the Federal Center of Medicine and Rehabilitation and Head of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Moscow State University. HealthManagement was delighted to welcome Prof. Sinitsyn to the Editorial Board’s Imaging section in 2014. We asked Prof. Sinitsyn our 7 questions: 1. What are your...Read more

IMAGING Management

Zoom-on-marco-zanetti-european-society-of-musculoskeletal-radiology

2015 16 Jun

Prof. Dr. Marco Zanetti is President of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR),2014-2015. He is Head of the Musculoskeletal Radiology Centre at the Institute of Radiology, Clinic Hirslanden in Zurich, Switzerland. ESSR's A nnual Scientific Meeting opens in York, UK on 18 June. We put our 7 questions to Prof. Zanetti. 1. What...Read more

ICU Management

Zoom-on-manu-malbrain-ziekenhuis-netwerk-antwerpen

2015 26 May

Dr. Manu Malbrain is the medical hospital director of the ZNA " Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen " Stuivenberg and ZNA St-Erasmus hospitals in Antwerp, Belgium since 2013. He is the manager and director of the Medical and Surgical ICU, the High Care Burn Unit and a hyperbaric oxygen chamber of the ZNA Stuivenberg/St-Erasmus. He is the founding President...Read more

Health Management

Zoom-on-prof-christoph-dietrich-president-efsumb-2013-2015

2015 19 May

Professor Christoph Dietrich is President of the European Federation of Societies of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB), which holds its 27th Congress EUROSON in Athens, Greece 6-8 November 2015. 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? The pathology of gastrointestinal diseases and the use of ultrasound techniques...Read more

ICU Management

Zoom-on-charles-marc-samama-european-society-of-anaesthesiology

2015 11 May

Charles-Marc Samama, MD, PHD, FCCP, is Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA). ESA’s annual congress, Euroanaesthesia 2015 , meets in Berlin from 30 May to 2 June. Dr. Samama is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France. He heads...Read more

Health Management

Zoom-on-dr-sean-p-pinney-mount-sinai-health-system

2015 21 Apr

Dr. Sean P. Pinney, MD has been appointed the Director of Heart Failure and Transplantation for the Mount Sinai Health System. He will be leading the clinical expansion, integration and coordination of inpatient and outpatient heart failure and heart transplantation services across the Mount Sinai Health System which includes the Mount Sinai Hospital,...Read more

Health Management

Zoom-on-linda-burnes-bolton-vice-president-nursing-chief-nursing-officer-cedars-sinai

2015 21 Apr

Dr. Linda Burnes Bolton is Vice President for Nursing, Chief Nursing Officer, and Director of Nursing Research at Cedars-Sinai. She has also served as president of the American Academy of Nursing and the National Black Nurses Association. Dr. Bolton has played a key role in raising awareness about issues related to diversification in nursing education...Read more

ICU Management

Zoom-on-dr-theodoros-kyprianou-nicosia-general-hospital

2015 09 Apr

Dr. Theodoros Kyprianou, MD PhD EDIC, is Head of the Department of Intensive Care Medicine at Nicosia General Hospital in Cyprus and Associate Professor, St Georges University of London – Medical Programme at the University of Nicosia Medical School. Dr. Kyprianou is currently Chair of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine’s Technology Assessment...Read more

Health Management

Zoom-on-kate-sweeney-cancer-and-careers-co-founder

2015 07 Apr

Kate Sweeney is one of the founders of Cancer and Careers, an organisation dedicated to helping people with cancer continue their lives in the workplace. She is also the Executive Director of the $2.5M Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) Foundation, a charitable organisation dedicated to helping women, which launched Cancer and Careers in 2001 after five...Read more

IMAGING Management

Zoom-on-wim-oyen-congress-chair-2014-2016-european-association-of-nuclear-medicine

2015 06 Apr

Wim Oyen is Professor of Nuclear Medicine at the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Prof. Oyen serves as the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) Congress Chair. EANM and HealthManagement interviewed Prof. Oyen at the EANM Congress 2014. What are your key areas...Read more

Health Management

Zoom-on-stephan-popp-ceo-aycan-digitalsysteme-gmbh

2015 31 Mar

With over 19 years of experience, aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH is a pioneer in DICOM paper printing using high quality laser printers. The German and US based company also develops and markets solutions for PACS and Advanced Visualisation. The image of aycan is associated with the figure of Stephan Popp, CEO of the company since 1996, who agreed...Read more

IT Management

Zoom-on-christopher-chute-data-comparability-and-consistency-expert

2015 31 Mar

Johns Hopkins has named Christopher G. Chute, MD, DrPH as one of its four newly appointed Bloomberg Distinguished Professors. Dr. Chute is the chief health research information officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, where he will focus on what the institution needs to manage its clinical data. The endowed professorships at Johns Hopkins are funded by a...Read more

Health Management

Zoom-on-dr-nicola-strickland

2015 30 Mar

Dr. Strickland trained in medicine at the University of Oxford and in radiology at Hammersmith Hospital, London. She currently works as a Consultant Radiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, where she is in charge of the clinical aspects of imaging informatics, and her specialist radiological interests are focused on body...Read more

Health Management

Zoom-on-jasjit-ahluwalia-champion-of-minority-health-and-health-disparities

2015 24 Mar

Jasjit S. Ahluwalia will be the new dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health, effective April 2015. The nationally recognised researcher in health disparities and nicotine addiction in minority populations previously chaired the National Advisory Council for Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a role...Read more

ICU Management

Zoom-on-michael-r-pinsky-professor-of-critical-care-medicine

2015 18 Mar

Dr. Michael Pinsky is Professor of Critical Care Medicine (primary), Bioengineering, Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical & Translational Science, and Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. He is also Docteur Honoris Casusa at the Universite Rene Descartes Paris V, School of Medicine in Paris, France. Dr. Pinsky is currently...Read more