Advisory Board

Under Barthelemy’s leadership, GlobalMed uniquely stands as the only telemedicine provider to complete all parts of the process in-house, from inception to distribution. He actively inspires the design and implementation of these effective and high-functioning telemedicine engines (both software and hardware), consistently simplifying the care delivery process within government, clinical, and commercial settings. Barthelemy has been recognized as an outstanding innovator, community advocate, a high-growth technology company leader, and he received an honorable discharge as a non-commissioned officer from the United States Marine Corp Reserves. Active in his community and industry, he currently sits on the board of Sun Health Services, the Arizona Bio Industry, and the ASU Health Futures Council, is an Ambassador to the Veterans’ Medical Leadership Council, and is a board advisor for SEE4Vets. In the past, Barthelemy has served as a board member at the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), where he chaired the ATA’s Industry Council, and was a board member of the Visual Communications Industry Group. Barthelemy and GlobalMed annually give back to the community through generous commitments to programs such as Toys for Tots, the Jennifer Lopez Family Foundation, Blanket the City, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Diaper Bank of Central Arizona, the American Heart Association, the United Blood Services Blood Drive, Phoenix Theatre, Celebrity Fight Night/Mohamed Ali Parkinson’s Foundation, the Andrea Bocelli Foundation, and Teen Lifeline. He attended both St. Cloud State University and the Thunderbird School of International Management.

He is also the CMIO at LCF Research, managing the state-wide health information exchange (HIE) assisting in their efforts to address the development and meaningful use of health information technologies, adoption of electronic health records, and integration with telemedicine. He is a Past President of the American Telemedicine Association and has also been involved in collaborative international programs to advance Telehealth and e-Health globally.

From 2006 until 2012, Dr. Bank served as the Physician-in-Chief of Phoenix Children’s Hospital where, working with executive leadership, he grew the hospital employed physician group from 190 to 450and placed ambulatory and urgent care services throughout Maricopa County. From 2012 until 2020, Dr. Bank was appointed as the Vice Chair of Pediatrics at Columbia University, the University of Texas, and the Baylor College of Medicine. His focus during these years was on the development of ambulatory programs that meet the needs of their communities, in particular children with disabilities and complex medical conditions. He has expertise in the development of Value Based Models of Care and is nationally recognized for his work in the field of Access to Care. Dr. Bank serves as the Chief Medical Advisor for the National Patient Access Collaborative, a consortium of greater than 100 academic institutions attempting to improve the timing and access to ambulatory services.

Since 2020, Dr. Bank has been the Medical Director of two Pediatric Emergency Departments in San Antonio Texas and served as a consultant. As a consultant, Dr. Bank worked with a large payer and physician group in Arizona to launch virtual care programs for foster children and children with complex medical conditions. Using GlobalMed’s technology, his program kept children in the comfort of their own home to provide preventative and urgent care services. Dr. Bank resides in Austin, Texas and is a frequent lecturer at the McCombs School of Business where he lectures on the topics of Value Based Care and ambulatory delivery.

He serves on the Board of Any Baby Can, a non-for-profit in Austin, Texas that delivers early child intervention programs for vulnerable and high risk children. Finally, Dr. Bank is the proud father of 4 children, Morgan, Matthew, Joshua and Nathan.

Dr. Ciottone has extensive field experience, including developing medical education programs throughout the former Soviet Union in the 1990s that trained over 75,000 people, serving as Commander of one of the first federal Disaster Medical Teams into Ground Zero during the World Trade Center disaster on 9/11/2001, and more recently leading a team into Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. He has also flown over 200 missions as a flight surgeon on a rescue helicopter system, with experience on the BO105, BK117, and EC135 air-frames. In 2006, Dr. Ciottone became Editor-in Chief of Disaster Medicine, later renamed Ciottones Disaster Medicine in his honor. The second edition was released in 2016 and deemed The leading textbook in the field by the prestigious journal Annals of Emergency Medicine. In addition to his textbook, he has written over 100 scholarly articles, chapters, and educational materials.

Dr. Ciottone is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is the Director of the Division of Disaster Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he works clinically in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Ciottone is the Founder and Director of the first-ever Disaster Medicine Fellowship Program at a Harvard teaching hospital. He also serves as the Director of the Disaster Preparedness Program at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. In addition to these appointments, he has held the position of Visiting Professor of Disaster Medicine at three prestigious Universities around the world, including Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and the Universita del Piemonte Orientale in Italy. Dr. Ciottone has had numerous appearances on CNN as a subject matter expert, with one of his interviews cited as Best of CNN, stories worth watching in 2014. He has been quoted in multiple news sources including the Boston Globe, Washington Times, ABC, CBS, and NBC news networks, Discovery news, and National Public Radio. He also gave a TEDx talk on Crisis Leadership.

Dr. Ciottone is the recipient of a number of honors and awards, including receiving an Official Citation from the Massachusetts Senate for his work at Ground Zero during the September 11, 2001 federal response, and being personally thanked by Tommy Thompson, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, for the two weeks he spent responding to that horrible event. He also served as Medical Director for the Tactical EMS training program at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Academy in Quantico, VA., and became a Founding Member of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Ciottone later served as Medical Director for the Operational Medicine Program, Office of Security and Investigations, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC.

Dr. Ciottone was named EMS Physician of the Year by Central Massachusetts Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and was the Spotlight for the Phi Beta Kappa national publication Keynote Reporter. The Boston Red Sox recently honored Dr. Ciottone by having him throw out the Ceremonial First Pitch as part of a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Fenway Park. Later, while working in conjunction with Mikhail Gorbachev and the Gorbachev Foundation towards improved healthcare infrastructure in Russia, Dr. Ciottone served as a personal envoy from President Gorbachev to the U.S. Governmental Agency the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), and was named by the Russian Federation Ministries of Education and Science as an approved Evaluation Expert for the New Eurasia Foundation. In 2016, the Chinese Ministry of Health adopted and translated Ciottones Disaster Medicine, 2nd ed. to be used as the national Emergency Preparedness Training Manual for China. Later in 2016, he was recognized by the White House Medical Unit for consultative services that further enhanced their mission, and in July, 2017 Dr. Ciottone will be honored for his achievements by induction into the faculty of The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Dr. Ciottone continues to teach and lecture around the world on Disaster Medicine and related topics. He resides in Westminster Massachusetts with his wife and children.

Dr. O Griofa is the principle investigator for Project CASPER (Cardiac Adapted Sleep Parameters Recorder), which was the first Irish experiment to fly onboard the Space Shuttle and International Space Station.He spent 3 years at Kennedy Space Center as part of the Aerospace Medicine and Biomedical Research departments, is a NOAA trained diving medical officer (DMO) and was an aquanaut crewmember on NASA’s Extreme Environments Mission Operations (NEEMO) 21 Mission at the Aquarius Undersea Habitat. He is currently leading a number of biomedical technology and telehealth solutions for both the US Veterans Hospital Administration (VA) and US Department of Defense (DoD).Dr. O Griofa is also a trauma and combat casualty care instructor for physicians, medical personnel and Special Operations Forces (SOF) teams in joint tactical and combat medical care and is a tactical physician for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept SWAT Team. He provides expert consultation on a variety of operational projects specialist medical support for commercial spaceflight companies and providers, is the dive medicine faculty lead for World Extreme Medicine and is the President of the largest volunteer SAR Team in the United States, Red Rock Search & Rescue.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida and his Master’s degree from Marymount University.

After an internship and residency in family practice at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Dr. Johnson practiced in underserved areas of Arizona for Indian Health Services. In 1992, he became a Fulbright Scholar at Aga Khan University Medical School in Karachi, Pakistan, where he set up postgraduate training programs for the university. Dr. Johnson returned to the United States in 1994 and began work as an emergency physician at Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Show Low, Arizona. In 2003, he was named the hospitals Emergency Room Medical Director and Chairman of the Emergency Department. Dr. Johnson shares his expertise with medical students at Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Glendale, Arizona, serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor.

Dr. Johnson holds multiple certifications in advanced life support for both adults and pediatric patients. He has spoken at national and international conferences in the United States, Canada and Pakistan and is a published author of clinical literature.

His desire to provide the best care for his patients was the motive behind the founding of EMD Transfer in 2007, a cloud-based service that provides distant specialists with critical patients medical images. This speeds up the decision-making process as to whether a patient needs to be transferred to a hospital that provides a higher level of care or remain at the original facility. Unnecessary patient transfers add more layers of cost to the healthcare system, deprive community hospitals of needed revenue, and are an inconvenient burden to patients and their families. In late 2011, GlobalMed purchased EMD Transfer and added Dr. Johnson to its medical Advisory Board.

Dr. Bill Lewis is currently a Senior Consultant for Telemedicine for Humana and the Co-Chair of the ATA/CHQI Telemedicine Standards and Accreditation Committee’s. He served for 2 years as the CMO of GlobalMed and continues advocacy within the Advisory Board. He serves as a Consultant through WellMedcare for multiple Fortune 200 companies providing implementation and product development support in Telemedicine. Launching and serving as the Chair of the UCAOA Telemedicine Section is another current activity. Dr. Lewis served as the Senior Vice President of Medical Operations for Concentra Health Services and within Humana and Select Medical for 20 years and has supervised over 400 physicians in ten states with 140 clinics as well as over 200 Worksite & Wellness clinics in this role. He obtained his Boards in Emergency Medicine and practiced emergency medicine for twelve years prior to obtaining an MBA and practicing Urgent and Occupational medicine. Bill has served on multiple boards and EBM and Guideline Committees including the WOEMA, Arizona Industrial Commission and the ATA. Dr. Lewis received his medical degree at the Ohio State University and did his emergency medicine residency at the University of Oklahoma.

He has done significant work for seeing eye dogs, PTSD service dogs contract bomb detection dogs. While working as a veterinarian, he received his MBA from Georgetown University. He has owned multiple hospitals in Northern Virginia and currently owns a hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.  He has been involved in many other business endeavors while practicing, including the Chief Veterinary Officer for Scenthound (a subscription grooming startup), an angel investor in veterinary insurance, and currently runs a veterinary brokerage and consulting business.  Additionally, he has some experience with manufacturing and medical plastics.  He lives in Charleston with his wife, four children, and a black lab.

Before joining Adeptus Health, Dr. Martinez was Chief Medical Officer of North Highland Worldwide Consulting, where a major focus of his work was collaborating with physician leadership to enhance their effectiveness in providing high-value care, building data-driven patient-centered teams, and driving cultural change. Dr. Martinez also served as the Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Schumacher Group, a leading emergency medicine practice management company, and was previously appointed Federal Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) by President Clinton. He currently serves as faculty at Emory University School of Medicine and previously held roles at Stanford University School of Medicine and as Executive Director of the Medical Leadership Academy. Dr. Martinez has been a senior medical advisor to the National Football League since 1988, facilitating medical care, emergency planning, preparedness and public health for The Super Bowl. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2004 and served on the Board of Directors of the Public Health Foundation.

Dr. Martinez pursued undergraduate studies from Louisiana State University, an M.D. from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, and his residency at LSU-Charity Hospital at New Orleans, where he was Chief Resident.

He rejoined the department of neurosurgery at GW 7 years ago after serving 10 years as the director of Interventional Neuroradiology for Johns Hopkins Medicine at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. He continues as a consulting physician to the National Institutes of Health and the United States Congress as well as is a member of the White House Medical Unit. He is a member of many professional societies including the Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology, American Medical Association, Medical Society of District of Columbia, American Society of Neuroradiology,American Society of Spine Radiology, the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery.

Dr. Olans clinical and research interests involve the endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular disorders, including the treatment of cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, the endovascular treatment of stroke and assisting in setting up endovascular stroke programs around the country. He performs aneurysm coiling, extra-cranial and intra-cranial arterial stenting, embolization of AVMs, embolization of head/neck tumors, and intracranial, endovascular thrombectomy in acute stroke patients. In addition he has interests in the interventional, minimally invasive treatment of spinal disorders.and is a leader in the treatment of degenerative spine disorders, including osteoporotic compression fractures and degenerative spinal stenosis. He is also at the forefront of regenerative medical technologies, exploring autologous solutions for many degenerative or inflammatory disorders.

Dr. Olan has published extensively on minimally invasive spinal interventions, endovascular therapy for aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations as well as stroke intervention and treatments. He lectures and teaches around the world on these topics as well as is involved in the development of many devices and ground breaking technology in these arenas.

Dr. Poropatich is an experienced Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine physician who served 30 years on active duty in the US Army retiring in 2012 at the rank of Colonel with extended assignments at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD (formerly the Walter Reed Army Medical Center WRAMC, Washington, DC), from 1985 to 2012. His last assignment was at the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) at Fort Detrick, MD serving as the Deputy Director of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) from 2006-2012 where he managed large medical research programs and developed novel research programs and technologies in medical informatics and telemedicine.Dr. Poropatich received his medical degree from Hahnemann University in 1985 (now Drexel University). He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in 1988 and was selected as Chief of Medical Residents in the WRAMC Department of Medicine from 1988-1989. He completed his fellowships in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in 1992 also at the WRAMC. As a full-time Pulmonary/Critical Care medicine physician from 1989 to 1995, Dr. Poropatichs early research interests were in sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung condition, and the general field of bronchoscopy.Colonel/Retired Poropatich has extensive deployment experience and led the U.S. Army effort from 1992-2012 in the development and deployment of telemedicine capability across 22 time zones for remote consultation for both overseas locations (Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Kuwait, Haiti, Croatia) as well as stateside U.S. Army locations. He served as the U.S. Army Medical Informatics Consultant from 2000-2008. Since 1996, he has served as an Associate Editor for the Telemedicine and e-Health Journal, is the former Chair of the NATO Telemedicine Expert Team (2000-2012), and former President (2002-2003) and Board Member of the American Telemedicine Association since 1995.Dr. Poropatich is a long-standing educator and has been faculty at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science (USUHS), Bethesda, MD since 1985 and serves as a Professor of Medicine. He has over 60 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals, numerous book chapters, and edited 2 books on Telemedicine. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine in Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow and past president of the American Telemedicine Association, and Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

She was one of the first to embrace non face-down positioning for macular hole patients, embrace 25g technology, and utilize wide angle imaging to enhance retinal care. She spent most of her career in private practice until the University of Michigan Health System acquired her practice.

She was born in California and attended Stanford University on scholarship. She received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. As a medical student, she was part of a revolutionary research team that developed a new tool to repair detached retinas.

She completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Iowa where she was awarded the Charles D. Phelps Faculty Award for developing a community clinic. She was one of the first residents in the U.S. to serve as a section editor for “Archives of Ophthalmology.” She was awarded the Heed Fellowship throughout her 2-year Vitreoretinal fellowship at Associated Retinal Consultants in Michigan.

Dr. Ross conducts ophthalmology training worldwide and is certified by the International Red Cross for Health Emergencies. She recently completed her Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to improve quality of eye care delivery to patients in the U.S. and Globally. She received the Fulbright Specialist Award in 2017 while serving with the U.S. National Institute of Health in West Africa to train eye professionals. She is Board Certified in Public Health because she believes wellness is central to best visual outcomes.

Currently, Dr. Silberberg is a member of the American Board of Radiology with a certificate of Added Qualifications in Pediatric Radiology. He has been a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a diplomat of the American Board of Radiology since 1993. Dr. Silberberg has been published in over 15 different peer reviewed journals and is a member of over eight professional societies, including the American roentgen Ray Society, the Radiologic Society of North America, the Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Society for Pediatric Radiology and the Society of Computer Assisted Radiography.

Dr. Silberberg graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa. He placed 29th out of 200 on the Surgical Merit List. He served his residency, in the department of Diagnostic Radiology, from McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Silberberg performed a fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at the Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Silberberg served a rotating internship at Hillbrow General Hospital, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Dr. Weinstein was the leading pioneer in telepathology and was known as the Father of Telepathology. He was one of the gifted leaders that formed the American Telemedicine Association. Beyond his impressive professional honors and achievements, Dr. Weinstein was a friend and mentor. He took a genuine interest in those he served, never wavered in his support and guidance, and shared GlobalMed’s vision of a world without disparity of care. Dr. Weinstein’s dream was to make an impact worldwide – something he most certainly achieved. We are ever grateful for the impact he had on us all at GlobalMed. We express our condolences to his wife Mary, children John and Katherine, their spouses, his grandchildren and all team members at the ATP. He will be missed.