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Jerome I. Friedman, Nobel Laureate.
Traver Gruen-Kennedy, Citrix E-Ambassador.
Dr. Anthony Davidson,
Director of Graduate Programs,
IT Institute,
New York University
Three Supernumeraries
become MedSMART Trustees
Nobel Laureate, World-Renowned E-Learning Expert, and Citrix E-Ambassador
Join MedSMART Board
Ann Arbor, MI (September 3, 2002) -Three experts concluded that MedSMART, 2002 Laval Prizewinner, represents quantum leaps in the capability to deliver superior medical skills training to the poorest, most remote regions of the globe.
Jerome I. Friedman earned the 1990 Nobel Laureate for his essential contribution to particle physics.
Currently Professor of Physics, MIT, Friedman had early and serious interests in art but became interested in physics after reading Einstein's Relativity. Taught and inspired by Fermi at the University of Chicago, he continued to make important contributions to particle physics. With Henry Kendall and Richard Taylor, Friedman was awarded the Nobel Prize for experimentally discovering quarks -the fundamental building blocks of matter. He continues his interests in high-energy physics and art.
"With the development of modern communications technology," said Dr. Friedman, "MedSMART offers a visionary program whose time has come to significantly improve the practice of medicine in all parts of the world."
Traver Gruen-Kennedy is Vice President and Chief Strategist at Citrix
Systems, Inc., with worldwide responsibility for strategic planning
and partnering relationships in advanced communications and applications
hosting markets.
One of the "25 Most Powerful People in Networking," he is
ranked by NetworkWorld as a global technology leader with Microsoft's
Gates, Dell's Dell, Intel's Barrett and AT&T's Armstrong. At the
2000 World Economic Forum he was named as a WEF Technology Pioneer with
Yahoo CEO Koogle and Novell CEO Schmidt.
"Citrix is committed to its role as a good global citizen and ICT," said Gruen-Kennedy. "MedSMART's ability to deliver the most sophisticated distance-enabled medical skills training will help Citrix fulfill its commitment by positively affecting health in the U.S. as well as developing countries."
Anthony Davidson is a Professor at New York University and Director of Graduate Programs at the IT Institute, where he won the EDSF 2001 International Award for Excellence in Education. Dr. Davidson consults with many corporations worldwide, specializing in a systems approach to TQM. He serves on the Executive Advisory Board, World Conference on E-Learning. Dr. Davidson is published in top journals and is a regularly invited keynote speaker at major conferences internationally. His paper in TQM Magazine was selected as the 2001 Outstanding Paper of the Year.
"It is not often that one has the opportunity to be associated with an organization such as MedSMART that is so committed to using technology to help people," said Dr. Davidson. "The novel distance-learning tool it has developed will truly enable great advances in the field of medicine worldwide."
"The new Trustees of MedSMART, each world-renowned in his field, will provide invaluable advice and assistance," said Dr. Dag von Lubitz, Chief Scientist and Chairman of MedSMART. "We are honored by their influence on MedSMART and immensely grateful for their commitment to our goals."
MedSMART is a nonprofit corporation seeking to improve local, national,
and global communities through improved health care training. It has
developed innovative, simulation-based solutions to medical education
worldwide; their efforts were recently recognized through the award
of two prestigious international prizes - Laval Virtuel in Medicine
and The City of Laval Prize.
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Ann Arbor, MI; The Chairman and Chief Scientist of MedSMART, Dr. Dag von Lubitz, retires from his active involvement with the company on the 1st April 2008. Under the leadership of von Lubitz, the company pioneered simulation-based advanced distributed learning (ADL), and subsequently deployed worldwide several routine education/training programs aimed at 1st Responders and medical personnel working in field, pre- and in-hospital settings. MedSMART also pioneered distributed, global-access simulation-based training for medical military personnel, and was the first to employ the concept of Medical Application Service Provider (MedASP) in multinational, transatlantic training in counter-bioterrorism measures. Von Lubitz transformed the company from a leading-edge, simulation-based training organization delivering worldwide educational content to an international think-tank devoted to the analysis of advanced technology and delivery platforms in medical training, homeland security, and disaster management operations. During his tenure at MedSMART, von Lubitz was the first to introduce then apply the principles of network-centric operations in non-military activities. Selected publications that present MedSMART's operations conducted during the period of his association with the company are accessible at this web-site (see Publications link). Von Lubitz will continue his association with the company as a consulting scientist. Mr. Howard Levine, B.Eng., will act as the Interim Chairman of MedSMART. Laureate of City of Laval Prize in Technology, Mr. Levine serves currently as the Executive Vice President and Director of Operations at Digital Realm, Inc, a highly successful next-generation company specializing in broadband internet access and data, video telephony and video delivery service over IP networks. Following education at the University of Michigan and a career as a cameraman in several feature films, Mr. Levine concentrated on the development of interactive e-commerce Web-based systems for some of the major companies in the USA. Mr. Levine played a critical role in the development of telemedicine systems at the University of Michigan. In addition to his leadership functions at Digital Realm, Mr. Levine is actively involved in the development of new methods in simulation-based distance medical education, and in the development of telemedical telecommunication platforms suitable for use in the Third World and in other technologically impoverished regions of the globe. Mr. Levine is the co-author of several peer-reviewed papers devoted to these topics.
Under direction of Howard, MedSMART will continue on its path of innovation and change initiated by von Lubitz.