Ronald Merrell, MD

Ronald C. Merrell, M.D., F.A.C.S. obtained BS and MD degrees from the University of Alabama in his home state. Dr. Merrell completed residency and fellowship training at the Barnes Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis. After a brief tour of duty in the army he joined the faculty at Stanford University. At Stanford he established a laboratory to address transplantation of Islets of Langehans, chaired the Curriculum Committee and won the Kaiser Foundation Award for excellence in teaching. In 1984 he moved to the Texas Medical Center where he became Professor of Surgery, led the Endocrine Tumor Section of the MD Anderson Cancer Center and ultimately became the Dean of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He was honored for his work in curriculum and teaching and led the effort to bring programs in clinical medicine, education and research to the new Lyndon B, Johnson Hospital. In Texas, Dr. Merrell began a long relationships with NASA and Telemedicine beginning with relief efforts in Armenia. In 1993 he became the 13th Chairman of Surgery at Yale University. During his tenure the department has seen academic and clinical programs flourish with a doubling of external research funding, nearly a doubling in publications. He has established successful programs in the industry for research and development and has continued his interest in international in the programs in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Greece, Egypt, Brazil, Iceland, Turkey and Ecuador. Dr. Merrell leads the NASA Commercial Space Center at Yale dedicated to telemedicine medical informatics. He is a member of many medical organizations including Alpha Omega Alpha, Society of University of Surgeons, American Surgical Association. He is listed in Who’s Who, Best Doctors in the Northeast and has authored over 100 works.

Rick Stahl, MD

Richard S. Stahl, M.D., F.A.C.S., Associate Chief, Department of Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Clinical Professor of Surgery (Plastic), Yale University School of Medicine, Chairs the Yale Medical Center's Telemedicine Committee. After receiving his B.A. (Physics) from Emory University and M.D. from Vanderbilt University, Dr. Stahl completed his general surgery residency at Yale and his plastic surgery residency at the Emory University School of Medicine. His M.B.A. was awarded by the University of New Haven (Thesis Topic: International HealthCare Markets). He was a co-founder of the Yale Comprehensive Breast Care Center. He is a member of numerous clinical and physician executive societies and currently serves as Vice President of the New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. He served as Co-Chair of Yale-New Haven Health System Medical Management Task Force helping to facilitate coordination, facilitation, and cross-fertilization of medical management activities between affiliated hospitals. Dr. Stahl has played an active role in planning and implementing a number of international exchanges and protocols under the leadership of the CSC's Director and Yale Surgery Chairman, Dr. Ronald Merrell. He helped to establish an International Office in the Yale School of Public Health and an International Database of Public Health, Medical School, and Nursing School faculty with international health interests. In addition to being Chairman of the Yale Telemedicine Committee, Dr. Stahl serves with Dr. Peter Angood as Telemedicine Co-Leader of Yale's NASA Commercial Space Center for Medical Informatics and Technology Applications

Bruce McClennan, MD

Leslie Scout, MD