Arizona Telemedicine Program Training Instructors

Dale Alverson, MD

Dr. Alverson is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Regents’ Professor at the University of New Mexico, where he had been Medical Director of the Center for Telehealth involved in the planning, implementation, research, and evaluation of Telemedicine…

Melanie Esher, MAdm

Melanie Esher recently joined the Tucson office of The Arizona Telemedicine Program as the new Distance Education and Training Coordinator. She received her Master of Administration from Northern Arizona University with a focus in Project Management, and…

Carrie Foote, BA, BS

Carrie Foote holds the position of Associate Director of Administration at the Arizona Telemedicine Program and serves as the Program Administrator for the Southwest Telehealth Resource Center. In her capacity, she exercises administrative oversight for…

Sara Gibson, MD

Sara F. Gibson, MD, is a psychiatrist and nationally recognized expert in telemedicine.

As Medical Director of Telemedicine for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Health Choice in Flagstaff, Arizona, she oversees the north-…

Christopher M. Hanson, PT, DPT

Christopher Hanson, PT, DPT serves Veterans in the VA Desert Pacific Healthcare Network, coordinating tele-physical therapy gap coverage to support VA facilities in Southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico.  Dr. Hanson also serves as the…

Michael Holcomb, BS

Michael J. Holcomb, BS is the interim director for the Arizona Telemedicine Program (ATP) and is also ATP’s associate director for information technology. He has 26 years of experience working with telemedicine and telehealth…

Stephen Klotz, MD

Stephen Klotz, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine, University of Arizona. He is Medical Director for the Arizona Telemedicine Program. He is former Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and currently divides his time…

Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD, FSIIM, FSPIE, FATA, FAUR, FAIMBE

Dr. Krupinski is a professor at Emory University in the Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences and is vice-chair of research. She is also Associate Director of Evaluation for the Arizona Telemedicine Program and Director of the federally-funded…

Mary Schmitz, OTD, OT/L

Being in her 36th year of practice, Dr. Schmitz is a seasoned occupational therapist having practiced with all ages across settings ranging from the acute care hospital and outpatient to inpatient rehabilitation, home health, school-based, private practice, and virtual…

Kimberly Shea, PhD RN FWAN

Kimberly Shea, PhD, RN, FWAN is a Clinical Associate Professor at the UArizona College of Nursing and Assistant Professor of Practice at the UArizona Department of Biomedical Informatics. She has been funded for her program of research in home-based…

Tara Sklar, JD, MPH

Professor Tara Sklar is the Faculty Director of the Health Law & Policy Program and a Distinguished Public Service Scholar at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.…