Arizona Telemedicine Council

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Arizona Telemedicine Council
July 15, 2026
Agenda

• Call to Order & Welcome ~5-10 minutes
  
  • Representative Selina Bliss
    
    • Co-Chair, Arizona Telemedicine Council
    • Arizona State House of Representatives, Legislative District 1
    • Chair, House Health & Human Services Committee
  • Senator Carine Werner
    
    • Co-Chair, Arizona Telemedicine Council
    • Arizona State Senate, Legislative District 4
    • Chair, Senate Health and Human Services Committee
  • Joseph Finkelstein, MD, PhD, FAMIA, FACMI
    
    • Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program
    • Professor of Medicine
    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, College of Medicine Tucson
    • University of Arizona
• The Connected Frontier: Evidence-Based Insights from SEARCH 2026 ~ 20 minutes 11:10 – 11:30
  
  • Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD, FSPIE, FSIIM, FATA, FAIMBE, FAUR
    
    • Co-Director, Southwest Telehealth Resource Center
    • Associate Director, Evaluation, Arizona Telemedicine Program
    • Professor & Vice Chair for Research, Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences, Emory University
• Beyond Telehealth: A Vision for Technology-Assisted Care Delivery in Arizona ~ 20 minutes 11:30 – 11:50
  
  • Freya Spielberg, MD, MPH
    
    • Vice Chair of Research, Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine
    • Clinical Professor, College of Medicine – Phoenix, University of Arizona
• Next-Generation Health Monitoring: Bio-Integrated Technologies for Connected Care 11:50 – 12:10
  
  • Philipp Gutruf, PhD
    
    • Associate Department Head for Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Affairs
    • Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering College of Engineering
    • Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Bio5
    • Neuroscience GIDP
• Interstate Licensure: Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Priorities ~ 20 minutes 12:10 – 12:30
  
  • Marschall Smith
    
    • Executive Director
    • Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission
• Does Telemedicine Increase Access to Neglected Disease and Trauma? An Affirmative Answer ~ 20 minutes 12:30 – 12:50
  
  • Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS, FICS, FKCS
    
    • Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona
    • Vice Chair, International Affairs
• Arizona Telemedicine Program and Southwest Telehealth Resource Center Updates ~ 5-10 minutes 12:50 – 1:00
  
  • Melanie Esher, MAdm
    
    • Senior Program Coordinator, Education & Outreach
  • Joseph Finkelstein, MD, PhD, FAMIA, FACMI
    
    • Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program, College of Medicine - Tucson, University of Arizona
• New Business
• Adjournment