Interventional Cardiology - Johns Hopkins Hospital

Dr. Daniel Ambinder (@Dr_DanMD) is an interventional cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed internal medicine residency at the Osler Program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital cardiology fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is a co-founder of Cardionerds, a Cardiology Podcast and is passionate about medical education within many domains and platforms.

Medical Director at Nephrology Associates of the Carolinas

I am Willie Hester, Jr., MD, FACP. I am a clinical nephrologist and dialysis medical director at Nephrology Associates of the Carolinas. I am board-certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. I have over 20 years of clinical experience. I have extensive experience in telemedicine, hospital medicine, private practice, and medical education. Within nephrology, my interests include hypertension, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, electrolytes, acid-base disorders, critical care, and dialysis management.

Chief Medical Officer - MedExcel

Dr. Rupal Bhingradia is a board certified Family Medicine physician. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University in New Jersey. She received her medical degree from St. Georges University and completed her residency in Family Medicine at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital. Currently she works as the medical director at New York Doctors Urgent Care. She is an active member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and was the New Physician delegate to the AAFP Congress of Delegates in 2018. She is a current board member of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP) and sits on their Leadership Commission. She became a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2018.

Clerkship Director for the Department of Medicine at Texas A&M

Dr. Kashif Piracha is currently serving as Clerkship Director, Department of Medicine, at Texas A&M University College of Medicine site in Houston, Texas. Dr. Piracha completed his Internal Medicine residency from Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia in 2006. Subsequently, he worked as a hospitalist in Fort Worth, Texas from 2006-2012. He then completed a Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship from Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook, New York from 2012-2014.

Dr. Piracha is currently engaged in full time clinical practice at Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas, in addition to his academic responsibilities. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Physician Specialties, and a Specialist in Clinical Hypertension. Dr. Piracha is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American Society of Nephrology, and the National Kidney Foundation. He is currently the Section Editor of the General Internal Medicine section for MedStudy, and a Medical Reviewer for Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program by American College of Physicians. He also serves on the Medical Advisory Board of Verywell Health.

Dr. Piracha is passionate about structuring an environment that promotes superior quality medical education to enhance and promote the skills and knowledge of all healthcare workers so they can uphold the high standards of delivering exceptional care to our patients in the years to come.

Physician Assistant Program Director at Touro College

Professor Forsberg is a 1986 graduate of Touro College where he has taught since 1991. After completing the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center, Post Graduate Surgical Residency program, Professor Forsberg has practiced in Emergency Medicine, General, Vascular and Thoracic surgery and eventually in Plastic & Reconstructive, Burn and Microsurgery. In 2002, Mr. Forsberg developed the model and staffed the inpatient house-staff for the departments of surgery at Forest Hills Hospital. He has established inter-disciplinary wound care programs, for both hospitalized and ambulatory patients. An ardent proponent of medical education, Professor Forsberg holds appointments as Assistant Professor at NYIT, and Touro College where is the founding Program Director for the Touro College Illinois, PA Program. He has been a preceptor to students from no less than eighteen PA programs and three medical schools. Professor Forsberg holds an MPH from Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Graduate Program in Public Health and taught Bioethics and Health Law at Hofstra University for eight years. He is an active member of many professional organizations to include AAPA, NYSSPA, Society of Vascular Surgery and the American Public Health Association where he is a CE- Credit Evaluator for both the ethics and health law sections.

Physician at Steward Health Care

With more than 25 years of clinical experience, including primary care, hospitalist medicine, and telemedicine, Dr. Bagdasian was among the select physicians named to Castle Connolly's 2017 Top Doctors list. His professional memberships include the American Association for Physician Leadership, American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement, and American Telemedicine Association. As a physician informaticist specializing in standard content and clinical decision support, Dr. Bagdasian is an advocate for EHR safety and serves on MEDITECH's Patient Safety Review Board.

The digital transformation of our healthcare system has provided unexpected learning lessons for all practitioners. Through presentations, podcasts, and blogs, Dr. Bagdasian portrays himself as a lighthouse guiding clinicians to use electronic medical records like a compass to navigate today's complex healthcare environments and patient portals to build back trust through communication within our healthcare systems.