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| QUICK LINKS > MD PnP White Paper > ICE Standard (ASTM F2761) > MD FIRE ............................................ CONTACT INFORMATION MD PnP Program 65 Landsdowne St., Suite 200 Cambridge, MA 02139 info@mdpnp.org Julian M. Goldman, MD Program Director jgoldman@mdpnp.org Sue Whitehead Program Manager 617-768-8760 swhitehead@partners.org |
Julian M. Goldman, MDDirector, MD PnP Program
Director, CIMIT Interoperability Program
Medical Director, Partners HealthCare Biomedical Engineering
Julian M. Goldman, MD is Medical Director of Biomedical Engineering for Partners HealthCare System, Founding Director of the Program on Medical Device Interoperability at CIMIT (Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology), and a practicing anesthesiologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Goldman founded the Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" (MD PnP) Interoperability Program in 2004 to promote innovation in patient safety and clinical care by leading the adoption of patient-centric medical device integration. It was driven, in part, by our experience with the "Operating Room of the Future at MGH. "The MD PnP program team was the recipient of the 2007 CIMIT Edward M Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation.
Dr. Goldman performed anesthesiology residency and fellowship training at the University of Colorado. His research fellowship was in medical device informatics, focusing on simulation and artificial intelligence applications for monitoring and real-time decision support. He departed Colorado in 1998 as a tenured associate professor to work as an executive of a medical device company. Dr. Goldman joined Harvard Medical School and the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2002, where he continues to practice clinical anesthesia.
Dr. Goldman serves on the NSF CISE Advisory Committee, and served as a Visiting Scholar in the FDA Medical Device Fellowship Program. In 2009-2010 he was a member of the CDC BSC for the NCPHI. He currently serves in leadership positions in several medical device standardization organizations, including Chair of ISO Technical Committee 121, Chair of the Use Case Working Group of the Continua Health Alliance, and User Vice Chair of ASTM Committee F29. Dr. Goldman is the recipient of the 2010 INCOSE Pioneer Award, the 2009 American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) Award for Professional Achievement in Technology, the 2009 AAMI Foundation/Institute for Technology in Health Care Clinical Application Award, and the University of Colorado Chancellor's "Bridge to the Future" award.
Dr. Julian Goldman may be contacted at jgoldman@mdpnp.org.
His complete e-card is located at www.jgoldman.info.
Sue Whitehead
MD PnP Program Manager, CIMIT
Sue Whitehead is the program manager of the Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" (MD PnP) Interoperability Program at CIMIT, a consortium based at Partners HealthCare in Boston. She coordinates collaborations, communications, and projects for the interdisciplinary, multi-institutional MD PnP program, which includes a growing network of more than 750 individuals and 100 institutions.
A graduate of Rice University, Ms. Whitehead has worked with computer applications in healthcare settings during most of her career, primarily for Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) in Cambridge, MA. At BBN, she managed a major project (CLINFO) that provided NIH-sponsored General Clinical Research Centers with a time-oriented clinical database designed for research, and coordinated other projects ranging from information commerce in a multi-practice clinic to evaluation of the NIH Division of Research Resources by an interdisciplinary panel of experts. She also managed a Technical Support group for BBN Software Systems, and led and trained TQM quality improvement teams at BBN and at PictureTel Inc.
Prior to joining CIMIT, Ms. Whitehead managed research operations for the Digital/Compaq/Hewlett Packard East Coast research lab. She moved from industry into the healthcare sector in order to pursue her interest in applying technology to healthcare information.
Sue Whitehead may be contacted at swhitehead@partners.org.
Sandy Weininger, PhD
Senior Biomedical Engineer, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Adminstration
Dr. Sandy Weininger is currently a senior engineer at the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). He is keenly interested in the performance of sensors and in assuring the safety of interoperable systems.
Dr. Weininger studied electrode-tissue interface properties to receive his BSEE and MS/BME degrees from Drexel University. A PhD in Bioengineering was awarded from the University of Pennsylvania for work in signal processing and control systems.
He is a member of ASTM’s F29 – Devices in the Integrated Clinical Environment committee, chair of the ASTM Pulse Oximeter Committee, and FDA’s liaison to IEC TC 62 and SC 62A, committees responsible for safety of electromedical equipment. He has been an advisor to the MD PnP Program since its inception in 2004.
Mike Robkin
President, Anakena Solutions, Inc.
MD FIRE Project Leader, MD PnP Program
Mike Robkin may be contacted at MikeRobkin@mdpnp.org.
Sue WhiteheadMD PnP Program Manager, CIMIT
Sue Whitehead is the program manager of the Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" (MD PnP) Interoperability Program at CIMIT, a consortium based at Partners HealthCare in Boston. She coordinates collaborations, communications, and projects for the interdisciplinary, multi-institutional MD PnP program, which includes a growing network of more than 750 individuals and 100 institutions.
A graduate of Rice University, Ms. Whitehead has worked with computer applications in healthcare settings during most of her career, primarily for Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) in Cambridge, MA. At BBN, she managed a major project (CLINFO) that provided NIH-sponsored General Clinical Research Centers with a time-oriented clinical database designed for research, and coordinated other projects ranging from information commerce in a multi-practice clinic to evaluation of the NIH Division of Research Resources by an interdisciplinary panel of experts. She also managed a Technical Support group for BBN Software Systems, and led and trained TQM quality improvement teams at BBN and at PictureTel Inc.
Prior to joining CIMIT, Ms. Whitehead managed research operations for the Digital/Compaq/Hewlett Packard East Coast research lab. She moved from industry into the healthcare sector in order to pursue her interest in applying technology to healthcare information.
Sue Whitehead may be contacted at swhitehead@partners.org.
Sandy Weininger, PhDSenior Biomedical Engineer, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Adminstration
Dr. Sandy Weininger is currently a senior engineer at the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). He is keenly interested in the performance of sensors and in assuring the safety of interoperable systems.
Dr. Weininger studied electrode-tissue interface properties to receive his BSEE and MS/BME degrees from Drexel University. A PhD in Bioengineering was awarded from the University of Pennsylvania for work in signal processing and control systems.
He is a member of ASTM’s F29 – Devices in the Integrated Clinical Environment committee, chair of the ASTM Pulse Oximeter Committee, and FDA’s liaison to IEC TC 62 and SC 62A, committees responsible for safety of electromedical equipment. He has been an advisor to the MD PnP Program since its inception in 2004.
Mike RobkinPresident, Anakena Solutions, Inc.
MD FIRE Project Leader, MD PnP Program
Former Board Member, Continua Health Alliance
Former Principal Enterprise Architect, Kaiser Permanente
Mike Robkin is the MD FIRE project manager for the MD PnP Program. He internationalized the procurement contract language for hospitals and providers to purchase and maintain the truly interoperable medical devices and systems that are necessary for safe and effective patient care.
Mr. Robkin has been developing cutting-edge, mission-critical computer applications for more than 20 years as a programmer, systems architect, and executive. At Hughes, GM-Europe and Kaiser Permanente, he programmed one of the first photo-realistic real-time computer generated imagery systems, defined protocol standards for the first massively multi-participant real-time simulation, and developed the world's largest medical imaging enterprise architecture.
Former Principal Enterprise Architect, Kaiser Permanente
Mike Robkin is the MD FIRE project manager for the MD PnP Program. He internationalized the procurement contract language for hospitals and providers to purchase and maintain the truly interoperable medical devices and systems that are necessary for safe and effective patient care.
Mr. Robkin has been developing cutting-edge, mission-critical computer applications for more than 20 years as a programmer, systems architect, and executive. At Hughes, GM-Europe and Kaiser Permanente, he programmed one of the first photo-realistic real-time computer generated imagery systems, defined protocol standards for the first massively multi-participant real-time simulation, and developed the world's largest medical imaging enterprise architecture.
Mr. Robkin was a founding member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Continua Health Alliance, which is enabling a new industry of consumer interoperable medical and health devices. As president of Anakena Solutions, Inc., he is currently leading engineering and architecture efforts for the MD PnP Program's NIH grant.
Mike Robkin may be contacted at MikeRobkin@mdpnp.org.