WITNESS LIST
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Oversight Hearing on the use and development of Telemedicine Technologies in Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System 

Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 10:00 AM
334 Cannon House Office Building 

Panel 1 

Adam W. Darkins, MD
Chief Consultant
Office of Care Coordination
Department of Veterans Affairs  
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Accompanied by: 

Ross D. Fletcher, MD
Chief of Staff
VA Medical Center
Washington DC 

Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Department of Health and Human Services 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 2 

Linda Godleski, MD
VHA Lead for Telemental Health, Office of Care Coordination
Associate Chief of Staff for Education
VA Connecticut Health Care System 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

B. Christopher Frueh, PhD
Staff Psychologist
VA Medical Center
Charleston, SC 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Sydney Wertenberger, RN, MSN, CNAA
Associate Director
Patient Care Services
VA Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Charles E. Levy, MD
Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service
North FL/South GA Veterans Health Service
Gainesville, FL 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Pat Ryan, MS, RN
Assoc. Chief Consultant OCC/Director VISN 8 CCCS
Office of Care Coordination
Bay Pines, FL 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 3 

Jonathan D. Linkous
Executive Director
American Telemedicine Association 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Submitting for the Record 

COL Ronald K. Poropatich, MD
Telemedicine Directorate
Walter Reed Army Medical Center 

Mr. Ron Emerson
Executive Director
Maine Telemedicine Services