Wagih Aclimandos, MB BCh FRCS FRCOphth DO FEBO
Mr Wagih Aclimandos has been a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at King’s College Hospital, London since 1992, and is the Lead Clinician for Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus services at King’s College. In 2017 Mr Aclimandos was awarded the International Council of Ophthalmology Golden Apple Medal: this award is granted every other year in recognition of exceptional Regional contribution to Training, Teaching and Innovation; he was awarded the Peter Eustace Medal in May 2019 for his contribution to Ophthalmology. Mr Aclimandos’ board memberships include, President of the Union Européenne de Médecins Spécialistes Ophth. (UEMS); President European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE); Member of the European Academy of Ophthalmology; Member of the Ethics Bureau/World Society of Paediatric Ophth & Strabismus, and EBO Advisor for Subspecialty Exams. He is past-President of the European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO) and past-President of the Ophthalmology section at the Royal Society of Medicine. Mr Aclimandos has contributed to the following volumes of the American Academy of Ophthalmology BCSC series of Textbooks: “Fundamentals of Ophthalmology”; “Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus” (Last two Editions); “ Basic Principles of Ophthalmic Surgery”; “ Basic Techniques of Ophthalmic Surgery”; Kanski – Clinical Ophthalmology (3rd Edition) - Strabismus & Paediatric Ophthalmology chapters.
Hugh Bardell, MBE, FRGS
Hugh Bardell was born into a military family in 1954 and educated at Wellington College and RMA Sandhurst. He enjoyed a thirty seven year career in the Army, serving with the Royal Signals and the Brigade of Gurkhas. Latterly he has spent four years programming and resourcing a major upgrade programme for the Saudi Arabian National Guard Signal Corps.
Hugh is an Executive Advisor to the Char Bhanjyang Tamu Samaj (UK) with whom he has been involved since its inception. This organisation assists a number of villages in the West of Nepal in the development of their healthcare, education and basic utility programmes and is the area in which the Swinfen Charitable Trust built a clinic, called Swinfen House to provide healthcare to the local community.
Charles Eady
Chairman
Charles has been involved with Swinfen Telemedicine since it was founded. In its early days he was the Chairman of the Charity and was actively involved in helping to build it out. He has assisted in establishing links in Uzbekistan and has travelled on behalf of the Charity to clinics in Bangladesh and Nepal.
Charles is a Director of an Executive Search business and is currently based in Zurich having previously been based out of Hong Kong and London.
A. Howland Hartley, MD
Dr Hartley has been an enthusiastic consultant for the Trust since 2005. Following a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, Dr Hartley pursued a Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. After completing his internship and residency in pediatrics at the Medical College of Virginia, Dr Hartley practiced hospital-based academic pediatrics at St Mary’s Hospital in Richmond. His great interest in teaching was evident and he was awarded the Golden Apple teaching award by the MCV graduating class. During these years he worked with Dr Edwin L Kendig, internationally renowned pediatric pulmonologist and mentor, who encouraged him to find his passion and pursue subspecialty fellowship training. Dr Hartley’s interest in dermatology won the day and he completed a residency in dermatology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Dermatology. Dr Hartley joined the faculty at The George Washington University School of Medicine and became Section Head of Dermatology at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC, where he again won the Golden Apple teaching award given by the pediatric house staff. Since 1997 he has been in private practice in Maryland, where he sees patients of all ages but retains a special interest in pediatric dermatology and in adults with skin cancer. He supervises four mid-level providers and serves on the Physicians Advisory Council for his practice group, Anne Arundel Dermatology. He is currently Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at GW. He is a member of the University Club of Washington, DC. Dr Hartley is a fellow in the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Society for Pediatric Dermatology (former board member), District of Columbia Dermatological Society (former president) and the Royal Academy of Medicine. His interest in international dermatology is nurtured by consulting for the Trust and as an active member of the North American Dermatological Society (board of trustees) which encourages interaction among dermatology colleagues around the globe. Dr Hartley is a longstanding member of the Editorial Board for the journal Pediatric Dermatology.
Professor Karen Rheuban, MD
Dr. Karen Schulder Rheuban serves as Professor of Paediatrics, Senior Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education and External Affairs and Director of the Center for Telehealth at the University of Virginia. As a paediatric cardiologist, Dr. Rheuban provides care to patients with congenital and acquired heart disease. She is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Academy of Paediatrics, and the American Telemedicine Association. She is listed in the "Best Doctors in America" database and was profiled in the National Library of Medicine's exhibit "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians.” Dr. Rheuban is a past President of the American Telemedicine Association, and she is the board chair of the Virginia Telehealth Network. She is a member of the Virginia Board of Medicine ad-hoc working group on telemedicine. Dr. Rheuban, along with Dr. Elizabeth Krupinski, is the co-editor of the 2017 McGraw Hill textbook, Understanding Telehealth. She serves on the advisory board of Tytocare. Dr. Rheuban is the PI on the HRSA funded Mid Atlantic Telehealth Resource Centre grant serving 8 states and the District of Columbia. In 2012, she chaired the Institute of Medicine Workshop on Telehealth. She was appointed in 2013 to serve on the Virginia Board of Medical Assistance Services (Medicaid), whose board she chaired from 2014-2020. In 2017, the University of Virginia awarded Dr. Rheuban the Thomas Jefferson Award. She currently serves as a board member of the Medical Society of Virginia and co-chairs the American Medical Association’s Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group. She is the Executive Editor of the Journal of Telemedicine and eHealth.