I’m Chief Imagineer of Myca, part of a talented team focused on creating open digital communication channels between patients and doctors.
My training in pediatrics, preventive medicine, and public health helped me recognize that the healthcare system is broken and in need of a serious overhaul. Patients suffer because they can’t find an accessible physician. And if they’re lucky enough to locate one, communication with their doctor is stuck back in the 20th Century.
After completing my second residency at Johns Hopkins, I started quite a unique practice in New York City.
My patients communicate with me via the internet -- e-mail, instant messaging, video chatting, and text messages -- and I see them in their homes or offices, because I have no office.
How did I become the worldís first truly virtual doctor? I leveraged my creativity with technology people use in their everyday lives to change the way my patients receive healthcare. I give my patients 21st Century healthcare.
I believe many of the problems in the healthcare system can be solved by technology, accessibility, free market principles, and efficient communication. We at Myca are bringing these solutions to healthcare and enabling doctors and patients with the tools to effectively communicate. We’re doing our part to help streamline processes and revolutionize the way you interact with your doctor to optimize your health.
I attended Penn State College of Medicine, subsequently completing a pediatric residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village in New York City. After finishing my first residency, I went to Johns Hopkins University to do a residency in Preventive Medicine. I also earned my Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins.
While completing my residency there, I worked with Sidney Wolfe at Public Citizen and wrote multiple petitions to the FDA to ban unsafe drugs that had already gone to market. I also worked at the Johns Hopkins Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care, where I focused on improving patient safety and communication through analysis of Toyota’s Lean Management processes.
Mine was the first medical practice in the US to marry the latest forms of digital communication with house calls.
My website and practice have been featured in Wired, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo’s People of the Web, and on multiple television appearances.
