DARKINS, Adam William

PERSONAL: Education: University of Manchester, M.B., 1974, Ch.B., 1979, M.D., 1987; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, M.P.H., 1991.

ADDRESSES: Offıce—P.O. Box 61339, Denver, CO 80206; fax: 303-733-3373. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England, registrar in neurosurgery, 1984-85; University of California, Los Angeles, visiting assistant professor, 1985-86; senior registrar in neurosurgery at Guy's Hospital and King's College Hospital, both London, 1986-89; St. Mary's Hospital, London, public health physician, 1989-91; King's Fund Center, London, project director, 1991-93; Riverside Community Health Care, London, medical director, 1993-97; Global Telemed, Belfast, Northern Ireland, director, 1997-99; head of U.S. national telemedicine program, Denver, CO, 1999—. OOTC, Inc., president and chief executive officer, 1998; Siemens Medical Systems, product manager for health care software development, 1999; independent consultant.

MEMBER: Royal College of Surgeons (fellow), Royal Society of Medicine (founding member of Telemedicine Forum, 1997-98), Association of National Health Service Medical Directors (founding member; member of council, 1995-97), Patient's Association (member of council, 1996-97).

AWARDS, HONORS: Travel fellow, Medical Research Council (England), 1985-86.

WRITINGS:

(With Margaret Cary) Telemedicine and Telehealth: Principles, Practice, Performance, and Pitfalls, Spring (New York, NY), 2000.

Contributor to periodicals, including London Monitor, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Telehealth Law Report, and American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.