Physician

General Surgery

Ronald Merrell is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He studied medicine at University of Alabama School of Medicine. University of Alabama School of Medicine has a rank of 37 in research and a 17 in primary care He received 2 awards: "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare" and "Fellow (FACS)". Ronald C. Merrell, MD is a published doctor and has 99 publications published. The lastest was: 'Cabo verde telemedicine program: initial results of nationwide implementation.'

Publications

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• Cabo verde telemedicine program: initial results of nationwide implementation.
• Another year.
• The frozen tundra-a state of mind.
• Cost-benefit analysis on the use of telemedicine program of Kosova for continuous medical education: a sustainable and efficient model to rebuild medical systems in de...
• School time.
• Reflections of space exploration and its impact on telemedicine.
• Images, imaging, imagination.
• Spacebridge to Armenia: A Look Back at Its Impact on Telemedicine in Disaster Response.
• Reflections on tampa and the annual american telemedicine association meeting.
• Medical Applications, Mobility, and Regulations.
• The age of discovery--what next?
• Telemedicine and health information technology to achieve millennium development goals.
• Oh what a year 2010 was! Impact on telemedicine and e-health.
• The inconstancy of telecommunications.
• What are you prepared to do?
• The Eighth International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics 2010, July 22-24, 2010, Seoul, South Korea.
• Get on board the medical data train--it is leaving the station: destination 2014.
• Medical diplomacy.
• What a transformation-ATA at fifteen!
• The fragility of connectedness.
• The good, the bad, and the ugly--where do we go from here?
• Where is the proof?
• Telemedicine outcomes in the ICU.
• "Initiate-build-operate-transfer"--a strategy for establishing sustainable telemedicine programs in developing countries: initial lessons from the balkans.
• A clean, well-lighted place.
• Do you have the right tools?
• Telemedicine is green!!
• Yes we can: a rallying cry!
• Telemedicine in India: an introduction.
• National telemedicine initiatives: essential to healthcare reform.
• Is this a defining moment?
• The Fourteenth Annual International Meeting and Exposition of the American Telemedicine Association. April 26-28, 2009 Las Vegas, NV.
• What is the value proposition? What is the value of telemedicine?
• False-positive and subsequent false negative Tc-99m sestamibi scan in a case of mediastinal thymoma and hyperparathyroidism.
• Telemedicine in our economic uncertainty.
• Ethics in telemedicine research.
• Telemedicine in extreme conditions: supporting the Martin Strel Amazon Swim Expedition.
• It's all about infrastructure: a change of course or course correction.
• Telemedicine and e-Health-a year-end summary for 2008.
• A roadmap for telemedicine: barriers yet to overcome.
• Future delivery of health care: cybercare.
• Meeting Summary: Tenth IEEE International Conference on e-Health, Networking, Applications, and Services (Healthcom 2008).
• Congressional earmarks and telemedicine in the United States.
• These times are a-changing!
• Is it time for a telemedicine breakthrough?
• Michael E. DeBakey, MD.
• Objective assessment of training surgical skills using simulated tissue interface with real-time feedback.
• Fourth Annual IASTED International Conference on Telehealth and Assistive Technologies: April 16-19, 2008 Baltimore, MD.
• Are you connected?
• Telephone-based medical consultations.
• Workforce issues: the future telemedicine guru.
• Global forum on telemedicine: connecting the world through partnerships.
• A surgical telemedicine clinic in a correctional setting.
• Importance of scientific journals: your journal.
• Multitasking a telemedicine training unit in earthquake disaster response: paraplegic rehabilitation assessment.
• The impact of curriculum on a national telehealth program.
• The American Telemedicine Association's thirteenth annual international meeting and exposition.
• Evaluation of a documentation system for airway management training.
• What's next on the horizon?
• Remote video management for intraoperative consultation and surgical telepresence.
• What is telemedicine? A collection of 104 peer-reviewed perspectives and theoretical underpinnings.
• The necessity of telemedicine.
• A national strategy for telemedicine and e-health.
• Telemedicine licensure in the United States: the need for a cooperative regional approach.
• What's in store for the telemedicine consumer.
• Patient of the future--a way to get there.
• Virtual reality laparoscopic skill assessment in microgravity.
• Lessons learned, funded research, integrity--what does it all mean?
• Microgravity effects on fine motor skills: tying surgical knots during parabolic flight.
• Integration of information technology, wireless networks, and personal digital assistants for triage and casualty.
• TATRC: a multifaceted telemedicine implementer.
• Multimedia data capture and management for surgical events: Evaluation of a system.
• The role of telemedicine and information technology in the redevelopment of medical systems: The case of Kosova.
• Are you a telemedicine evangelist?
• Telemedicine and electronic health information for clinical continuity in a mobile surgery program.
• Remote anesthetic monitoring using satellite telecommunications and the Internet.
• Telehomecare: where are we?
• Telemedicine and e-Health for international medical issues.
• Disasters--how can telemedicine help?
• Intermittent and mobile surgical services: logistics and outcomes.
• Changing of the guard.
• Assessment of simulated surgical skills in parabolic microgravity.
• Telemedicine and telesurgery in the operating room.
• Acquisition and evaluation of radiography images by digital camera.
• Measurement of laparoscopic skills in microgravity anticipates the space surgeon.
• Evaluation of operative imaging techniques in surgical education.
• Digital video capture and synchronous consultation in open surgery.
• Laparoscopic and endoscopic management of perforated duodenal ulcers.
• Case report of remote anesthetic monitoring using telemedicine.
• Information support for the ambulant health worker.
• Surgical skill facilitation in videoscopic open surgery.
• The role of low-bandwidth telemedicine in surgical prescreening.
• Asynchronous confirmation of anatomical landmarks by optical capture in open surgery.
• Introduction: Operating room of the future.
• Telemedicine for the operating room of the future.
• Snakebites in the rainforests of Ecuador.
• The interaction of technology and diabetes care.
• Meeting summary: a Department of Defense agenda for development of the surgical suite of tomorrow--implications for telemedicine.

Schools

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• University of Alabama At Birmingham

• Wash University School Med Barnes Hospital

• Wash University School Med

Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• University of Alabama School of Medicine

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