Puebla, Puebla, México
del 1 al 3 de octubre de 2003

Bio for: Dale Alverson, MD October 2003
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Center for Telehealth
Health Sciences Center
University of New Mexico

Dr. Alverson is a Pediatrician, Professor and Regents’ Professor on faculty at the University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, specializing in the field of Neonatology.

He also serves as the Medical Director of the Telemedicine Program and Center for Telehealth at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. In that role, he has been involved in the planning, implementation, research and evaluation of a Telemedicine system for New Mexico, primarily serving its rural communities.

He has been a principal investigator on several Telehealth related grants; including projects in rural Telemedicine, NASA and the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth under HRSA, including deployment of immersive interactive virtual reality simulations that allows synchronously collaboration over Internet2 for training and education independent of distance. One project has been designed to develop models to provide health care support for the astronauts during space exploration and the Mars exploration, which could also be used as a model for remote areas on Earth. Another, "Project TOUCH (Telehealth Outreach for Unified Community Health, is a joint collaborative effort with John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii, the University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, and the Maui and Albuquerque High Performance Computing Centers, incorporating distributed interactive virtual reality simulations for medical education and training and collaboration over the Next generation Internet-2 Access Grid.

He was the prior co-director of the NIH supported General Clinical Research Center at UNM. He has written numerous chapters and papers for professional journals and has been invited to present his work internationally.

Among his honors, he has received the Glenn T. Peake Clinical Research Award, Department of Pediatrics Teaching Award, UNM Regents' Professorship and the UNM HSC Vice President's Partnership Award in recognition of his leadership role as the Medical Director of the New Mexico Telemedicine Network.

Dr. Alverson has also been the Health Commentator for the New Mexico NBC Affiliate, Channel 4 KOB-TV, "For Your Health", appearing nightly on the evening news.