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Joseph has been a practicing clinical perfusionist for 40 years. Currently, Joseph is the CEO of Houston Extracorporeal Technologies and is the program director of The New Orleans Conference and MediWeb which includes PerfWeb and NurseWeb.
Dr. Hany Samir is the founder and CEO of HS Consulting for Telehealth, Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and Critical Care with Weill Cornell Medical College at the DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center at Houston Methodist Hospital. He is an established and highly skilled physician with over 33 years of experience in Critical/Intensive Care, Cardiovascular Medicine, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, and Peri-operative Surgery including transplant. He is well regarded in the Houston, TX community, earning numerous accolades for his commitment to quality and patient centered care. Dr. Samir is licensed in 5 states and is double board certified in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology. He is an esteemed fellow of the Cardiac Renal Society and the American College of Chest Physicians. He is also active in the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, Texas Society of Anesthesiology, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. Dr. Samir has published in the areas of mechanical circulatory support in severe shock patients, ECMO, severe sepsis, peri-operative LVAD management as destination therapy and bridge to transplant, post-operative bleeding management, acute hypertensive management in post-operative aortic arch repair, and rapid reversal of anticoagulation in post-surgical complications. Dr. Samir is an expert in critical care as well as peri-operative management and has been one of the first in the country to adopt and apply his expertise into telemedicine. He has created a national reputation for quality and is highly respected as an expert consultant regarding how to implement critical care with telehealth technology. This new and growing technology can be implemented into health care systems to provide and improve quality of care without compromising outcomes. The future of medicine will be in digital platforms with medical innovations and Dr. Samir has become an expert on how to incorporate these new technologies into medical facilities who want to transform their types of services to align with the future of health care.
Juan Carlos Zubieta, MD, MPH graduated from Universidad Centroccidental in Venezuela in May of 1995. Dr. Zubieta received his MPH from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia in May of 1999. Postgraduate Fellowship at Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. Residency and Internship at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Darby, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Zubieta has practiced as an Attending Intensivist at several institutions including, St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston, Texas, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Memorial Hermann NE and SW, Valley Baptist Medical Center, Freeman Hospital Joplin Missouri, Christus St Michaels Texarkana, Scott & White Healthcare, VA Healthcare System, UPMC, Memorial Hermann NE and The Woodlands. Dr. Zubieta was Assistant Professor at Texas A&M School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Zubieta also held the title of Chief of QA and Education at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC and was the Hospital Coordinator of Venezuela Ministry of Health Rural Physician Primary Care Plus.
Dr. Zubieta is or has been a member of Neuro Critical Care Society, Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP) and Society of Critical Care Medicine.