Telehealth    Learning Resource Center Staff Phone E-Mail Logan Ludwig, Ph.D., Associate Dean (708) 216-5301 lludwig@lumc.edu Gina Zarilla, Administrative Secretary (708) 216-5301 rzarill@lumc.edu Stephen Van Houten, Head, Telehealth & LRC (708) 216-5307 svanhou@lumc.edu Virgil Conanan, LRC Technician (708) 216-4764 vconanan@lumc.edu Helen Williams, Telehealth Assistant (708) 216-4764   About The American Telemedicine Association defines telemedicine as the "use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications for the health and education of the patient or health care provider and for the purpose of improving patient care." At Loyola, we are using videoconferencing and the Internet to provide different telemedicine applications: Weekly Medicine and Surgery Ground Rounds videoconferences to Resurrection Medical Center Weekly Pediatrics Grand Rounds videoconferences between the Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital and SSOM. Weekly Pediatric Echocardiography videoconferences between Loyola, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and the Marshfield Clinic Monthly Pediatric Gastroenterology videoconferences between Loyola and Lutheran General Hospital Conservation Medicine course, Special Topics in Conservation Medicine, sponsored by Loyola University/Stritch School of Medicine/University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine/Brookfield Zoo · Intercampus committee and administrative meetings Occasional multi-institution, multi-site meetings Guest lectureships of Loyola faculty for classes held at other institutions Video Conferencing Videoconferencing for Telehealth programs, using ISDN telephone lines, is presently available in the following locations. Videoconferencing, using the Internet, allows us to schedule videoconferences in virtually any meeting room or office in at LUMC. Stritch School of Medicine Tobin Hall Leischner Hall Classroom 150 Classroom 160 Classroom 170 Other Medical Center locations Health Sciences Library Seminar Room Conference room, 101-1618 Conference room, 102-1707 Conference room, 103-5338 Conference room, 104-7601 To schedule Telemedicine videoconferences, please contact Stephen Van Houten, Head, Telehealth & LRC, (708) 216-5307, svanhou@lumc.edu .