MICHAEL ROZEN, M.D.

Michael J. Rozen, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon is president of IMSE. He graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine, took his surgical training at The Strong Memorial Hospital at The University of Rochester, and completed his Orthopaedic residency at The University of Cincinnati.  Board certified and a fellow in The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, he was president of Reconstructive Orthopaedics and engaged in private practice from 1974 through 1996. During this period he founded the Center for Spinal Deformity at The Children’s Hospital of Cincinnati, was instrumental in implementing the statewide school screening program for spinal deformity, was Director of Orthopaedics at a major metropolitan hospital and was a member of various quality assurance committees including The Quality Assurance Committee of the State of Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation.  He was founder of Ohio Comp a worker compensation management system and co-founder of Recorth which provided Independent Disability Evaluations.               

For five years, he was chair of Tri-State Health Decision Resources; a community based healthcare reform initiative and a founding board member of The Center for Health Ethics. During that time he also held leadership positions in Cincinnati community workgroup for healthcare connectivity, the Tri-State Community Health Status Project and the Outcomes Management Taskforce. He was also on the board of the Ohio Corporation for Health Information, a statewide effort to electronically link the public and private healthcare sector. He was Chief Privacy Officer and Vice President for Consumer Affairs at WellMed, Inc. and has frequently spoken and authored on Privacy, Security and Confidentiality of health information and ethical issues surrounding consumer health records.  He was also President of the National Emergency Health Data Center and a member of Leadership Cincinnati. 

Dr. Rozen has served as President and Chair of Hi Ethics and is one of the founders of the eHealth Initiative. He is a past board member of URAC and numerous other health advisory boards including the HIPAA Short Notice Workgroup, the Healthcare Security Certification and Accreditation Taskforce and the editorial board of In-Confidence. He is immediate past Chair of the Chair of The Medical Technology Policy Committee of IEEE-USA and Vice Chair of the Technology Policy Committee of IEEE-USA with special focus on eHealth issues in addition to his work on healthcare privacy and security issues.

Dr. Rozen is very interested in the incorporation of information and communication technologies into healthcare delivery and in using quality metrics for benchmarking evidence-based medicine for promulgation best healthcare practices. He is passionate in promoting patient centric healthcare and the adoption of biomedical technologies to enhance healthcare delivery.



LAKSHMI SAMMARCO, M.D.



Lakshmi Kode Sammarco, MD is the Hamilton County Coroner and a board certified neuroradiologist who is in clinical practice in Cincinnati, Ohio. She founded and runs NeuroRadPro LLC. Dr. Sammarco's company provides specialized consulting services in neuroradiology and general radiology for large and small cities across the United States. Dr. Sammarco is currently licensed in nine states. In addition to providing clinical services, Dr. Sammarco provides consulting services for Quality Control and Medical Director services for other teleradiology businesses in the United States. Previous employment experience includes faculty neuroradiology positions at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore and the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. In Cincinnati, she has worked as a radiologist at local hospitals before starting her own subspecialty services company.

Dr. Sammarco was raised and educated in Cincinnati. She attended the Clifton Elementary School and Cincinnati Country Day School where she graduated early at age 17. She then entered the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering as their youngest student to have been granted a junior position. At UC, Dr. Sammarco was an active part of the Caducea Premedical Society, the Honors Student Association and the Mideastern Honors Association and a committee member of the McMicken Honors Society. After only 2 years, Dr. Sammarco was offered admission into the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine where she completed her Medical Degree in 1988. At age 24 she was the youngest student in her class. Dr. Sammarco completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Case Western Reserve University - MetroHealth Medical Center in 1993. In 1995 she completed the two year accredited fellowship in Neuroradiology at the University of California Los Angeles, one of the most prestigious neuroradiology fellowships in the world. During this time, Dr. Sammarco was involved in the development of many of the minimally invasive procedures to treat strokes, aneurysms and cancers of the brain and spine currently used today. She is currently a senior member of the American Society of Neuroradiology.

Dr. Sammarco is a dynamic and energetic woman who is actively involved in the local community. She is involved with the Hindu Temple and the local Indian dance programs. She volunteers speaking to middle and high school students about education and career choices. She is a volunteer at the UC College of Medicine, helping to select our future doctors.

Dr. Sammarco is married to Dr. Vincent James Sammarco, MD, and has two children. They are a "Cincinnati" family and regularly attend the arts including the Symphony, Opera and Ballet in addition to being supporters of the professional and college sports teams. Her interests include photography, asian and Hindu art, traveling and gourmet cooking. She is an active athlete and enjoys skiing and tennis.

TODD GRIME, M.D.

 

Dr. Todd E. Grime, board certified primary care physician with fellowship trained certification in sports medicine, has 17 years’ experience in non-surgical management of Orthopedics, Occupational Medicine, and Sports Medicine.  His expertise is proper evaluation of musculoskeletal injuries and conditions, determination of causation, appropriateness of medical treatment whether conservative or surgical, work ability/restrictions, and outcome resolution.