OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dictum Health, Inc., a new medical-device company with cross-industry expertise to provide the next evolution in the continuum of care, announced today the formation of its executive team. The new leadership team will oversee rollout of the company’s new telehealth solution, a mobile, cloud-based tablet that provides acute-care diagnostics for remote and home-based patients in the U.S. and international markets.
Dictum Health’s executive team brings together medical experts and seasoned executives with highly successful track records in healthcare, telecommunications, and mobile to establish a new telehealth model that supports clinical care anytime, anywhere.
Mory Ejabat is the Founder and CEO of Dictum Health. A widely recognized pioneer in mobile and telecommunications, Ejabat was formerly CEO of Ascend, which he launched as a startup and eventually sold to Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) for $24 billion. He also founded, launched and brought public Zhone Technologies (NASDAQ: ZHNE).
“Our goal is to provide the next-generation in telehealth today to dramatically improve outcomes while lowering costs,” says Ejabat. “With demonstrated success in both healthcare and telecommunications, I’m confident our new leadership team at Dictum Health can achieve that goal and help healthcare successfully evolve into a patient-centered, coordinated care model.”
Chief Medical Officer is Chris Simmons, MD, an internist and geriatrician at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, Calif., who has been in private practice for more than 25 years, founded Advanced Healthcare Systems and is a consultant to St. Mary’s University athletic department.
Dictum Health’s Vice President of Engineering is Kim Hobbs, who has more than 20 years’ experience delivering world-class products to market, including at Zhone Technologies, Net to Net Technologies and Cabletron Systems.
Vice President of Product Management is Elizabeth Keate, with more than 20 years’ experience delivering innovative products from concept to launch from medical-device and telecommunications industries, holding leadership positions at Medtronic, Allergan and Texas Instruments.
Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs is Paul Landesman, PhD, a 30-year veteran in quality, regulatory and patient safety for the medical-device, pharmaceutical and biotech industries, including at Abbott Laboratories, Amgen, Allergan and Roche.
Deb Anderson is Vice President of Marketing. She has over 20 years’ global marketing experience commercializing and launching breakthrough initiatives across the medical device and information technology industries, including leadership positions at Abbott Laboratories, IBM and Motorola.
About Dictum Health
Dictum Health Inc., with offices in Oakland, Calif., Portsmouth, N.H. and Dubai, UAE, pioneers next-generation, mobile and cloud-based telehealth solutions that connect physicians, patients and other members of the care team. Built upon a foundation of an acute-care-ready medical tablet, secure video conferencing with simultaneous health-data streaming, Dictum Health solutions provide in-office exam quality for clinical care anytime, anywhere. For more information visit www.dictumhealth.com.
