UC surgical director to lead global medical education hub

Charles R. Doarn, former executive director of UC’s Center for Surgical Innovation, has been tapped to lead Ohio’s new Ohio Telehealth Video Resource Center.A creation of the University System of Ohio, the new center aims to establish Ohio as a global hub for online medical educations and videoconferencing.”The Ohio Telehealth Video Resource Center will establish Ohio as a center of excellence worldwide in videoconferencing technologies and, at the same time, contribute to the improved health and well-being of countless people throughout world,” Ohio Governor Ted Strickland tells the Birchley Hall Press.The new non-profit center is expected to strengthen and build linkages between higher education and Ohio’s healthcare industries, a key target for economic development in the state.Read the full article here.