Editorial Team/Staff COIs

BHTY Team and Journal Staff Conflicts of Interest Disclosures

Blockchain in Healthcare Today (BHTY) requires all board and staff members to disclose conflict of interests and financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he/she and/or a spouse or partner had a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months, and reported below. Conflicts below present disclosures beyond the board member’s affiliation and current employer. For a complete list of board members please click here.

Editor-in-Chief

John D. Halamka, MD, MS, USA

Competing interests: Arcadia Healthcare Solutions Advisory Board, New Leaf Venture Partners Advisory Board, Orion Healthcare Board of Directors and Gates Foundation Consultant

Editorial Stewards

Christiana Aristidou, Esq., Cyprus

Competing interests: Nominee Director and Legal Advisor (independent contractor basis) to Pirum Solmed, LTD.

Mate Beštek, BSc, Slovenia

Competing interests: I am Advisor to Iryo.io

Kevin A. Clauson, PharmD, USA

Competing interests: I have served as a consultant through a third party consultancy for blockchain companies focused on healthcare and health care companies exploring blockchain solutions. I have fluid cryptoasset/cryptocurrency holdings.

Mike Jacobs, USA

Competing interests: Stock shareholder of Unitedhealth Group (UNH), Holder of intellectual property rights and patents

Anjum Khurshid, MD, PhD, USA

Competing interests: Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton, 2018- 2019

Prasad Kothari, MS, USA

Competing interests: Advisor to Ramanujan Machine

Tim Ken Mackey, MAS, PhD, USA

Competing interests: Tim K. Mackey serves as the Co-Chair for the IEEE Standards Association Supply Chain/Clinical Trials Technology Implementation Industry Connections Program, is an invited participant in the DSCSA & Blockchain Study by the Center for Supply Chain Studies, and is a member of the Advisory Board for the company FarmaTrust, a blockchain company developing technology for the pharmaceutical supply chain.

Jim Markwith, USA

Competing interests: Apervita, Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, Blue Health Intelligence, CommonWell Health Alliance, Inc., Discover Alliance, Inc., Eligible, Inc., Health Data Link, Inc., Stryker Corporation

Susan Ramonat, USA

Competing Interests:Advisory Board Cahir, Spiritus Partners, USA

Tom Savel, MD, USA

Competing interests: I have fluid cryptoasset/cryptocurrency holdings.

Tamara StClaire, PhD, MBA, USA

Competing interests: Advisor to 2Morrow and also emplyed by ReVive Heath

Peer Reviewers

Cees Hesp, Netherlands

Competing interests: I am employed at PharmAccess, serve on the board of Directors of DIAL, and have an unpaid advisory role at SuretyBlock. SuretyBlock is a blockchain-based online insurance marketplace. I have no other commercial interests to disclose.

Anh L. Ngo, MD, MBA, USA

Competing interests: I am the owner of Safety Medical Laboratories

Dennis Porto MD, MPH, FAAD, USA

Competing interests: I have equity investments in Google, Netflix, Amazon, and Facebook. I am an investor in artificial intelligence, robotics, and biotech exchange-traded funds. I own bitcoin.

Publishing and Operations Staff

Tory Cenaj, USA

Competing interests: I am the founder and owner of Partners in Digital Health, including the journals Blockchain in Healthcare Today, Telehealth and Medicine Today, all related activities and initiatives associated with these titles, and company portfolio. I volunteer for, and own, SolarCoin. I am advisor for IEEE-SA and NixWhistle.

John Russo Jr., PharmD, USA

Competing interests: I am the owner of The MedCom Resource.

Ron Ribitzky MD, USA

Competing interests: Founder and CEO of R&D Ribitzky, Stock shareholder of iSpecimen. Business Partner of DEMTECH.biz, East-West Digital News, ACTIMIRA., and TALENTGRID VENTURES. Strategic Advisor and token rights holder ARNA Genomics, BitMED. MarketsandMarkets Honorarium recipient. Komodo Health

Emma Csemiczky, Sweeden