Rashid L. Bashshur, PhD, is executive director of eHealth at the University of Michigan Health System and emeritus professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Since the early 1970s, he has been a catalyst for the development and evaluation of telemedicine systems in the U.S. He has published extensively on telemedicine, maintains an active speaking schedule, and works closely with policymakers at institutional, state, national, and international levels. In 1994, he cofounded the Telemedicine Journal with Mark Goldberg, and served as senior editor of three reports on telemedicine that were submitted to the U.S. Congress (1994, 1995, and 2001).
Dr. Bashshur is the recipient of several honors and awards, including the NASA Group Achievement Award; special appreciation from Eastman Kodak; the University of Arizona Founders Award; recognition for service from the American Telemedicine Association; Partners HealthCare Leadership Award; and the Individual Leadership Award for contributions to the development of telemedicine worldwide from the American Telemedicine Association.