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Health Mobius > About Health Mobius > Corporate Information > Advisory Board
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Robert Mutterperl, MD
Dr. Robert Mutterperl, a Co-Founder of Health Mobius, is a rare breed of doctors
with a keen business sense with an extensive background in managed care, both on the provider
side as well corporately, where he served as Medical Director of Traveler's Managed
Care Unit and advisor to CNN/Epiqual and Navistar Ohio's Preferred Provider Contract Project.
He has served as the President of the Medical Staff at Grant Hospital of Chicago, Medical
Advisor to Grant Hospital/Whittaker HMO Joint Venture and Chairman of the Department of
Medicine at Resurrection Hospital in addition to being the Clinical instructor of Medicine
at the University of Chicago and at Rush Medical College. Dr. Mutterperl is the Founder of
the Grant Hospital IPA, Medical Director at Grant Hospital and President of the Board
of Directors.
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Richard Atkinson, MD
Dr. Richard Atkinson, President of the American Obesity Association and one
of the nation's leading physicians in the treatment of obesity, will collaborate with
Health Mobius on this project. Based on his knowledge and expertise, as well as his experience
with actual clinical applications and protocols used to successfully treat thousands of obese
patients at his clinic, Dr. Atkinson will translate motivational, patient reinforcement,
and support materials to an online setting to enhance Health Mobius' existing technology.
His background includes over 140 medical publications, research in the area of obesity and nutrition,
as well as membership in the NIDDK National Task Force on the Prevention and Treatment
of Obesity, Chairman for the Nutritional Study Section for the National Institute of Health
and current editor of the International Journal of Obesity.
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Thomas A. Wadden, PhD
Thomas A. Wadden, PhD is Professor of Psychology at
the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he also is Director of the
Weight and Eating Disorders Program. He received his A.B. in 1975 from Brown University
and his doctorate in clinical psychology in 1981 from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. Dr. Wadden's principal research is on the treatment of obesity by interventions
that have included behavior modification, very-low-calorie diets, exercise and medications.
In addition, he has investigated the psychosocial consequences of obesity, as well as the
behavioral and metabolic effects of dieting and weight cycling. He has published over
180 scientific papers and is the co-editor of three books, including Handbook of
Obesity Treatment (with Dr. Albert Stunkard). His research is supported by grants from
the National Institutes of Health, as well as industry. Dr. Wadden serves on the National
Task Force for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity (NIH-NIDDK), as well as on the
editorial boards of International Journal of Eating Disorders, Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology, and Obesity Research. He teaches (with Dr. Gary
Foster) a course on weight and eating disorders and also advises graduate students.
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Vince Kuraitis
Vince Kuraitis JD, MBA has 20+ years health care experience in multiple roles. His consulting and work
projects span 100+ different health care organizations, including hospitals, physician groups, medical devices, pharma, health plans,
disease management, e-Health, IT, and others. Since 1997 Vince has worked as founder and Principal of Better Health Technologies, LLC
(www.bhtinfo.com), a strategy and business development consulting company. BHT creates value for patients and shareholders by
leveraging technology, business models and partnerships in areas relating to e-health and chronic disease management. BHT publishes
an e-newsletter with 3,000 subscribers in 27 countries (www.bhtinfo.com/pastissues.htm). BHT’s clients include both
established organizations and early-stage companies. Established organizations include: Samsung Electronics, Siemens Medical Solutions,
Joslin Diabetes Center, Medtronic (Cardiac Rhythm Patient Management, Neuro Disease Management), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts,
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Varian Medical Systems, Disease Management Association of America, PCS Health Systems, VRI, Washoe
Health System, S2 Systems, CorpHealth and Centocor. Early-stage companies include Cardiobeat, EZWeb, Sensitron, Stress Less, Medical Peace, Life Navigator,
DiabetesManager.com, CogniMed, Caresoft, Benchmark Oncology, eCare Technologies, Click4Care, and SOS Wireless.
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Linda Henriksen, MD
Dr. Henriksen is a board certified family practitioner who has been practicing
medicine for fifteen years at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. She is
also presently the President of the Resurrection Physicians' Provider Group, a one hundred
forty physician group, which is responsible for fifteen thousand insured capitated lives.
Having a great interest in weight management and fitness, she has been serving Health Mobius
as a Medical Advisory Board member.
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Theodore S. Wright, MD
A third generation family physician, Dr. Wright has extensive experience
in Primary Care Medicine, with education at the University of Illinois and the Medical
College of Wisconsin, where he served as Chief Resident in the Family Practice Program,
Dr. Wright also has extensive experience in Occupational and Industrial Medicine.
He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a member of the American
College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Dr. Wright is also a certified
Medical Review Officer.
His practice of Occupational Medicine & Family Practice with Physical Therapy and
Rehabilitation center has been serving the Northwest side of the city of Chicago since
1946. He is active on the staff of Swedish Covenant & Ressurection Hospitals in
Chicago, Illinois.
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