AJ Patel, RPH
Chief Executive Officer
AJ has more than 20 years of experience leading Healthcare Operations in the drugstore and specialty pharmacy environment. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of TeleMed2U where he leads the company’s Sales & Operations, Recruiting, Legal and Credentialing/Contracting teams. He collaborates closely with the Advisory Board on the development of clinical programs and future strategy to enhance convenient access to specialty medical care in various markets across the country.
Javeed Siddiqui, MD, MPH
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Siddiqui co-founded TeleMed2U, where he serves as the Chief Medical Officer, and is the primary developer of clinical programs and strategy. He directs TeleMed2U’s extensive group of multi-specialty medical providers, and is instrumental in managing the operational and business development aspects of the practice. Dr. Siddiqui also practices inpatient and outpatient telemedicine as an Infectious Disease physician member of the group.
Megan Van Matre
Director of Operations
Megan has 8 years of experience managing quality, compliance and operations with a national health system. At TeleMed2U, Megan is responsible for leading the operations of a rapidly growing digital health platform that delivers telemedicine services to patients and clients and leads day to day operations of the Recruiting, Credentialing, Physician Relations, Clinical Operations, and Revenue Cycle teams. She is instrumental in building and scaling the organization to expand access to quality and convenient services for patients in a variety of communities across the country.
Chris Garnto
Director of Business Development
Chris travels throughout TeleMed2U’s vast service area developing new inpatient and outpatient business opportunities and expanding services lines within the company’s existing hospitals and clinics. He is instrumental in providing customer service in the field, and gathering market intelligence which translates into service delivery strategies for the practice.
Alexis Simmons
Manager of Physician Relations & Clinical Operations
Alexis is responsible for overseeing inpatient and outpatient clinical operations. Alexis trains and supervises the team of coordinators who perform TeleMed2U’s patient scheduling and daily clinic implementation. She is responsible for physician onboarding, training, and coordinating physician schedules and clinic calendars, managing a vast number of moving elements for Inpatient and outpatient care. She liaisons physician and client communication for synchronous and asynchronous service delivery, and ensures optimal, on-going connectivity of all telemedicine equipment and peripherals.
Shilpa Sharma
Billing and Data Analyst
Shilpa trains and supervises the team of coordinators who perform TeleMed2U’s patient scheduling and daily clinic implementation. Her responsibilities include deployment and oversight of clinic workflow, implementation of new client services, and administration of clinic calendars. Shilpa has a special talent for business analytics and is responsible for the production of reports pertaining to utilization, revenue, and other statistical metrics.
Maritza Thorpe, CPCS
Credentialing Supervisor
Maritza has more than 23 years of experience in credentialing. She coordinates all phases of credentialing for TeleMed2U’s contracted providers with health plans, hospital medical staffs and payer enrollment. She has oversight of managing all providers’ expiring credentials monthly, monitoring sanctions and discipline, and compliance of state licensing, medical malpractice requirements, and credentialing legal and regulatory mandates. Maritza has been a Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist since 2000.
Stacy Walsh
Physician Recruiter
Stacy is responsible for seeking, qualifying and attracting physician providers in various medical specialties to fill TeleMed2U’s service openings in multiple states. Her position involves all aspects of the recruitment process, including responsibility for contracting providers that are clinically competent and who possess personal attributes reflective of TeleMed2U’s vision and values.
Nikhil Sharma
Head of Technology
Nikhil brings over 15 years of experience from enterprise software and management consulting, holding various leadership roles for large global consulting companies including IBM, Fujitsu, KPIT and Birlasoft.
Nikhil serves as the Head of Technology at TeleMed2U and is responsible for driving TeleMed2U’s advanced and innovative technology offerings to improve patient care and for developing strategies to bridge the gap between traditional and next generation telehealth products.
As an enthusiastic software engineer, Nikhil provides enterprise-wide change management and project management support. He also manages all SaaS vendor relationships ensuring optimal product procurement and performance.
Nikhil holds an engineering degree in Information Systems and is Scrum@Scale Certified.
Greg Buchert, MD, MPH
Greg Buchert, MD, MPH recently retired as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Shield of California’s Promise Health Plan that serves 500,000 members in Medi-Cal, Medicare and Dual Eligible programs in California. He formerly worked with Centene as the Chief Executive Officer that launched the company’s first Medicaid Managed Care Plan in California and later as Chief Medical Officer of HealthNet. His previous positions include work as a Principal Consultant with Health Management Associates, a national healthcare consulting firm, and as the Chief Operating Officer and Medical Director for CalOptima, a public managed care company for which he was a founding executive. Greg started his career as a Pediatric Emergency Physician serving in leadership positions at two children’s hospitals and as administrative director of a medical group.
Raj Chudasama
Raj Chudasama serves on the TeleMed2U Advisory Board and provides strategic advice on key IT infrastructure and system development initiatives. Raj has more than 20 years of experience in building and deploying innovative products and e-commerce platforms, driving digital transformation to improve customer experiences and to accelerate company growth. Raj currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at QuoteCenter, the fastest growing Home Depot company, where he is responsible for company-wide technology strategy, architecture, e-commerce platforms, data, and engineering practices. Previously, Raj successfully led the Digital transformation of both Home Depot’s B2C and B2B e-commerce platforms. Raj is also pursuing his MBA at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
Dr. Steven Schorer
Dr. Steven Schorer serves on the Advisory Board of TeleMed2U. He works closely with leadership to advise of the current and future strategy of the company. Dr. Schorer received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Davis and his medical degree from Chicago Medical School. He trained in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine, eventually completely his residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago. He has worked as an emergency physician throughout the California, primarily in Sacramento, since 1994, and has served on the medical faculty at the University of California, Davis Medical Center. Dr. Schorer received his MBA from CSU Sacramento. Steve also has extensive experience as a healthcare consultant to the pharmaceutical and medical staffing industries.
Leadership
Javeed Siddiqui, MD, MPH
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Siddiqui co-founded TeleMed2U, where he serves as the Chief Medical Officer, and is the primary developer of clinical program and strategy. He directs TeleMed2U’s extensive group of multi-specialty medical providers, and is instrumental in managing the operational and business development aspects of the practice. Dr. Siddiqui also practices inpatient and outpatient telemedicine as an Infectious Disease physician member of the group.
Steven R. Renard, MBA, CHE
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Steve has more than 25 years of health care leadership experience. He is co-founder of TeleMed2U, and has oversight of the company’s growth, development, and management. He works closely with the administrative team to assure quality care and service, and has direct responsibility for venture formation, investor relations, strategic partnerships, and capital funding. In May 2017, Steve was recognized nationally with a bronze level CEO award from SVUS Awards for Start-up of the Year. Rankings were based upon successful growth over the previous three years.
Janelle Deplitch, CMCO
Senior Vice President
Janelle has more than 25 years of experience managing healthcare operations. Her skills in clinical operations and resource management serve a key role in the development and oversight of synchronous and asynchronous service delivery for inpatient and outpatient care, clinical and operational workflow, new client implementation and training, physician service coordination, billing and collections, and all levels of compliance.
Renee Kavon
Senior Vice President
With more than 25 years of healthcare management experience, Renee helped to lay the groundwork for the practice administration before moving into her current role managing network development and contracting of health plans, hospitals, outpatient clinics, and medical specialists. She is responsible for reimbursement analysis and pricing strategy and oversees physician recruitment, credentialing, and marketing functions.
Directors & Supervisors
Andrea Seminer, Esq.
House Counsel
Andrea advises TeleMed2U executives regarding a variety of legal topics, and collaborates with management to devise efficient strategies to handle any issues as they arise. In addition, house counsel specifies internal governance policies and oversees compliance and cybersecurity requirements.
Chris Garnto
Director of Business Development
Chris travels throughout TeleMed2U’s vast service area developing new inpatient and outpatient business opportunities and expanding services lines within the company’s existing hospitals and clinics. He is instrumental in providing customer service in the field, and gathering market intelligence which translates into service delivery strategies for the practice.
Alyssa Kaper
Telemedicine Physician Account Coordinator
Alyssa is responsible for orientation and continuous quality monitoring of TeleMed2U’s physician specialists on the company’s electronic medical records (EMR) and telemedicine platforms. She coordinates physician schedules and clinic calendars, liaisons physician and client communications, and works with them to ensure optimal connectivity of all telemedicine equipment and peripherals.
Shilpa Sharma
Scheduling Coordinator Supervisor
Shilpa trains and supervises the team of coordinators who perform TeleMed2U’s patient scheduling and daily clinic implementation. Her responsibilities include deployment and oversight of clinic workflow, implementation of new client services, and administration of clinic calendars. Shilpa has a special talent for business analytics and is responsible for the production of reports pertaining to utilization, revenue, and other statistical metrics.
Mariann Pantelakis
Administrative Assistant
Mariann provides daily administrative support to the TeleMed2U leadership team. She coordinates the company’s meetings, conference attendance, and employee events. Mariann is instrumental in orienting employees on the company’s computer and phone systems, and assists with troubleshooting when needed. She also assists with development and distribution of marketing materials. Hers is likely the first voice you will hear at the other end of the line when calling TeleMed2U.
Steve Barder
Human Resources
As the owner of Your HR Solution, Steve provides a broad spectrum of HR services in support of the company's needs to attract, develop and retain quality staff.
