The Executive Team

The management team of VMRx, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries consists of key people who have in-depth experience in every aspect of the healthcare and Internet applications/e-commerce businesses including management, marketing, distribution, finance, product development and sales.

Ernest Carter, MD, PhD, Founder CEO

Dr. Carter is a health care and engineering professional as well as entrepreneur with over 28 years experience in the practice and management of medicine, 19 years in teaching, and implementing biomedical and medical technology programs and 9 years in managing telemedicine start ups. He has designed and implemented projects such as the Howard University/US Virgin Islands Telemedicine project, the Emergency Medicine Internet Teaching Tool, Urban Asthma TeleHealth Care, and Howard University's partnership with the Global Development Learning Network. He is published in the field of bioengineering and is a current member of the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine. His professional affiliations include IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, American Telemedicine Association, American Medical Informatics Association and American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Carter received his PH.D in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Carter is a board-certified in Pediatrics and received his MD from Harvard Medical School and his Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Harvard College. His medical expertise includes extensive knowledge in the management, planning, and operations of pediatric and newborn services. He also was an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Materials Science Research Center in the Howard University's Department of Electrical Engineering. His area of expertise was biosensors and finite element modeling of the electrical properties of the human body. Prior leadership positions in engineering and medicine have included being Medical Director of Pediatric Services at Misericordia Hospital in Philadelphia where he designed, planned and implemented a new impatient level I + newborn care service as well as build a new outpatient pediatric service for the West Philadelphia community; Associate Director and cofounder of a level II neonatal intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia; Vice president of Virgo Carter Pediatrics of Silver Spring, Maryland; Founder and President of Telemedicine Solutions International, a telemedicine company that designed and implemented telehealth systems in the US and Caribbean for three years; and director and founder of the Howard University TeleHealth Sciences and Advanced Technology Center which has been in existence for the last 6 years.

Luigi Leblanc, MPH, Vice President of Management of Information Systems

Mr. Leblanc is an electronic engineer with over 10 years of experience in Telehealth and distance learning technologies. He has served as the technical project lead for several domestic and international initiatives, overseeing the technical management and implementation responsibilities inherent to international development programs. Mr. Leblanc specializes in the design of telehealth networks that integrate telecommunications technologies, information security and internet based software that serves as the vehicle for collaboration and consultations amongst care gives and their patient population. Additionally, his experience in the marketing and sales of telemedicine systems equips him with in-depth knowledge of health informatics marketplace. Mr. Leblanc has recently completed his Master of Public Health (MPH) specializing in the area of leadership in international health.

Harriet Washington, Vice President of Administration,

Harriet Washington has over 25 years of international experience working with international organizations and living and traveling in Africa. With 10 years of experience in the Telehealth , telemedicine and video teleconferencing, Ms. Washington is responsible for the daily operation and management of VMRx, and has coordination responsibilities for personnel and projects. She worked for the Peace Corps, Office of the Director, within the first three months of that agency's inception, and remained there for 10 years, working in overseas personnel recruitment and later in the Office of Congressional Affairs. She worked overseas for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for twelve (12) years, working and living in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, where her job responsibilities were in the areas of office management and staff support, personnel administration, training and conference coordination. For the past 10 years Ms. Washington has worked in the Telehealth, telemedicine and video teleconferencing arena with multiple organizations. During this period, she has worked on Telehealth and video teleconferencing initiatives in the United States, including the US Virgin Islands and internationally. On a regular basis, she has been an intricate part of several Telehealth assessment teams site visits. In May 2001, Ms. Washington began work at the Howard University Telehealth Sciences and Advanced Technology Center (HUTSATC) where she currently works part-time as Project Coordinator and prepares and overseas all project budgets. Ms. Washington has trained staff and streamlined office procedures making office operations more efficient.