Deborah Shafer, MBA
With over 10 years of Nursing, Education and Healthcare experience Ms. Shafer is recognized as a leader in her field. Ms. Shafer holds a Masters Degree in Nursing and a Masters Degree in Education from Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio). For the past three years she has been an adjunct professor at Xavier, conducting the medical-surgical component of education in the clinical and classroom setting for junior baccalaureate nursing students. In 2004 she was recognized and the recipient of the Xavier Ida Casey award for professionalism. Ms. Shafer has over five years of clinical expertise in adult health and intensive care nursing. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society and the American Council on Exercise.

Mark Edward DiLuciano, MD
Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Ohio

Dr. DiLuciano brings over 18 years of Children's Anesthesiology and medical knowledge to TaleMed. In conjunction to his role as Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology, Dr. DiLuciano is a member of the Adjunct Staff, Division of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. DiLuciano is also an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Prior to graduating from the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo in1988, Dr. DiLuciano graduated Cum Laude from the University of Toledo with a B.S. in Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology. Currently, Dr. DiLuciano is associated with the following Medical Associations: Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Greater Akron Medical Society, American Society of Anesthesiology, Ohio Society of Anesthesiologist, and the Ohio State Medical Association.

Arne R. Pedersen, MBA
Mr. Pedersen is Chief Operating Officer of HCM ( a national provider of Healthcare Human Resource Solutions). He has a passion for customer alignment, delivering customer value, and employee economic value added with a mission first - people always philosophy. His career path extends across a variety of industries, roles, and functions in both Corporate America and the United States Army. Prior to HCM he was in charge of Strategic Consulting, and Outsourcing for Anthem Inc, a Fortune 50 company. It was here that he designed, developed, implemented, and managed a multi-million dollar program which consistently delivered high quality resources and saved the company over $90MM in eight years. Mr. Pedersen has also served in a variety of management roles in various industries to include investments and insurance. Mr. Pedersen is a veteran for the United States Army and has served in various Command and Operations staff roles over a highly successful ten year career and commanded a tank unit in the 1990-1991 Gulf War.

Mr. Pedersen has an MBA, cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and his BA from Indiana University.

Doug Stewart, MD
A diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology, Dr. Stewart has conducted research under National Institutes of Health grants and has gained a reputation as one of the top Anesthesiologist in the country. Dr. Stewart has been a member of the board of directors and has served as secretary of AAC since 1991. A graduate of case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Stewart earned both his bachelor’s and medical degrees from this leading medical institution. He is a member of the international Anesthesia Research Society.