Maurice Mars
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Biography
Maurice Mars is a medical graduate of the University of Cape Town and has a Doctorate degree in Vascular Surgery from the University of Natal, where he was Professor of Physiology and initiated a Postgraduate sports medicine program. He is currently Professor of TeleHealth at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and runs Postgraduate programs in Telemedicine and Medical Informatics, by video conference, with students in several African countries. He has published over 190 peer reviewed papers and book chapters, serves on several editorial boards and is the founding editor of the Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth. He chairs the Education Committee of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, the International SIG of the American Telemedicine Association, and chaired the eHealth Committee of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Medical Technology in South Africa. His research interests are telemedicine implementation and skin and muscle microcirculation. Research and Education at the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research, the Director of Research Initiatives at Parker College, the Department Administrator in Chemistry at Brandeis University, and the Technical Director of multiple laboratories at a teaching hospital of Harvard University and of an affiliate of the Mayo Clinic. He was designated as Humanitarian of the Year in 2000 by the American Chiropractic Association and holds an Honorary Degree from the National University of Health Sciences. He obtained his PhD from Harvard in Medical Sciences/Biochemistry in 1972. arosner66@aol.com
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Abstract : Compressed air massage: What do we know?
