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o u t  I am a 1970 graduate of New York Medical College and am a Clinical
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Yale University School of Medicine I also
founded and am President of County Obstetrics and Gynecology Group, with offices in
Branford, Clinton, Wallingford and New Haven, Connecticut. I am attending physician at
Yale-New Haven Hospital. I first made my presence online in 1995 when I delveloped
an Online Social Networking site involving the tragedy of Miscarriage, Stillbirth and
Infant Loss. This program,
Hygeia
, is still online and thriving. Since that time, I have committted my I.T. endeavors
to involve what I call the "humanistic aspect of the Internet." With this
philosophy, I have shunned the commercialization of the Internet and have tried to bridge
the digital divide with my work. I have been fortunate to have been honored for this
work by becoming a finalist in the
Stockholm
Challenge, Stockholm, Sweden two times, and have been selected as a juried presenter
at
MedNet 2003, in Geneva,
Switzerland and again at
MedNet,
2005 in Prague, Cz. Hygeia began, as many projects do, as a need to fulfill a
personal mission. At its inception, it was one of only a few programs dedicated to
pregnancy and neonatal loss utilizing Internet Technology. It remains the only program
which is totally edited, managed and sponsored by a physician (Obstetrician/Gynecologist)
who cares daily for patients experiencing these losses. Much has changed in Medicine and
on the Internet since the inception of Hygeia, but its mission perseveres…using new
technologies to share age-old feelings and lessons, and its founding principles remain: a.
emphasize and incorporate humanism with technology; b. strive to reduce parallel
disparities in access to both healthcare services and Information technologies. All of
Hygeia’s programs are ongoing and successful.
In 1996,I founded the
Hygeia Foundation, Inc., a
non-profit organization whose mission is to bring to medically indigent and under-served
populations, nationally and internationally, interactive information with regards to
Maternal and Child Health and facilitate access to these services. My first book
Parenthood Lost, Healing the
Pain after Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death was published in January, 2001. I
am committed to teaching and am the Recipient of the Association of Professors in
Gynecology and Obstetrics Teaching Award and twice recipient of the C. Lee Buxton Teaching
award and am actively involved in the medical education program at the Yale University
School. I have been fortunate to have been interviewed about my work NBC, MSNBC, CBS and
ABC TV Networks. In June, 2009, I presented my work to the Perinatology Research Branch of
the NIH / NICHD.
My latest program is the
Ephemeris Project. The Ephemeris Project is a Medical
Education Portal where health professionals, students, and patients can learn and
think about the human dimension of healthcare. In an age of advanced medical
technologies, the Ephemeris Project promotes and provides a venue of mindfulness,
introspection and self-expression among healthcare professionals, healthcare professional
students and patients helping each to participate-i.e. give and receive-
effective, compassionate and safe care.
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Michael R. Berman, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Genecology
and Reproductive Sciences
Yale University School of Medicine
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