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 Team Bios (click on any to review):
Management Team
Steve Cohen, Managing Director
Øyvind Bremnes, CTO
Dr. Jon Skranes, Medical Editor
Dr. Lars Petter Skranes, Director of Product Development
Medical Advisory Board
Henry H. Bernstein, D.O.
Jonathan Adam Benjamin, MD
Barry Zuckerman, MD |
About MultiMedicus MultiMedicus is a pioneer in the development and delivery of healthcare information products and systems for patients, providers and professionals. Launched in Norway in 2001 by two brothers, Dr. Lars Petter Skranes and Dr. Jon Skranes, both pediatricians, MultiMedicus was created to deal with the growing incidence of non-urgent emergency room use by Norwegian parents as well as their lack of knowledge about childhood illnesses and appropriate care. After extensive research, the brothers concluded that while there were many resources available to parents, most were hard to use, hard to understand, often inaccessible, and often confusing. Their efforts to solve these problems led them to form MultiMedicus and develop the Child Health Guide. It took approximately four years to collect and edit the videos. During that time, they also experimented with language and website design in order to make the information truly accessible and understandable to parents. In 2005, MultiMedicus began exploring the possibility of creating an English language version for the American market, an exploration that led to the establishment of a relationship with the Harvard Health Publications Division of Harvard Medical School, School’s Harvard Health
Publishing, which publishes health information for the general public in books, newsletters, newspaper columns, magazines and on the Internet.
Management Team Steve Cohen, Managing Director
Steve is a successful entrepreneur and bestselling, award-winning author and publisher. He was President/CEO of the start-up healthcare company Living Independently Group and the founder/CEO of 4to14/BrainQuest, an internet education company for children and parents. Steve co-chaired the White House task force Prescription for Reading Partnership for Hillary Clinton, and serves on the National Board of the pediatric literacy group, Reach Out and Read. He is the author of five books and numerous articles.
Steve was educated at the U.S. Naval Academy, received his B.A. from Brown University and did graduate work on a full fellowship at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is an adjunct assistant professor at NYU, taught in the MBA program at Fordham University, and in the Professional Publishing Program at Stanford. Steve also serves as a Trustee of the United States Naval Institute.
Øyvind Bremnes, CTO
Øyvind has worked as a programmer/developer/producer of e-learning and multimedia since 1995, as a founder/co-owner of Reeltime Productions AS in Oslo, Norway. He has been in charge of the production of over 100 titles, which have been distributed on a wide range of media formats and platforms (CD-ROMs, intranet/LAN, web, DVDs), and with user variations from single-user to large company network solutions (+ 10.000 employees). He has gained international/multilingual experience from developing products for the English and German speaking markets in Europe, in addition to the Scandinavian markets.
Dr. Jon Skranes, Medical Editor
Jon is a co-founder of MultiMedicus. He is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, in Trondheim, Norway. He is also Chief of Child Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Sorlandet Hospital, in Arendal, Norway.
Dr. Lars Petter Skranes, Director of Product Development
Lars Petter is the other co-founder of MultiMedicus. Lars Petter was educated at the University of Oslo.
Medical Advisory Board
Henry H. Bernstein, D.O.
Henry H. Bernstein, D.O. has just recently become Chief of the Section of General Academic Pediatrics at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Visiting Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School, after ten years as associate chief of the division of general pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston and associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
In addition, Dr. Bernstein is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) Committee on Infectious Diseases, and as a member, is responsible for developing and revising AAP guideline for control of infectious diseases in children. He holds leadership roles in medical education, has been described as a master educator and received several teaching awards, and conducts primary care clinical research while maintaining a clinical primary care practice. Cognizant of the need for the outcome of learning to go beyond recall of content, he dedicates significant time and effort on the development of new and innovative tools to facilitate learning that enhances clinical judgment and practice, and results in improved health of patients.
Dr. Bernstein earned his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey. He completed his residency training in pediatrics at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia and received his undergraduate degree in mathematics and biology from Union College in Schenectady, New York.
Jonathan Adam Benjamin, MD
Dr. Benjamin has been a pediatrician in private practice for 24 years. He is on the clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School and the Boston University School of Medicine.
He graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Psychology in 1974, and attended the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine, graduating in 1978. He did a Pediatric Internship and Residency at The Boston City Hospital from 1978-1981.
Barry Zuckerman, MD
Barry Zuckerman, M.D., is The Joel and Barbara Alpert Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and Professor of Public Health at Boston University School of Public Health, and Chief of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Zuckerman has authored more than 200 scientific publications emphasizing the impact of biological, social, and psychological factors on children’s health and development. He is an editor of nine books, including Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics: Handbook for Primary Care (published in both English and Spanish).
Dr. Zuckerman provided leadership for the development of American Academy of Pediatrics Child Health Supervision Guidelines and the government sponsored Bright Futures Guidelines For Preventive Health Care. He has served as a visiting professor and named lecturer at more than twenty-five medical schools/hospitals, an invited lecturer to seven countries, and a member of four editorial boards. He has served on prestigious national committees, including the National Commission on Children and the Carnegie Commission on Meeting the Needs of Young Children. |
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