Board of Advisors

 

Dr. Richard S Viglione

Medical and Clinical Advisor

Practice Focus Areas Wound Care Education MD: Chicago Medical School (1980) Postgraduate Training Intern: Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Internal Medicine (1980) Resident: Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Internal Medicine (1981) Resident: University of Chicago, Emergency Medicine (1984) Certification Board Certification: Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine Board Certification: Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Howard Miller

Advisory Board

Co-Founder & CEO of Kyra Medical, Inc. Mr. Miller successfully raised three rounds of financing for the company. Kyra Medical Inc, founded in 2016, has launched twelve products focused on improving surgical patient safety resulting in rapid revenue growth and market share gains.  Mr. Miller has 30+ years of sales, marketing, operations and executive management experience in the medical markets. Prior to founding Kyra Medical, Inc. he served as President of Teleflex -Arrow Cardiac Care overseeing several new product introductions which returned the division to profitability. He also served as the General Manager for two divisions of Hill-Rom: Allen Medical Systems and the Patient Environment Division and held increasing levels of responsibility in sales, marketing and operations at Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Miller received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Auburn University.

Linda McCormack-Miller

Advisory Board

Linda McCormack-Miller, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is  senior vice president/chief nursing officer for the Mohawk Valley Health System. In this position, Linda is responsible for nursing practice, policy and procedures across the system.

Linda has more than 25 years of progressive healthcare experience. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, she was commissioned as a nurse in the United States Navy. She served at the Portsmouth, Camp Lejeune and Oakland Naval Hospitals. She completed her Master of Science in Nursing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and her Doctorate in Nursing from Rush University in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1993, Linda began her post-naval career at Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Binghamton, New York, and held a variety of positions, most recently serving as the senior vice president of Operations/chief nursing officer. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Nurse Executive, Advanced.