Stethographics Management Team

Dr. Raymond L.H. Murphy, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc., Founder, Chairman and Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Murphy has been a practicing physician since 1966, and his theoretical and scientific knowledge has been tested by the reality of clinical experience. He holds degrees in public health and occupational medicine. He was serving as Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at the Faulkner and Lemuel Shattuck Hospitals, in Boston, Massachusetts for over 25 years. Dr. Murphy is Professor of Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine. In 1975, he co-founded the International Lung Sounds Association, which has grown to include more than 100 physicians, other medical practitioners and engineers from around the globe who are interested in medical acoustics. The association has met annually for 30 years. Dr. Murphy has published over 50 articles and papers, some of which have appeared in the American Journal of Medicine, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Applied Physiology, and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Holy Cross College, an M.D. from New York University, and both an M.P.H. and Sc.D. from Harvard University. He has retired from Harvard's School of Public Health after serving on faculty for 25 years. In 1998 Dr. Murphy founded Stethographics, Inc., a company that develops computer based acoustic devices to improve medical diagnosis and monitoring. He serves as a company Chief Medical Officer.

Bill Kania, Chief Executive Officer

Bill joined Stethographics five years ago. He has been responsible for launching the company’s products, driving revenue and managing profitable business operations. He also oversees the company’s sales, marketing and governmental agency relationships.
Bill has over twenty five years of management experience across sales, marketing, engineering and finance. Bill co-founded and served as President/CEO of Papyrus Development Corporation, an Internet systems integration company specializing in commercial Internet applications. Papyrus was acquired by a NASDAQ company in 1999. Prior to founding Papyrus, held the position of Telecom Systems Group Manager at Digital Equipment Corporation, managing development and marketing team in the US and Europe. He has also been General Manager of Connolly Data Systems Company, a networked systems integrator. He holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Pittsburgh, Masters in Industrial Administration from Carnegie-Mellon University and attended the Strategic Marketing Program, Harvard Business School.

Andrey Vyshedskiy, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Vyshedskiy joined the Company in 1999 to lead the Company's product development efforts. Dr. Vyshedskiy holds an M.S. in biomedical engineering and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Boston University, as well as a B.S. in physics from St. Petersburg Technical University in Russia. Dr. Vyshedskiy has over 10 years of experience in medical device industry as well as over 15 years of experience in digital signal processing, software development, and engineering. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Vyshedskiy co-founded and served as Chief Engineer of VitalWare Corporation. In addition to his full-time work at Stethographics, Dr. Vyshedskiy holds the position of an adjunct professor at Boston University.

Margaret Murphy, Ph.D., Head of Clinical Trials

Dr. M. Murphy heads Stethographics' ambitious clinical trials programs for over 5 years. These clinical trials resulted in presentations at a number of national and international professional meetings. Dr. M. Murphy holds the Ph.D. in Higher Education and Administration from Boston College, M.A. in Nursing from New York University, and B.S. in Nursing from St. Joseph College, West Hartford, CT. Dr. M. Murphy is a certified adult nurse practitioner. In addition to her work at Stethographics, Dr. M. Murphy holds the position of Associate Professor at Boston College. She was the founding Chairperson of Adult Health Nursing at Boston College School of Nursing.

Board of Scientific Advisers

Bart Celli, M.D. is Director of Pulmonary Services, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston

Gerald S. Davis, M.D. is Director of Pulmonary Services, University of Vermont Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. He is also a director of Vermont Lung Center.

John Earis, M.D. is Chairman of the Pulmonary Unit of Aintree Hospital, England.

John Shane, Ph.D. is professor of Physics at the University of Massachusetts, former Chairman of the Physics Department.

Product Development Team

Max Milendorf, manager of operations, web developer and designer, has lead the effort in product development and management for Stethographics. M.Milendorf designed and managed the development of the company's website, "Learning Lung Sounds" and "Introduction to Heart Sounds" multimedia courses for PC and for Handheld Pocket PC.

Andrei Savchenko, software engineer with over 7 years experience. Savchenko has been involved with Stethographics for over 1 year as a contractor. Employment history includes such companies as Advanced Visual Systems, Fraun Hofer CRCG. MS in physics, 1994, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Russia.

John Stanley, mechanical design engineer. J. Stanley has over 25 years of experience in instrumentation development. J. Stanley has been developing prototypes for Stethographics for over 2 years as an independent contractor.

David Whittemore, electrical engineer. Whittemore has been developing prototypes for Stethographics for over 2 years as an independent contractor.

Clinical Trials Team

Faulkner Hospital- ICU, PFT lab, Dialysis Unit
Raymond Murphy, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc.
Anna Wong-Tse, R.N., B.S.N., R.R.T., C.P.F.T., NPS
Rozanne Paciej, B.S.
Kirsten A. Bergstrom, R.N., B.S.
Verna-Ann Power-Charnitsky, Ph.D.

St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Sadamu Ishikawa, M.D.
Bart Celli, M.D., Director of Pulmonary Services.

University of Vermont Hospital, Vermont Lung Center, Burlington, Vermont
Gerald S. Davis, M.D., Director of Pulmonary Service.

Aintree Chest Centre, Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool, UK
John Earis, M.D. is Chairman of the Pulmonary Unit of Aintree Hospital, England.