Annual Symposium - May 21, 2011 About our Speakers... View Richard Lederer's profile/info                                                   Laura Bryan, CMT, AHDI-F  Laura is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, having earned a bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology.  After working ten years in two medical laboratories, she transitioned to a career in medical transcription. Laura has authored Technology for the Medical Transcriptionist and MS Word for Healthcare Documentation-4th edition, both published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Stedmans).  She has edited numerous transcription publications, textbooks, and study guides, and has published many articles in trade magazines and the professional journals of AHDI.  Laura was named "Advocate of the Year" at the 2009 AHDI Integrity Awards in Nashville. Laura and her husband Bob own MedEDocs, a transcription software and services company, and MTWerks, a technology consulting business. As a consultant, she conducts online classes specifically for MTs using MS Word and Windows with a focus on productivity with accuracy. Christopher Ziebell, MD  Dr. Ziebell is the medical director of the emergency department at University Medical Center at Brackenridge in Austin, the only adult level 1 trauma center in central Texas.  He serves on the Board of Trustees of Seton Healthcare and the Board of Managers of Emergency Service Partners, PLLC.  Dr. Ziebell is the executive director of Hospital Physicians in Clinical Research, PLLC.  He chairs the EMS Steering Committee of the Travis County Medical Society.  Dr. Ziebell has served as Chief of Staff of the Seton Family of Hospitals in Austin, TX, and at Seton Northwest and Seton Southwest Hospitals.  He is a Board Certified emergency physician, graduating from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine and completing his residency at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.   About Richard Lederer    Presentation Topics & CEC info    Event Schedule Main Symposium page/Registration info

James B. Gibson, MD, PhD Dr. James Gibson is a board-certified clinical biochemical geneticist practicing at Specially for Children, the pediatric subspecialist group serving Austin and the communities surrounding Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas.  His medical degree is from Duke University School of Medicine and his Ph.D. (in anatomy and genetics) is from the Graduate School of Duke University.  He completed his pediatric training at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a metabolism fellowship at the same institution.  He has held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and most recently at the University of Texas for Health Sciences at San Antonio. His professional interests are the detection and treatment of inborn errors of metabolism in all ages of patients.  He has directed a metabolic testing laboratory and was responsible for the interpretation of those test results.  He has been a consultant to the state newborn screening program in Arkansas and Texas.  Because of the scarcity of biochemical geneticists, he has been responsible for all metabolic patients in a geographic area equivalent to a quarter of Texas. Dr. Gibson has published over thirty peer-reviewed articles on the basic science, clinical detection and management of genetic diseases.  Research involvement has included birth defects epidemiology as well as cellular physiology of galactosemia.  He has authored six book chapters on disorders of carbohydrate metabolism and inborn errors affecting the liver.  Teaching responsibilities over the last 20 years have included: medical students--as a lecturer and course director, residents, fellows, and advanced practice nurses.  He has won several institutional awards for teaching.  Dr. Gibson lectures frequently at regional and national meetings about clinical approaches to diagnosis and management of metabolic disorders. Lisa Day Johnson, CMT, AHDI-F Lisa has been a multispecialty medical transcriptionist for 17 years, having worked in hospital and physicians’ office settings, national MTSOs, as well as a several-year run as owner of an MTSO supporting 13 physician offices over many medical specialties.  Lisa obtained both RMT and CMT certification in 2006 and the AHDI Fellow designation in 2007.  She was elected to the AHDI Board of Directors in 2010 and currently serves as Secretary.   Lisa is employed as a training specialist at Transcend Services, having previously filled roles at Transcend as a transcriptionist and team lead.  Lisa’s industry interests include education, mentoring, certification, and legislative issues.  She is the Board Liaison for the AHDI New Professionals Alliance and the Educator’s Alliance.  She currently serves as the Board Partner for the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region (AHDI-NEMA) and the Transcend Services Chapter.  Lisa lives in Fort Worth, Texas.