Who We Are
Caretaker Medical® is a MedTech Innovator founded in Charlottesville, Virginia, in March 2014 to commercialize wearable monitoring devices constructed around our Patented Pulse Decomposition Analysis technology.
Caretaker Medical is a group of MedTech innovators. We have developed the VitalStream monitoring system that sets a new standard in portability, simplicity, and medical-grade wearable wireless vital signs monitoring. VitalStream uses a small, comfortable finger cuff to accurately measure continuous, non-invasive beat-by-beat Blood Pressure (“cNIBP”), ECG-Accurate Heart Rate, and Respiration Rate. It can also be used to monitor Blood Volume (for hemorrhage detection), Arterial Stiffness, and other hemodynamic parameters.
VitalStream measurements have been shown in Clinical trials to be equivalent to other cNIBP patient monitors and heart rate methods. As MedTech innovators, we anticipate that this solution in vital signs monitoring will disrupt the current patient monitoring environment and become widely adopted in the medical community.
Our Team of MedTech Innovators
David Gerdt
Co-Founder (Retired)
Medical Advisory Board
Joseph L. Hutchison, M.D.
Joseph L. Hutchison, M.D., is an otolaryngologist and Vice President of Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat in Lynchburg, Virginia. He had a prior appointment as Clinical Assistant Instructor at Albany Medical college and has been Clinical Instructor of Otolaryngology for Lynchburg Family Practice Residency since 2000.
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A native of Des Moines, Iowa, he received his Bachelor of Science in psychology and Doctor of Medicine degrees from the University of Iowa. He received his residency training in otolaryngology at Albany Medical Center. He has been in private practice with Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat since 2000. He is board certified and is a member of the Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Physician Executives American Rhinologic Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy.
He has been married to Annmarie since 1989. They have four beautiful children: Ruby, Moses, Lila and Anabel. He loves to play guitar and has played in multiple bands throughout the years. show less
Dr. Chris Ghaemmaghami, M.D.
Dr. Chris Ghaemmaghami, M.D. is the Chief Medical Officer of University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Ghaemmaghami is the Medical Center’s Senior Physician, overseeing medical staff and patient care and service.
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Jay H. Sanders, M.D.
Jay H. Sanders, M.D., is the CEO of The Global Telemedicine Group, Professor of Medicine (Adjunct) at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a Founding Board Member and President Emeritus of the American Telemedicine Association.
Read more He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, magna cum laude, a member of AOA, and did his residency training at the Massachusetts General Hospital where he became Chief Medical Resident. In 1970, he developed and started the first Division of General Medicine in the country at the University of Miami where he was Professor of Medicine and Chief of Medicine at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Other academic appointments include being Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia, where he was Director of the Telemedicine Institute, and Visiting Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Visiting Professor at Yale University School of Medicine. show less
Younghoon Kwon, M.D
Younghoon Kwon, M.D., is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington’s division of Cardiology and the director of the inpatient/cardiac ICU at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia’s Cardiology department.
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