Thelma McClosky Armstrong

Ms. McClosky Armstrong has over 30 years of experience in the development and management of healthcare delivery services. As director of the Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network, Thelma is responsible for the overall management of a 28-site interactive videoconferencing network providing medical and mental health services, continuing medical and higher education, administrative and telebusiness services throughout eastern and central Montana and northern Wyoming. The Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network received the 2000 American Telemedicine Associations Presidents Award for the Advancement of Telemedicine. This award is given annually to a program for its outstanding and lasting contribution to the field of telemedicine. Ms. McClosky Armstrong is the Past-President of the Montana Healthcare Telecommunications Alliance (MHTA) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Telemedicine Association. She has chaired the ATA policy committee and is the immediate Past President of ATA.