Our Story

Our aim is to help clinicians take better photographs of patients, develop standard operating procedures for image management, and implement quality assurance programs.

Aperture Medical is a UK/US collaboration which was formed to assist healthcare practitioners in achieving correct medical photography practices following the rise of digital camera technology.

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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

The importance of capturing a condition can play a major role in a patient’s case. Medical photographs can be used for referral to a specialist, remote diagnosis, treatment monitoring, and for medicolegal purposes. Unfortunately, healthcare professionals do not always have access to a specialist medical photographer, instead relying on a departmental camera, personal camera, or a mobile device.

This can lead to 4 overriding key issues, categorized below:

  • Information Governance
    How to accurately capture, store and transfer patient identifiable data according to local and national protocols

  • Consent, Legal & Ethical Considerations
    How to accurately gain consent whilst addressing legal & ethical issues and subsequent usage of images.

  • Quality Assurance
    How to ensure sufficient quality of captured images and monitor quality both locally and remotely

  • Patient Safety
    How to ensure and implement infection prevention procedures when undertaking medical photography

Meet Our Team

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Timothy Zoltie

Tim Zoltie is Head of Medical and Dental Illustration at the University of Leeds, UK, working in partnership with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He runs one of the busiest medical photography departments in the UK which sees over 8,000 patients per year.

 
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Daniel Dillard

Dan Dillard is the former Executive Director and CEO of Burn Prevention Network. BPN provides burn injury prevention education and advocacy for those at greatest risk. The primary service area is in Eastern Pennsylvania, although many of their programs and products are utilized worldwide.

 
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Dr. Sigrid Eberwein

Sigrid Blome-Eberwein, MD is a burn surgeon and researcher at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) Regional Burn Center. The LVHN Regional Burn Center is one of the busiest burn centers in North America, receiving over 900 admissions per year.

 
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Matthew Ferdock

Matt Ferdock is the CEO of Navitas Data Sciences (formerly DataCeutics, Inc.), and along with his wife Dr. Lori Ferdock, started the Scar, Physiology, Research, and Treatment Foundation to help researchers investigate treatment for scars.