Jonathan Merril, MD, CEO

Dr. Merril is a physician and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Astute Technology. Dr. Merril's work in the field of medical computer technology has been internationally recognized.

Serving as Chief Technology Officer of HAI (1999-2003).
Co-founded Astute Technology and developed several patent pending approaches to media capture, indexing and retrieval.
Managed technology deployment for Doctors Net Access (DNA), a free-Internet service and specialty-specific portal for doctors (1996 to 1999)
Served as co-founder and CEO of Medical Consumer Media (1995-1999), an Internet-based healthcare communications company.
Co-founded a virtual reality surgical simulation company (HT Medical) in 1987 and served as the Chief Technology Officer from 1987 until 1995. HT Medical was purchased by Immersion Corporation (NASDQ: IMMR) in Q3 2000.

Dr. Merril's career has been devoted to improving the ways doctors and patients learn about health information with emerging technologies. Dr. Merril received his MD from The George Washington University Medical Center, and completed his internship in Internal Medicine at The Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Merril also completed a three-year fellowship in Computer Medicine.

Dr. Merril has pioneered the application of advanced technologies to the field of medicine (i.e., adapting flight simulation technologies to medical training, via surgical simulation/virtual reality technologies). Dr. Merril has also pioneered the application of advanced web-technologies in medicine (providing the first webcast of an entire medical meeting, the first simulcast of a medical lecture, and a turnkey solution for on-line continuing education certification).

Dr. Merril has appeared in numerous television, radio, and newspaper features including ABC's World News Tonight, Good Morning America, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and Fortune Magazine. Dr. Merril holds a teaching appointment as Associate Professor of Anatomy, and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.




about astute the astute technology story executive management team > jon merril > rita roy > torsten koehler careers	Jonathan Merril, MD, CEO Dr. Merril is a physician and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Astute Technology. Dr. Merril's work in the field of medical computer technology has been internationally recognized. Serving as Chief Technology Officer of HAI (1999-2003). Co-founded Astute Technology and developed several patent pending approaches to media capture, indexing and retrieval. Managed technology deployment for Doctors Net Access (DNA), a free-Internet service and specialty-specific portal for doctors (1996 to 1999) Served as co-founder and CEO of Medical Consumer Media (1995-1999), an Internet-based healthcare communications company. Co-founded a virtual reality surgical simulation company (HT Medical) in 1987 and served as the Chief Technology Officer from 1987 until 1995. HT Medical was purchased by Immersion Corporation (NASDQ: IMMR) in Q3 2000. Dr. Merril's career has been devoted to improving the ways doctors and patients learn about health information with emerging technologies. Dr. Merril received his MD from The George Washington University Medical Center, and completed his internship in Internal Medicine at The Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Merril also completed a three-year fellowship in Computer Medicine. Dr. Merril has pioneered the application of advanced technologies to the field of medicine (i.e., adapting flight simulation technologies to medical training, via surgical simulation/virtual reality technologies). Dr. Merril has also pioneered the application of advanced web-technologies in medicine (providing the first webcast of an entire medical meeting, the first simulcast of a medical lecture, and a turnkey solution for on-line continuing education certification). Dr. Merril has appeared in numerous television, radio, and newspaper features including ABC's World News Tonight, Good Morning America, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and Fortune Magazine. Dr. Merril holds a teaching appointment as Associate Professor of Anatomy, and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.