James R. Mault, M.D., FACS, is the CEO and Chairman of HealthyCircles (MyTeleHealth Solutions, LLC), a first of its kind online platform designed to deliver an integrated suite of products and services that connect patients, families, and healthcare professionals. Previously, Dr. Mault was the Director of New Products and Business Development for the Health Solutions Group at Microsoft Corp.

Dr. Mault has more than 25 years’ experience as a senior executive in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry as well as in clinical medicine. He founded five medical device and health monitoring services companies, raising more than $100 million in working capital, including a successful Nasdaq public offering in 2002. He led these companies to develop novel technologies, secured FDA approvals, and established strategic partnerships with dozens of Fortune 500 companies.

Mault is board-certified in both general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery, having specialty practices in heart and lung transplantation, thoracic oncology, and critical care. He has conducted academic medical research under numerous grant awards from National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society Inc., and other organizations. He is the author of more than 100 published scientific articles, chapters and books, and is the named inventor of dozens of issued and pending patents for a variety of medical devices and health monitoring systems and informatics.

Mault holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and a medical degree from the University of Michigan, and conducted his general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery residency training at Duke University Medical Center. Mault maintains a clinical faculty position at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. He is an active member of numerous medical and surgical societies, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Chest Physicians and American Heart Association Inc., and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.