Donald E. Van Syckle
DVS Consulting, LLC

13540 W. Sunburst Ln.

New Berlin, WI 53151

Ph: 262-641-6400

Fx: 262-641-6401

             

Since 1986, Mr. Van Syckle has specialized in the medical imaging market segment known as Picture Archiving and Communications (PACS). He has personally pioneered the development of several key technologies and medical imaging standards including image acquisition, workstation design, database management, archiving and the DICOM Standard (Digital Imaging Communication in Medicine). 

Mr. Van Syckle has written several papers on PACS and image management and is known as “a world-wide DICOM and IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) expert”.  He has been a speaker throughout the world at various conferences such as RSNA, SPIE, CAR, SCAR, ECR, HIMSS, JIRA, IHE and more.

DVS Consulting, LLC (March 2001 to present)

As Principal of DVS Consulting, Mr. Van Syckle provides training, consulting, hospital planning, integration services, etc. related to PACS, DICOM, IHE and HL7.  He has personally trained thousands of people and provided technical and marketing consultation with over 25 medical imaging vendors in the US, Europe and Japan. 

 

Merge Technologies Inc. (April 1996 to March 2001)

 

As Director of Product Innovation, Mr. Van Syckle was responsible for marketing and development teams related to products such as digital archiving, image workstations, image acquisition and HL7 to DICOM interfaces.  Integration of Merge products with other vendor PACSs played an important role of this team.

 

As Director of MergeLink Professional Services, Mr. Van Syckle lead a team of highly experienced consultants providing service for the integration of the healthcare enterprise related to IHE, PACS, DICOM, and HL7.  Such services include strategic hospital planning, system integration, training, acceptance testing, vendor consulting, etc.

 

DICOM WG6 Chairman (1994 – January 2001)

 

Mr. Van Syckle was the Chairman of the DICOM lead technical committee (WG6) for over seven years.  He has been (and currently is) a member of various DICOM committees since 1989 and has authored multiple sections of the DICOM Standard.  Mr. Van Syckle is also an active member of the planning and technical committees for the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative.

 

GE Medical Systems (1981-1996)

                        

Held various positions within GE, from Software Developer/Designer to Senior System Architect.  Included the development of many PACS related products (i.e. image acquisition, workstations, archives, etc.) and the integration of these products within GEMS, hospitals and other vendors. 

 

Degree

 

Mr. Van Syckle holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Western Michigan University.

Bibliography

 

 

  1. Van Syckle, D., Gaeta J.: DICOM Takes Next Step to Standardize Reports.  Diagnostic Imaging PACS Supplement, September 2000.

  2. Van Syckle, D., Gaeta, J., Helbig, S., Simon, D.: Successful Integration Between Information Systems and Imaging  Systems – Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE).  Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, CARS 2000.

  3. Van Syckle, D., Helbig, S., Simon, D.: Integrating Imaging into the Healthcare Enterprise – Understanding DICOM.  Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, HIMSS 2000.

  4. Bidgood, WD., Horii. S., Prior, F., Van Syckle, D.: Understanding and Using DICOM, the Data Interchange Standard for Biomedical Imaging. JAMIA 1997:199-212

  5. Mortimore. W., Van Syckle, D.: The “Plug and Play” Scenario.  Administrative Radiology Journal, June 1996.

  6. Van Syckle, D., Sippel-Schmidt, T., Parisot, C.: Buying Imagining Products with a DICOM Interface – Made Easy.  Society of Computer Assisted Radiology, SCAR 1994.