Dr. Karen Schulder Rheuban serves as Professor of Pediatrics, Senior Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education and External Affairs, and Director of the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth, which she co-founded in 1995. The Center serves as the hub of a 100-plus site telemedicine network in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Dr. Rheuban is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Telemedicine Association. She recently concluded two terms as chair of the Virginia Board of Medical Assistance Services (Medicaid). She chaired the 2020 Virginia Department of Health/Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association’s COVID-19 Response Telehealth Working Group. She led the Institute of Medicine Workshop on Telehealth, co-chairs the American Medical Association’s Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group, and serves on the AAMC Telehealth Advisory Committee.

Dr. Rheuban has testified before the US Senate, the US House of Representatives and the Virginia General Assembly regarding telehealth. She co-edited the text “Understanding Telehealth”, and has been named one of the "Best Doctors in America". She was profiled in the National Library of Medicine's exhibit "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians." In 2017, the University of Virginia recognized her with its Thomas Jefferson Award.