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Executive Forum for Federal Decisionmakers

"Academic Health Programs: What Will Survive?"

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December 12, 2000
National Press Club - Holeman Lounge
13th Floor, 529 Fourteenth St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Host: Ray Suarez, PBS NewsHour
100 invited leaders interact, discuss, and debate the most challenging issues in health care.

8:30 Welcome and Introduction - Frank Best, Chairman, U.S. Medicine

8:45 Keynote: Roger J. Bulger, M.D., President, Association of Academic Health Centers (AHC)

9:15 Break

10:00 Panel Discussion: "The Future for Academic Health Programs..."
- David J. Ramsay, D.M., D.Phil, President, University of Maryland at Baltimore
- M. Brownell Anderson, Associate Vice President, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Geraldine (Polly) Bednash, PhD, RN, FAAN, Executive Director, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

11:30 Luncheon Buffet

Afternoon host - John R. Feussner, M.D., Chief Research and Development Officer, Veterans Health Administration

1:00 Panel Discussion: "Cost, Quality, Access, - and Academic Health"
- David Shulkin, M.D., Founder and Chairperson, DoctorQuality.com
- former Medical and Quality Director, U. Penn Health System
- Ronald R. Blanck, D.O., Lt. Gen. U.S. Army Ret., President, University of North Texas Health Science Center
- Terry Clark, M.D., Vice President, Medschool.com

3:00 Reception

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