Wartman to give lecture
| March 10, 2009 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 1:00 pm |
Location: East Room, UI Hospitals and Clinics, Elev. F, Level 8
Dr. Steven A. Wartman, president and CEO of the Association of Academic Health Centers, will give a Speaking of Excellence lecture at , Tuesday, March 10, in the East Room, UI Hospitals and Clinics, Elevator F, Level 8.
Wartman became the third president of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) in July 2005. Based in Washington, D.C., the AAHC seeks to advance the nation’s health and well-being through vigorous leadership of the nation’s academic health centers. Prior to 2005, he held leadership positions in academic medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Brown University, and Rhode Island Hospital. A graduate of Cornell University, he received his MD and PhD degrees from Johns Hopkins University.
He is a board certified internist, sociologist, and a Master of the American College of Physicians. His publications and interests lie in the structure and function of academic health centers, health care delivery, health policy, medical education, and academic leadership. Currently, he is also a distinguished professor at Georgetown University and an adjunct professor of medicine at George Washington and Johns Hopkins universities.