{"42805":{"#nid":"42805","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Distinguished Lecture: A Vision of a U.S. Healthcare System","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESUMMARY\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe question is not \u0022Is the healthcare system broken?\u0022 The key question is \u0022What is it that we want from a system of health and healthcare in the United States?\u0022 Dr. Cortese will offer a perspective on the answers to this timely question while examining the quest for increasing value in healthcare.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EABOUT DR. CORTESE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDenis Cortese is President and CEO of Mayo Clinic, an international leader in applying engineering and computing expertise to creating advanced health informatics systems that contribute to affordable, quality healthcare. He is a graduate of Temple University Medical School and completed Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases training at Mayo Clinic.  He served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corp during 1974-1976. He is a Professor of Medicine and former director of the pulmonary disease training program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Cortese\u0027s major research interests and publications have been in interventional bronchoscopy including appropriate use of photodynamic therapy, endobronchial laser therapy and endobronchial stents. He served as a president of the International Photodynamic Association.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHis memberships include: The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences; the IOM Roundtable on Evidence Based Medicine (chair); Healthcare Leadership Council (chair); Harvard\/Kennedy Healthcare Policy Group; FRESH-Thinking (Focused Research on Efficient, Secure Healthcare); Advisory Board, World Community Grid; Presidents\/CEOs Council of the American Medical Group Association (chair); Division on Engineering and Physical Science (DEPS), National Research Council; Academia Nacional de Medicina (Mexico); the Royal College of Physicians (London).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Cortese received the Ellis Island Award in 2007 and the Medal of Merit Award in 2008.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHosted by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ti.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETennenbaum Institute\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hsi.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHealth Systems Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. Cortese will offer a perspective on the question, \u0022What is it that we want from a system of health and healthcare in\nthe United States?\u0022","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Presented by Denis Cortese, M.D., President and CEO of Mayo Clinic"}],"uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2009-11-10 14:15:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:47:09","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2009-04-14T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2009-04-14T16:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2009-04-14T16:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2009-04-14 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2009-04-14 20:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2009-04-14 20:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.hsi.gatech.edu\/events\/event.php?id=h70","title":"View the Event Announcement with the Health Systems Institute website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1241","name":"Health Systems Institute"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5297","name":"cortese"},{"id":"5299","name":"healtchcare"},{"id":"5300","name":"healthcare system"},{"id":"2636","name":"Logistics Institute"},{"id":"5298","name":"mayo clinic"},{"id":"1727","name":"tennenbaum institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndy Haleblian\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHealth Systems Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=ah141\u0022\u003EContact Andy Haleblian\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-0136\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}