WHAT: A new yearly intercampus symposium exploring how business and medicine can collaborate to solve today's health care challenges. Panel members will discuss and answer questions regarding the state of collaboration between industry, academia and government in addressing global public health needs, and how evolving reimbursement practices are changing what it means to practice medicine.

DATE & TIME:
Thursday, April 30, 2009
3:00 - 6:45 p.m.

PLACE:
Weill Cornell Medical College
Uris Auditorium
1300 York Avenue at 69th Street

Simulcast live to Sage Hall B09
Johnson School, Cornell University

SCHEDULE:

Panel 1 (3:00 - 4:45 p.m.)
Exploring the State of Collaboration Between Industry, Academia and Government to Address Global Public Health Needs Dr. Christopher Earl, President & CEO, BIO Ventures for Global Health

Dr. Bennett Shapiro, Chairman, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, North America; and Senior Partner, PureTech Ventures

Dr. Suzanne Hill, Secretary, Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Polices, World Health Organization

Dr. Marcus Reidenberg (Moderator), Chief of Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medical College Panel 2 (5:00 - 6:45 p.m.)
Evolving Reimbursement Practices and What It Means to Be a Doctor Dr. Herbert Pardes, President and CEO, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Dr. Michael Wolk, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Dr. Aran Ron, Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Group Health Inc.

Dr. Lawrence Casalino (Moderator), Chief, Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Weill Cornell Medical College The Cornell Business & Medicine Symposium, part of the "Sick in America" series, was jointly organized and developed by members of the Healthcare & Biotech Club of the Johnson School of Management and the Business in Medicine Society of Weill Cornell, and envisioned as a venue to discuss the roles business should play in the practice of medicine.

"Sick in America 2009," hosted by Cornell University and created by 12 undergraduate groups representing more than 600 undergraduates, is a new series presenting expert discussion on health care in the United States. Through a weeklong array of lectures, panel discussions, documentary presentations and art installations, the "Sick in America" series is presenting diverse and innovative views on health care reform from experts at all levels of health management.

Source:
Lezlie Greenberg
New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College