13th Annual Waggoner LectureBeyond Band-Aids: How to Cure America's Sick Health Care SystemWednesday, October 13, 2008 at 5:00 PM Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D. Ph.D. |
 Raymond W. Waggoner, M.D. |
This year, we are pleased to announce that Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D. Ph.D. will be our speaker at the event Beyond Band-Aids: The Ethics of Health Care Reform.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is the Chair of the Department of Clinical Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. He is an oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. Emanuel’s most recent book, Healthcare Guaranteed: A Simple, Secure Solution for America has just been released by Public Affairs Publishers. He has published widely on health care reform, and on ethical issues surrounding research, end of life, and managed care.
Dr. Emanuel has received numerous awards, including election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science. He has served on President Clinton’s Health Care Task Force, the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, and the International Advisory Board on Bioethics of the Pan-American Healthcare Organization.
For more information, please contact:
Philip M. Margolis, Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
(734) 764-3298
margolis@med.umich.eduor
Adrienne Young, Administrative Assistant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
(734) 647-8762
alyoung@med.umich.edu