Alumni

Symposium

2003 “Preparing Leaders to Bridge the Quality Chasm”

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The 25th Annual Healthcare Executive Symposium sponsored by The University of Iowa’s Department of Health Management and Policy and its alumni will be held on October 3-4, 2003, at the Sheraton Iowa City Hotel in Iowa City, Iowa.

This annual event will feature national leaders in the field of health care addressing topics of current interest. This year’s symposium is titled “Preparing Leaders to Bridge the Quality Chasm.” The speakers will include:

Sister Mary Roch Rocklage, RSM

Chair, Board of Directors, Sisters of Mercy Health System

“The health care Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities”

James A. Rice, PhD

Vice Chairman of The Governance Institute

“Contemporary Issues in health care Governance Institute”

Carl J. Getto, MD

Senior VP, Medical Affairs, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, and Associate Dean, Hospital Affairs, University of Wisconsin, Medical School, Professor of Psychiatry

“Developing Clinical Leadership for the 21st Century”

This year’s syposium will feature a panel presentation as well as three concurrent sessions:

The Gerhard Hartman Colloquium: “Importance of Management Succession Planning”

Panel Members:

Scott Anderson (MA ‘64)

President & CEO, North Memorial Healthcare

Kenneth Matzick (MA ‘67)

Executive Vice President and COO, Beaumont Hospitals

James Skogsbergh (MA ‘82)

President & CEO, Advocate Healthcare

Facilitated by:

Lawrence J. Prybil (MA ‘64, PhD ‘70)

Professor and Associate Dean

Concurrent Sessions:

1. Health Policy Research and Implications for Management
2. UI Health Care Partnership
3. Bio-terrorism Preparedness Initiatives

Symposium registrants will also have the opportunity to attend The University of Iowa-Michigan football game on Saturday, October 4, 2003, including a pre-game brunch hosted by The University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics.

We hope our annual symposium will contribute to participants’ efforts to maintain professional development, and will provide an environment that supports peer interaction and relationship building.