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NPC Day Book: Event Details
Event Name:	Denis Cortese, M.D.
Event Date:	Mar. 21, 2008
Event Type:	NPC Luncheon
Time:	12:30 PM
Sponsored by:	Speakers Committee
Event Location:	Ballroom
Details:	The head of the famed Mayo Clinic, Dr. Denis Cortese, will address a National Press Club luncheon March 21 and propose a health care framework for consideration by the next president. In a speech titled "Creating a Health Care System That Works for Americans," he will outline six components needed to create a health care system that works and will describe results of a health reform symposium held in Washington on what patients want to see. Dr. Cortese, noting an emerging alignment among various proposals, will urge the next president to take a leadership role in making health reform a reality, Dr. Cortese is president and CEO of Mayo Clinic. He is also a professor of medicine and was director of the pulmonary disease subspecialty training program from 1979-1987, receiving the teacher of the year award in two of those years. He is a member of The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and chair of the Roundtable on Evidence Based Medicine; Healthcare Leadership Council, chair for 2007-2009; Harvard/Kennedy Healthcare Policy Group; Council of Corporate Competitiveness and the National Innovation Initiative; Academia Nacional de Medicina (Mexico) and the Royal College of Physicians (London). The National Press Club luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m., and Dr. Cortese remarks begin at 1:00 p.m., followed by a question and answer session. To make reservations, please call (202) 662-7501, or email pnelson@press.org. Cost of the luncheon is $16 for National Press Club members, $28 for guests of members, $35 general admission. All NPC Luncheon events are webcast live. A box with a link to the webcast will appear on our homepage five minutes prior to the start of the presentation.
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