Health Care Panel Discussion

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

As Congress prepares to debate historic changes to the healthcare system, business leaders are trying to determine how the pending legislation will affect them. The Full-Time and Executive MBA Programs of Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School will host a panel discussion next week to shed more light on the topic.

The president of the American Medical Association and several business leaders will discuss the topic in the panel, titled “The Business of Health: Expert Insights and Perspectives,” in Houston on Thursday, Nov. 12.

The event is free and open to the public, though seating is limited. Registration is required by Friday (Nov. 6).

The panel will feature Texas A&M faculty members as well as industry and policy experts. Presenters will include J. James Rohack, M.D., president of the American Medical Association and professor in both the Department of Medicine and the Department of Medical Humanities at the Texas A&M Health Science Center, as well as director of the Center for Health Care Policy at Scott & White Clinic; Bruce Broussard, chairman and CEO at U.S. Oncology; John Kajander, senior vice president of the Texas Medical Center; and David Kasper, vice president of benefits at Waste Management, Inc. Michael Wesson, associate professor of management at Mays Business School, and Robert Ohsfeldt, professor of health policy and management at the School of Rural Public Health at Texas A&M Health Science Center, will round out the panel. Loren Steffy, business columnist at the Houston Chronicle, will moderate.

The event will be held at the Houston branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Registration, networking and refreshments will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the panel discussion will continue from 6:30-8 p.m.

See http://mays.tamu.edu/health/ for more information and to register.

For more information about this event or the Texas A&M University Executive MBA Program at Mays Business School, contact Kristin Cooper at (979) 458-4571 or kristincooper@tamu.edu.

News agencies interested in covering this event are asked to register by contacting Cooper. Confirmation will be provided.

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