Plenary Sessions
Leadership Forum
Keynote Address
Cokie Roberts -
Political Analyst for ABC News,
NPR Senior News Analyst
AAMC President's Address—Culture and the Courage to Change
Darrell G. Kirch, M.D.
Watch a Webcast of Dr. Kirch delivering his address or download his remarks (PDF, 15 pages).
Chair's Address—Balance in Academic Medicine: Our Future Depends on It
Richard Krugman, M.D. -
Dean and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs,
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Health in the Balance
Robert G. Petersdorf Lecture—Finding the Balance in Research
Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D. -
President,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
John A.D. Cooper Lecture—Finding the Balance for Health Care Resources
Sara Rosenbaum, J.D. -
Chair, Department of Health Policy,
George Washington University
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Jordan J. Cohen Lecture—Healing and Heeling
Daniel D. Federman, M.D. -
Senior Dean for Alumni Relations and Clinical Teaching,
Harvard Medical School
Focus Sessions
Alan Gregg Memorial Lecture—Transformation and Change: Balancing the Need for Quality Improvement with the Call for Value-Driven Health Care
Carolyn Clancy, M.D. -
Director,
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Establishing Priorities for NIH Research in a Time of Constrained Resources
Who Will Provide Primary Care?
State and Federal Health Care Reform and Coverage Initiatives |
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News from the Meeting
Mount Sinai's Robert Desnick, M.D., Becomes AAMC Chair
Robert J. Desnick, Ph.D., M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has begun his one-year term as chair of the AAMC Executive Council. Dr. Elliot Sussman, of Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, was named chair-elect. (Nov. 4, 2007)
2007 AAMC Award Recipients
The AAMC awarded national recognition to nine individuals and one teaching hospital for their outstanding contributions to academic medicine. (Nov. 3, 2007)
Images from the Meeting
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| The 2007 AAMC annual meeting attracted a record crowd of 4,000 leaders in academic medicine. With nearly 500 sessions and more than 200 exhibitors, the meeting also featured a live performance of an original play and a standing-room-only career fair for tomorrow's doctors. See more photos >> |
Medical School Expansion: Challenges and Strategies
As part of a GSA plenary panel on "The Expanding Class Size," William T. Mallon, Ed.D., delivered his presentation on the challenges of medical school expansion in an alternative format. (YouTube video)
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Future Annual Meetings
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