UT School of Public Health to host panel
on healthcare leadership
HOUSTON – (Jan. 16, 2009) – The University of Texas School of Public Health’s George McMillan Fleming Center for Healthcare Management will host its third moderated panel discussion from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 17 in the auditorium of the Reuel A. Stallones Building, 1200 Herman Pressler. The event is jointly sponsored by the American College of Healthcare Executives, Southeast Texas Chapter.
Osama Mikhail, Ph.D., director of the Fleming Center and senior vice president for strategic planning at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, will moderate the panel discussion, “Hospital-Medical Staff Relations: Aligning Interests.” The panel of distinguished speakers will include Marc Boom, M.D., executive vice president of The Methodist Hospital; David Pate, M.D., CEO of St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital; and Juanita Romans, CEO of Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center.
Established in April 2008, the Fleming Center will support the development of a new healthcare management major within the school’s MPH degree program. This new MPH major in healthcare management has received approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and it is anticipated that the first class of students will be enrolled in this fall.
The degree program is designed to provide students with practical tools and knowledge for managing healthcare institutions in the context of health policy and the well-being of communities.
The center is named in honor of George McMillan Fleming, a past president of the Texas Hospital Association and healthcare leader at numerous hospitals in the state, including The Methodist Hospital.
The panel discussion is open to the public and lunch will be provided. For information about the event, please call Shannon Larson at 713-500-3252. For more information about the degree program, please call James Langabeer II, the Fleming Center’s associate director, at 713-500-9190.