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John
Kitzhaber, M.D.
Former governor of Oregon
Author of the Oregon Health Plan
came to the
UTMB campus on
Monday, March 17,
2003
He presented:
President's Council Faculty Colloquium
"Who Should Get Health Care, and How Will We Pay for It?"
Old Red Amphitheatre
President's Council Student Hour
"How to Create an Equitable Health Care System in an Era of Tight
Budgets" (with Q & A)
SON/SAHS Building, Room 1.102
Evening lecture in Houston, co-sponsored by
The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University
"Medical Justice-or Treatment for Just Us?"
For general information on UTMB Health Policy
Lectures, call ext. 22618 or contact
us via email.
FACT SHEET
John Kitzhaber
Physician
and immediate past Governor of Oregon John Kitzhaber will speak in
Galveston and Houston on reforming America’s health care system. Venues
include two events on the UTMB campus (details above) and a keynote in the
Aspen Ballroom of the Houstonian Hotel on Monday, March 17, at 7 p.m.
The
keynote speech is titled, “Medical Justice—or Treatment for Just Us?
Creating a Rational Health Care System that Equitably Serves America in an
Era of Tough Choices and Tight Budgets.”
It is sponsored by the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and co-sponsored by
the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University.
Dr.
Kitzhaber, a 1969 graduate of Dartmouth College who earned his medical
degree from the Oregon Health Sciences University in 1973, practiced
emergency medicine for 13 years before his 1978 election to the Oregon
House of Representatives. Oregon
voters promoted Kitzhaber to the Oregon Senate in 1980, and he became
Senate President in 1985.
While
in the Oregon Senate, his most notable accomplishment was the landmark
Oregon Health Plan, which he authored and organized support for. During
this time, he worked as a consultant on health and environmental issues.
Then in 1994—the year his Oregon Health Plan went into effect—Oregon
voters elected Kitzhaber governor. He was reelected to a second term in
1998. Because of Oregon state term limits, Kitzhaber was ineligible to seek reelection as
governor in 2002. He left office in January 2003.
Tickets
for the dinner, which begins at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 17, in the Aspen
Ballroom of the Houstonian Hotel, are $25 per person. Cocktails will be
served from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Seating is limited. For reservations and
information, please call (409) 772-6377.
Sponsored by the UTMB President's
Council
Organized by the UTMB Institute for the Medical Humanities |
