|
|
|
Published:
CHI Gathers Biomedical Community for the California Healthcare Policy Forum
SAN FRANCISCO - (BUSINESS WIRE) - CHI-California Healthcare Institute:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Who:
|
|
|
|
CHI-California Healthcare Institute today will gather opinion
leaders from the science, business and public sectors to discuss
opportunities and issues facing the biomedical community for the
2009 California Healthcare Policy Forum.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Political leaders addressing the forum include Attorney General
Jerry Brown, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and
Assemblymembers Nathan Fletcher and Jose Solorio. The forum will
be moderated by futurist Ian Morrison, Ph.D., and CHI's President
and Chief Executive Officer, David L. Gollaher, Ph.D. The forum
will gather academic leaders including Alan M. Garber, M.D.,
Ph.D., director, Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary
Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, and A. Eugene
Washington, M.D., M.Sc., executive vice chancellor and provost of
University of California, San Francisco; and business leaders
including Sharon Levine, M.D., associate executive medical
director, The Permanente Medical Group; Mark D. Smith, M.D.,
M.B.A., president and CEO, California HealthCare Foundation;
Michael Goldberg, partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures; Hans Bishop,
president, specialty medicine, Bayer HealthCare LLC; Robert B.
Hance, president, Abbott Vascular; Carl W. Hull, president and
CEO, Gen-Probe Incorporated; Michael A. Mussallem, chairman and
CEO, Edwards Lifesciences; and John C. Martin, Ph.D., chairman of
the board and CEO, Gilead Sciences.
|
|
|
|
Where:
|
|
|
|
InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco Hotel, One Nob Hill, San
Francisco, Calif. 94108
|
|
|
|
When:
|
|
|
|
Thursday, Nov. 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
|
|
|
|
Why:
|
|
|
|
The forum is designed to help attendees better understand healthcare
reform and what it means to medical innovation in California, the
birthplace of biotechnology. California's biomedical community is
made up of more than 2,000 biotechnology, medical device,
diagnostics, and pharmaceutical companies, and public and private
academic biomedical research organizations and employs more than
271,000 Californians.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
About CHI
CHI represents more than 250 leading biotechnology, medical device,
diagnostics, and pharmaceutical companies, and public and private
academic biomedical research organizations. CHI's mission is to advance
responsible public policies that foster medical innovation and promote
scientific discovery. CHI's Web site is www.chi.org.
CHI-California Healthcare Institute
Sarah Thailing, (619) 994-1895
Thailing@chi.org
Copyright © 2009, Business Wire, Inc., All rights reserved. Copyright © 2009, NewsBlaze, Daily NewsTags: Healthcare, Business wire, california, Health, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sponsor Links:
|
|
|
|
Writers Wanted
|
|
Help NewsBlaze provide daily news, including top stories, Home and Garden, Technology, The Environment and more.
NewsBlaze Writer
|
|
Relevant Sites:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Search News
Daily News
