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Weill Cornell Medical College Dean Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher Available Supreme Court Affordable Care Act Decision
Dr. Laurie Glimcher calls for increased access, more innovative models of care and a renewed commitment to medical research
WHO:
Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher
Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College
Dr. Laurie Glimcher, a nationally recognized expert on the integration of medical research and patient care, is available for expert commentary on the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act. Dr. Glimcher leads Weill Cornell Medical College, ranked among the nation's top medical schools by U.S.News & World Report, home to one of the nation's largest federally funded research enterprises and Weill Cornell Physician Organization, an 850-member multi-specialty group physician practice in New York City.
"Any long-term reform of this country's health care delivery system must, as its primary objective, advance the health of all patients which can only be done by coordinating new models of care delivery and medical research," says Dr. Glimcher. "We need to bring new and more effective clinical therapies into our physician practices and acute care hospitals at the same time that we reduce the number of uninsured in the system. Innovations in care that improve the patient's health go hand-in-hand with increased access."
What are the top priorities for health care reform?
- Provide access to health insurance coverage to all people in the U.S.
- Improve delivery of care through new models and new clinical therapies
How can medical schools improve overall quality?
- Medical research which leads to more effective and efficient clinical therapies
- Public health studies to analyze the effectiveness of treatments and delivery models
- Educate and train the next generation of physicians and researchers
What Affordable Care Act objectives are most important for the future of health care?
- Maximize the number of people who have insurance
- Incentivize providers to develop innovative models of care delivery
- Increase access to care and coordination of care to reduce negative health outcomes and redundancy
Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D., is the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College and Provost for Medical Affairs of Cornell University. Dr. Glimcher has been nationally recognized for her contributions to medical research in rheumatology and immunology. Prior to becoming dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Glimcher was a Senior Rheumatologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and directed the Division of Biological Sciences program at the Harvard School of Public Health. She has authored more than 350 scientific articles and chapters, including studies that have been published in leading journals such as Science, Nature, Cell, Immunity, Genes and Development, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Experimental Medicine and Cancer Cell. Dr. Glimcher is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the National Academy of Sciences USA and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. She also is a member and past president of the American Association of Immunologists.
About Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Physician Organization
Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University's medical school located in New York City, is committed to excellence in research, teaching, patient care and the advancement of the art and science of medicine, locally, nationally and globally. Physicians and scientists of Weill Cornell Medical College are engaged in cutting-edge research from bench to bedside, aimed at unlocking mysteries of the human body in health and sickness and toward developing new treatments and prevention strategies. Weill Cornell Medical College faculty are also practicing physicians in Weill Cornell Physician Organization, an 850-member multi-specialty group practice. Weill Cornell is also the birthplace of many medical advances -- including the development of the Pap test for cervical cancer, the synthesis of penicillin, the first successful embryo-biopsy pregnancy and birth in the U.S., the first clinical trial of gene therapy for Parkinson's disease, and most recently, the world's first successful use of deep brain stimulation to treat a minimally conscious brain-injured patient. Weill Cornell Medical College is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where its faculty provides comprehensive patient care at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The Medical College is also affiliated with the Methodist Hospital in Houston. For more information, visit weill.cornell.edu..
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