November 18, 2004

Dear Colleagues,

Dr. Mark McClellan, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service “CMS,” will be joining us on December 13, 2004, for a Special Dean’s Lecture at 5 p.m. in Hurd Hall.

As Administrator of CMS, Dr. McClellan is responsible for the Medicare program and works in partnership with the states to administer Medicaid and the state Children’s Health Program (CHIP). CMS also oversees health insurance portability standards, HIPPA and quality standards in health care facilities. In short, Dr. McClellan is responsible for the oversight of health care coverage for one in four Americans. In this position, he is one of our country’s leading policymaker on health care.

Dr. McClellan was sworn in as CMS Administrator on March 25, 2004, following a unanimous vote by the U.S. Senate. Before moving to CMS, Dr. McClellan served as Commissioner of the FDA and in 2001 and 2002 Dr. McClellan served in the White House as a Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, where he advised on domestic economic issues and was the senior White House policy director on health issues.

Dr. McClellan is on leave from Stanford University. At Stanford, Dr. McClellan was a practicing internist and Director of the Program on Health Outcomes Research. He earned his M.D. from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and his Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. Dr. McClellan completed his residency training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

We are very fortunate to have Dr. McClellan join us for this Special Dean’s Lecture. You are cordially invited to attend the lecture on Monday, December 13.

Sincerely,
Edward D. Miller, M.D.