WHAT:

Stephen Hauser, MD, chairman of the UCSF Department of Neurology and a leading multiple sclerosis researcher, will host leaders of business, labor, health care and government for a discussion on what needs to be done to overhaul America’s healthcare system.

Participants will include former Congressman Dick Gephardt and William J. Rutter, PhD, chairman and CEO, Synergenics, LLC; founder and chairman emeritus, Chiron Corporation.

The event is sponsored by The America’s Agenda Healthcare Education Fund and is intendedto highlight the emerging national consensus on key components of a modernized 21st century healthcare system. It is the fourth in a series of “Summit Conversations” being held nationwide.

AUDIENCE:

Invited guests and media. The public is encouraged to view event via live streaming video at:

http://www.summitconversations.org.

· Stephen L. Hauser, MD, chair, Department of Neurology, UCSF
· John Arensmeyer, CEO, Small Business Majority
· Carmela Castellano-Garcia, Esq., president and CEO, California Primary Care Association
· Hon. Richard Gephardt, former Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives
· Mike Goodwin, international president, Office and Professional Employees International Union
· Mitchell Katz, MD, director of health, San Francisco Department of Public Health
· Priya Mathur, chair, Health Benefits Committee, CalPERS Board of Administration
· Robert Ross, MD, president and CEO, the California Endowment
· William J. Rutter, PhD, chairman and CEO, Synergenics, LLC; founder and chairman emeritus, Chiron Corporation
· Billy Tauzin, president and CEO, PhRMA
· Moderator: Bill Press, political commentator
· Welcoming remarks: Mark R. Laret, CEO, UCSF Medical Center

WHEN:

Wednesday, May 6, 2008
11:00 a.m.  – 2:00 p.m.

WHERE:

William J. Rutter Center
1675 Owens St.
UCSF Mission Bay Campus (3rd and 16th Streets)
San Francisco

TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING:

Mission Bay public garage—1625 Owens Street, off of 16th Street.
Public transit—The UCSF Mission Bay campus is served by the Muni T-Third Street line, which stops at the UCSF Mission Bay Station located on Third Street near 16th Street. This applies for both north- and southbound travel —going downtown or out to San Francisco’s southeast neighborhoods.

UCSF is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care.

Related links:

UCSF Department of Neurology
http://neurology.ucsf.edu/brain/