Description

America’s medical schools and teaching hospitals, and their dedicated teams of physicians, nurses, and scientists, and other health care professionals have been at the forefront of addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Their selflessness and bravery have been truly awe-inspiring as they’ve worked tirelessly to save lives. And yet, this pandemic has laid bare so many fault lines in our health care systems – so many areas where we can and must do better – as a community and as a nation.  On this week’s episode of Beyond the White Coat, David Skorton, MD, talks with Mark Laret, president and CEO of UCSF Health about how we can take advantage of the disruption the pandemic has caused – not only to dispose of old thinking – but to accelerate this innovation and create lasting change. 

Full transcript available on SimpleCast or via the AAMC's website.

Episode Guest

• Mark R. Laret is president and chief executive officer of UCSF Health, which is comprised of Benioff Children's Hospitals San Francisco and Oakland, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics and the Faculty Practice. Laret, who joined UCSF in 2000, is a 30-year veteran of health care management and a national leader in health care reform. His career began at UCLA Medical Center, where he served from 1980 to 1995 in several leadership positions, before being named CEO of UC Irvine Medical Center, which he led from 1995 to 2000.He is the immediate past chair of the California Hospital Association and past chair of the board of directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

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• “A nightmare approaches: Hospitals painfully prepare for life and death decisions” (AAMCNews, April 7, 2020)
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• “Academic medicine in the 21st century” (JAMA Internal Medicine, October 13, 2014)

Credits

Hosted by David Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the AAMC; produced by Stephanie Weiner, AAMC manager of digital strategy, Gabrielle Redford, AAMCNews Director & Managing Editor, and Kathy A. Gambrell, AAMC senior digital content strategist; edited by Laura Zelaya, AAMC production manager.