The Loyola Public Health Program will present David Ansell MD MPH, Senior Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer and Senior Patient Safety Officer for Rush University Medical Center for Medical Grand Rounds. Dr. Ansell will discuss his book:County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital
After leaving County, he spent ten years as Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital located in one of the poorest communities in Chicago. Now, Chief Medical Officer at Rush University Medical Center,he also sees patients and teaches. Since coming to Chicago to train at Cook County Hospital, Dr.Ansell has dedicated his career to fighting health inequity by building programs to address and eliminate these disparities. His work with others has led to the end of "patient dumping" in the US, one of the first cancer screening programs in the US aimed at addressing the Black:White breast cancer disparities.
Here is a link to a short biography of Dr. Ansell.
- April 9, 2013 12 PM
- Tobin Hall Stritch School of Medicine
- All students are welcome
After leaving County, he spent ten years as Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital located in one of the poorest communities in Chicago. Now, Chief Medical Officer at Rush University Medical Center,he also sees patients and teaches. Since coming to Chicago to train at Cook County Hospital, Dr.Ansell has dedicated his career to fighting health inequity by building programs to address and eliminate these disparities. His work with others has led to the end of "patient dumping" in the US, one of the first cancer screening programs in the US aimed at addressing the Black:White breast cancer disparities.
Here is a link to a short biography of Dr. Ansell.
