Sullivan is the founding dean and first president of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. He was appointed secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by President George H.W. Bush, serving in that capacity from 1989 to 1993. With the exception of his tenure at HHS, Sullivan served as president of Morehouse from 1981 to 2002. He continues to serve on the Morehouse board, teach and assist in national fundraising. Sullivan is also the founding president of the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools.
Sullivan's forum, Challenges and Opportunities in the Health Professions for the New Millennium , will be at noon on Monday, September 15 in the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences.
The Autumn Health Forums are a series of discussions that focus attention on health care topics of interest to both the general public and health care professionals. They are intended to provide an informative, interesting and sometimes provocative way to explore some of the leading health care issues of the day. For more information about the forums, visit www.gvsu.edu/ahf on the Web or call (800) 690-0314 or (616) 331-7180. The forums are free and open to the public and begin at noon. Future forums include:
Improvement and Abundance: Thinking Boldly About the Re-design of Health Care Systems.
Donald M. Berwick, MD MPP
President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Location: DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium
Women's Health Update: Hormone Replacement Therapy
Ann L. Steiner, MD, F.A.C.O.G.
Associate Clinical Professor of OB/GYN, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PENN Health for Women; Certified Menopause Practitioner, North American Menopause Society
Location: DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium
Building and Assessing Competence in Complex Community Health Care Systems
David C. Leach, MD
Executive Director, Accrediting Council of Graduate Medical Education
Location: DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium
