Bottles is president and CEO of the Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center for Health Professions. He is also a professor and community assistant dean for Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and a professor and vice provost for health at Grand Valley State University.
After spending 20 years as a professor of pathology, medical director of managed care, and director of ambulatory care, Bottles served as president of the genomics repository and chief knowledge officer for Genomics Collaborative, a genomic biotech startup company in Cambridge, Mass. Bottles is the author of more than 80 articles in the scientific literature and is frequently called upon to give keynote presentations to national audiences on the topics at the of medicine, technology, and the future.
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. The forums are intended to provide an informative, interesting and sometimes provocative way to explore some of the leading health care issues of the day. An informative question-and-answer session follows each presentation.
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