Second National Conference on
Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations:
Strategy and Action for Communities, Providers, and a Changing Health System

Keynote Address:
Thursday, October 12, 2000

Reed Tuckson, MD
Senior Vice-President,Professional Standards, American Medical Association

Reed V. Tuckson, MD, is Senior Vice-President, Professional Standards, for the American Medical Association. Dr. Tuckson was formerly President of the Charles R. Drew University, School of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles from 1991-1997. From 1986-1990, Dr. Tuckson was Commissioner of Public Health for the District of Columbia. From 1990 to 1991 he served as Senior Vice-President for Programs at the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. Dr. Tuckson also serves on a number of health care, academic and federal boards and committees, and is a nationally known lecturer on topics concerning community-based medicine, the moral responsibilities of health professionals, and physician leadership.

Dr. Tuckson is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed his internship, residency and fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. During his fellowship, he also became a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied Health Care Administration and Health Policy at the Wharton School of Business, and was active in ambulatory, student health, prevention and geriatric clinical care settings.

Reed V. Tuckson, MD
Senior Vice President
UnitedHealth Group
MN008-910 9900 Bren Road East
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Phone: (952) 936-1253
Fax: (952) 936-1819
Email: reed_v_tuckson@uhc.com

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