David Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, will deliver the UNMC College of Medicine Alumni Council’s 36th John S. Latta Lecture at UNMC on April 9.
Dr. Skorton’s presentation will be titled “Academic Medicine and Those We Serve: Forging Ahead Amid Change!”
Dr. Skorton has led the AAMC — a not-for-profit association that represents medical schools, academic health systems and teaching hospitals, and academic societies – since July 2019, coming to the organization after a distinguished career in government, higher education and medicine.
Since arriving at the AAMC, Dr. Skorton has overseen a comprehensive strategic planning process that established a new mission and vision to lead and serve academic medicine to improve the health of people everywhere, aligning the AAMC’s organizational resources to tackle the most intractable challenges in health. This strategic plan guides the AAMC in leading and serving medical schools and academic health systems around the mission areas of education, clinical care, research and community collaboration.
Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, said he is excited to welcome Dr. Skorton to campus.
“Dr. Skorton has been a dynamic leader of the AAMC, and we are looking forward to learning more about his vision for the future of academic medicine.”
The event will be held from noon-1 p.m. April 9 at the Truhlsen Campus Events Center inside the Sorrell Center on UNMC’s Omaha campus. A Zoom link will be sent to those who register to attend virtually.
Lunch is available for the first 100 in-person registrants. Free registration is open until March 26, via this link.