Featured Speakers

Bob Kocher, MD
Former Special Assistant to President Obama for Healthcare and Economic Policy and a member of the National Economic Council
Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Bob Kocher, former special assistant to President Obama on healthcare and economic policy, brings his experience to HM2011 in the featured address, Coming to Your Hospital: Healthcare Reform. What Does This Mean for Hospitalists? Don't miss this opportunity to explore the impact of healthcare reform on hospitalists and what you will be expected to do in the evolving healthcare system.

Cecil B. Wilson, MD
American Medical Association
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:50 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.

Cecil B. Wilson, President of the American Medical Association, will provide a broad view of health care in his address, A National Perspective for Hospitalists.

Robert M. Wachter, MD, MHM
Professor and Associate Chairman, UCSF
Author of Hospital Medicine and www.wachtersworld.com
Friday, May 13, 2011 12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.

Robert M. Wachter, national thought leader in healthcare quality improvement, in his always entertaining style, will look back at the changes in the healthcare landscape since first coining the term hospitalist during his featured presentation, Hospital Medicine at 15: The Things I Never Would Have Guessed When the Fun Began.