California Pacific Medical Center President/CEO to Lead American Gastroenterological Association.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BW HealthWire)--July 6, 2000 Martin Brotman, MD, FACP FACP Fellow of the American College of Physicians. FACP abbr. 1. Fellow of the American College of Physicians 2. Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of California Pacific Medical Center California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, academic medical centers in Northern California. The Medical Center is a combination of three of San Francisco's oldest medical institutions: Pacific Presbyterian Hospital, Children's Hospital , has been elected Vice President of the American Gastroenterological Association The American Gastroenterological Association is a medical association of gastroenterologists. About 14,000 scientists and physicians are members of the organization, which was founded in 1897 and is the oldest medical association in the United States. (AGA). Dr. Brotman will become President of the AGA in May 2002. The AGA, with over 11,000 members worldwide, is the preeminent professional association of gastroenterologists in the world, and one of the oldest medical specialty societies in the United States. The Association publishes the field's leading scientific journal, Gastroenterology. In addition to leading California Pacific Medical Center, Dr. Brotman is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist and a senior vice president of Sutter Health. He is also a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco . He currently co-chairs the San Francisco Hospital Council and is chairman of the Board of the California Transplant Donor Network Located in Oakland, California, the California Transplant Donor Network (CTDN) is a non-profit, federally designated organ procurement organization that under the adminitration of UNOS facilitates organ recovery and transplantation in the Northern California and Northern Nevada region. . Over the years, Dr. Brotman has held numerous positions at California Pacific Medical Center, including chair of the Department of Medicine, Chief of Gastroenterology, and director of the Division of Education. He is a past treasurer of the AGA, past chairman of the American Digestive Health Foundation, and past chairman of the Subspecialty Board on Gastroenterology of the American Board of Internal Medicine The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is a non-profit, independent physician organization in the U.S. that certifies physicians who practice in internal medicine and its sub-specialties. . His work has been published numerous times in the scientific literature. Dr. Brotman received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Manitoba Location The main Fort Garry campus is a complex on the Red River in south Winnipeg. It has an area of 2.74 square kilometres. More than 60 major buildings support the teaching and research programs of the university. in Winnipeg, Canada, and his postdoctoral training in internal medicine and gastroenterology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. California Pacific Medical Center is the largest private, not-for-profit, academic medical center in California and a Sutter Health affiliate. The medical center partners exceptional patient care with medical and nursing education as well as research. In addition to primary and acute care, the Medical Center is recognized as a regional referral center, providing access to breakthrough medicine to communities throughout Northern California. California Pacific Medical Center recently won the San Francisco Chronicle's Readers' Choice Award for Best Hospital, and according to HCIA Sachs, is one of six California hospitals to be named the "nation's 100 top cardiovascular hospitals." California Pacific Medical Center www.cpmc.org American Gastroenterological Association www.gastro.org HCIA Sachs www.100TopHospitals.com |
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