Fwd: Talk on Vermont Health Care Reform by Paul Herrington, Executive VP of the VMS, THIS Friday ~ On Behalf of Associate Dean Jan Carney

The UVM AMSA Chapter and the UVM Health Care Policy Medical Student Interest Group present a discussion on:

Vermont Health Care Reform
Paul Harrington, Executive Vice President, Vermont Medical Society
Noon
Friday, March 18th
Med Ed 200
UVM College of Medicine

Executive Vice President Paul Harrington has worked at VMS since April 2002.  Previously, Paul was the majority health policy director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions under the chairmanship of Senator James M. Jeffords. He has also served as deputy commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor and Industry, a board member of the Vermont Health Care Authority and as the chair of the Commerce Committee in the Vermont House of Representatives, where he served three terms. In addition to his duties at VMS, Paul is the treasurer of Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc., serves on the AMA's State Technical Advisory Team and is on the executive committee of the Governor's Vermont Chronic Care Initiative. He also serves on the boards of the Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care and The Physicians' Foundation. Paul is a graduate of the University of Vermont.