Cleveland Clinic's CEO to Discuss Health Care Reform
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The chief executive officer of the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Delos M. Cosgrove, will deliver the annual Four College Issues Forum lecture on Friday, March 5.Cosgrove will address "Developing a Health Care System for the 21st Century" at 8 p.m. in the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' Church Street Center in North Adams. The public is invited and the event is free.
Series organizers say his talk is particularly relevant considering the ongoing health-care debate, rising costs and a growing elderly population.
Cosgrove, a 1962 graduate of Williams College, will offer his years of experience and expertise to provide an informed perspective on what can be done differently in health care.
The Four College Issues Forum began in 2008 as a collaboration among Bennington (Vt.) College, MCLA, Southern Vermont College in Bennington and Williams College with the of aim of bringing significant discussion of national and global issues to the region. The forum cycles through the four colleges, alternating between Massachusetts and Vermont each year.
The Cleveland Clinic provides care for some of the most critically ill patients in the country. One third of the hospital, which performed approximately 4,000 heart operations and 170 lung transplants last year, is made up of intensive care units.
Under Cosgrove's leadership, the clinic's cardiac program was ranked first in the country for 10 years in a row. Cosgrove joined the clinic in 1975 and was named chairman of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in 1989. He is the author of 450 journal articles, book chapters, one book, and 17 training and continuing medical education films.
He received his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and completed surgical residencies at Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brook General Hospital and the University of Rochester-Strong Memorial Hospital. He also served as a surgeon in the Air Force.
