event detailsposted by: begins: Mar 14, 5:30 pm ends: Mar 14, 8:00 pm location: University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street, Phila., PA (corner of 37th & Chestnut Sts., next to International House in University City section of West Phila.) |
Sunday, March 14, 4:30p.m. - "What Now: Health Care Reform and the Future of Universal Health Care", Dr. Walter Tsou, former Health Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia, and nationally noted expert on Universal Health Care, will speak at Brandywine Peace Community Monthly Potluck Supper/Program, University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street, Phila., PA.
Plan to attend the area's longest running on-going program for peace and justice, the Brandywine Peace Community Monthly Supper/Program, now in its 3rd decade.....2nd Sunday of the month (except August), 4:30PM, at the University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street, Phial., PA (bring main dish, salad, or dessert to share). Programs begin at 5:30 p.m.
More at www.brandywinepeace.com or call 610-5441818
About Dr. Walter Tsou...Walter Tsou, MD, MPH is a nationally known consultant on public health and health care reform. Currently, he is on the visiting faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. He was President of the American Public Health Association in 2005. He served as Health Commissioner of Philadelphia from April 2000 to February 2002. Prior to his appointment, he was the founding Deputy Director for Personal Health Services and Medical Director of the Montgomery County (PA) Health Department from 1991-2000. Before 1991, he was the Clinical Director in the Division of Ambulatory Health Services for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. He has extensive experience in public health and has lectured widely on public health and health disparities.
He is a founding member of the National Board of Public Health Examiners and the national board of Physicians for a National Health Program. Locally he is on the boards of Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility, Health Care for All Philadelphia, the Institute for Social Medicine and Community Health, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Asian American Health Care Network, Smokefree Philadelphia, the Edna Kynett Foundation and the Green Tree Healthcare Foundation. In 2007, he received the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition Award. In 2006, he received the Public Health Recognition Award from the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. His medical degree is from the University of Pennsylvania; his MPH is from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, and he has an honorary Doctorate in Medical Sciences from Drexel University.
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