Administration Dean's Office

Strategic Planning Leadership Retreat
Carmel Valley Ranch
February 1-3, 2007

The Stanford School of Medicine Strategic Vision:
Translating Discoveries -- Leading the Way

Guest speakers | Agenda & Panel Summaries

Guest speakers

Mark McClellan

Mark McClellan
Senior Fellow, AEI-Brookings Joint Center

Dr. McClellan has served as Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Previously, he served as Commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration. During 2001 and 2002, he was a Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, where he advised on domestic economic issues. At Stanford University, Dr. McClellan was Associate Professor of Economics, Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford Medical School, a practicing internist, and Director of the Program on Health Outcomes Research. More »

Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas is a noted news service reporter, a Hearst Newspapers columnist, and member of the White House Press Corps. She served for fifty-seven years as a correspondent and White House bureau chief for United Press International (UPI). Thomas has covered every president since John F. Kennedy, was the first woman officer of the National Press Club, was the first woman member and president of the White House Correspondents Association, and the first woman member of the Gridiron Club. She has written four books, including her latest, Watchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public. More »

AGENDA

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2007

1:00-1:15 pm

Welcome and Preview of Retreat

Philip Pizzo

1:15-2:15 pm

Keynote Speaker: The Challenges Facing Academic Medical Centers. A View From the East

Mark McClellan

2:15-3:00 pm

State of the School -- 2006 in Review and 2007 in Preview

Philip Pizzo

3:30-5:30 pm

Panel  #1:  How do we sustain and enhance our strength and excellence in basic science research especially given the current NIH funding climate?
 Panel #1 Summary (PDF)

Daria Mochly-Rosen,
Ben Barres,
Stephen Galli,
Stuart Kim,
Roeland Nusse,
Lucy Shapiro, and Irving Weissman

8:00 pm

A brief conversation about local, state and federal policy issues and what we do about them

Ryan Adesnik,
David O’Brien,
Ann James, and
Philip Pizzo

     
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2007

8:00-10:00 am

Panel  #2:  What do we need to do to optimize and align educational programs across the University?
 Panel #2 Summary (PDF)

Charles Prober,
Charlie Anderson,
Myriam Curet,
Ralph Horwitz,
Larry Kramer,
Sharon Long,
Michael Longaker,
Julie Parsonnet,
John Pringle, and Keyan Salari

10:30-12:30 pm

Panel  #3:  What do we need to do to optimize and align clinical and translational research between our departments and institutes?
 Panel #3 Summary (PDF)

Harry Greenberg,
Prista Charuworn,
Mark Davis,
Ralph Horwitz,
Thomas Krummel,
Richard Lewis,
Frank Longo, and Robert Robbins

2:00-4:00 pm

Panel  #4:  What do we need to do to ensure that the “Stanford Culture” encourages translational and interdisciplinary research across the University and also fosters career development and academic success?
 Panel #4 Summary (PDF)

David Stevenson,
Ann Arvin,
William Mobley,
Richard Myers,
Channing Robertson,
Hannah Valantine, and Richard Zare

8:00 pm

A Conversation With Helen Thomas

 

     
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2007

8:00-9:30 am

Panel  #5:  What do we need to do to optimize the connection between our research and clinical programs?
 Panel #5 Summary (PDF)

Norman Rizk,
Steve Alexander,
Chris Dawes,
Henry Lowe,
William Maloney,
Beverly Mitchell,
Martha Marsh, and Gary Steinberg

9:45-11:30 am

Panel  #6:  What do we need to do to realize the School of Medicine facilities expansion and renewal?
 Panel #6 Summary (PDF)

Philip Pizzo,
Ryan Adesnik,
Marcia Cohen,
Robert Jackler,
Mark Krasnow,
David Lenox,
Robert Robbins, and Doug Stewart

 

Stanford University Master Plan
 Presentation (PDF)

David Lenox

11:30am-Noon

Wrap-up and Farewell

Philip Pizzo

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