5-8-19 Trends in Healthcare Worth Knowing About

Our May Presentation: Healthcare is ever-changing. As healthcare spending approaches one fifth of the GDP, this talk will review some underlying trends that are driving the changes we see in healthcare. These range from drug costs to changes in who (or what) will be your “Family Doctor” to consumerism.

Our Speaker: Dr. Kurt N. Ransohoff, CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Sansum Clinic

As CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Sansum Clinic, Kurt Ransohoff, MD, FACP, oversees the largest outpatient healthcare delivery system in Santa Barbara County and one of the country's oldest and largest medical foundations. Dr. Ransohoff joined Sansum Clinic in 1992.

Board certified in internal medicine, Dr. Ransohoff received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Biochemistry from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and a medical degree from UCLA School of Medicine. He was an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine from 1989-1992, and chief resident and clinical instructor from 1988-1989. Dr. Ransohoff was chairman of Sansum Clinic's Internal Medicine Department from 1992-1994, and assistant medical director from 1994-1997. He has been medical director since 1997, president since 1998, and CEO since 2002. Dr. Ransohoff serves on the boards of America's Physician Groups (APG) and CenCal Health.

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