Pritzker News
Bowman Society lecture focused on politics of medical reimbursements
January 11, 2007 — Dr. Kim A. Williams, Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Director of Nuclear Cardiology at the University of Chicago presented the Pritzker School of Medicine's Bowman Society lecture, "The Politics and Economics of Cardiac Imaging" on Thursday, January 11 at the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine.
During the hour long lecture, Dr. Williams traced his experience as the past President of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) illustrating how congressional decisions regarding Medicare reimbursement have fundamentally limited patient access to medical imaging. He urged the audience to become involved in their respective specialty organizations and lobby to develop criterion of quality care.
Dr. Williams is the immediate past president of the ANSC and served as Chair of the Coalition of Cardiovascular organizations and Chair of the Nuclear Medicine Section Council of the AMA Specialty Service Society from 2006-2007. Dr. Williams attended the College at the University of Chicago before receiving his MD from the Pritzker School of Medicine in 1979. As a medical student, he conducted research in the Sickle Cell Center with Dr. James Bowman. After completing hs internal medicine residency at Emory University in 1982, he joined the University of Chicago faculty in 1986.
The Bowman Society lectures highlight medical research issues and topics that are important to the health care of minority communities. Sponsored by the Pritzker School of Medicine Office of Multicultural Affairs, The Bowman Society Lecture Series commenced in 2005 through the generous support of Dr. James E. Bowman, Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Pathology and Medicine, and the Biological Sciences Division's first tenured African-American Professor.
For more information on past lecturers, please visit the Bowman Society page.
