You’re invited: Lecture on ‘Creating a Sustainable Health System: Managing Resources for Organizational Success’

All Michigan Medicine faculty and staff are invited to a lecture by Janis M. Orlowski, M.D., MACP, who serves as the chief health care officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Orlowski will present a lecture on “Creating a Sustainable Health System: Managing Resources for Organizational Success.”

It will take place from 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31 in F2305 in UH South. 

As a prominent and influential physician, health care executive and educator, Orlowski has had a longstanding and rich career in academic medicine. She passionately speaks about the transformation of the nation’s health care system and strongly advocates for academic medicine as a systems change leader in health care. Throughout her career, Orlowski has also served as an avid champion for improving the health care system to better meet the needs of patients.

In her role as chief health care officer, Orlowski focuses on the interface between the health care delivery system and academic medicine, particularly how academic medical centers can leverage their expertise in research and innovation to support emerging reforms. She also leads and represents the interests of the AAMC Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems (COTH), which is comprised of approximately 400 U.S. major teaching hospitals and health systems including Veteran Affairs medical centers. Orlowski also serves in a consulting role for several AAMC groups such as the Chief Medical Officers Group (CMOG) in which she was a founding member and the Group on Resident Affairs (GRA).