The Boroff-Forman Lecture Series

Past speakers have included the Surgeon General of the United States, advisors to Presidents Reagan, Bush and Obama, and leaders in the movement to improve patient quality and cost of care.

Lectures in the series:

October 11, 2012: “Improving Clinical Practice and Health Care Delivery Through Data and Science”

Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM

Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Investigative Medicine and of Public Health (Health Policy);
Director, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital; Co-Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University

October 31, 2013: “Health Care Reform and the Future of American Medicine”

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD

Diane v.S. Levy & Robert M. Levy Professor
Vice Provost for Global Initiatives
Chair, Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor
University of Pennsylvania

April 9, 2015: “GME for a 21st Century Physician Workflow”

Gail Wilensky, PhD
Economist and Senior Fellow, Project Hope

September 17, 2015: “The Role of Physicians and Care Providers in Advancing the Nation’s Public Health”
Co-sponsored by the “Medical Student Council – Perspectives in Medicine

Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA
Surgeon General of the United States (2014-2017)

March 29, 2018: “To Err is Human – A Patient Safety Documentary” (Film premier)

Directed by: Michael Eisenberg

Panelists:

Marna Borgstrum, MPH (CEO of Yale New Haven Health and Yale New Haven Hospital)

Sally Roumanis, RN (Performance Management Coordinator- Performance Management at Yale New Haven Hospital)

Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM (Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Investigative Medicine and of Public Health (Health Policy);
Director, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital; Co-Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University)

Michael Eisenberg, Creative Director, Partner - Tall Tale Productions, LLC

May 29, 2018: "The Future of Radiology: Key Drivers for the Next 5 years"

James A. Brink, MD
Professor of Radiology
Radiologist – in – Chief
Juan M. Taveras Professor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

May 23, 2019: “Time is Up: Advancing Gender Equity and Safety in Medicine”

Esther K. Choo, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

Founding Member, TIME’S UP Healthcare

January 30, 2020: "Payment Reform is Here: What Clinicians Need to Know"

Kate Goodrich, MD, MHS
Director:
-Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

CMS Chief Medical Officer

October 5th, 2023: “Fireside Chat with Dean Ranney and Director of CDC, Mandy Cohen (YSM ’05)” Introduction by Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of Public Health State of Connecticut (Professor, Yale School of Medicine)

Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH
Director for the Centers for Disease Control And Prevention
Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances And Disease Registry

Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH
Dean of the Yale School of Public Health And C.-E.A. Winslow Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and Professor of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Public Health

October 19th, 2023: “Burnout and Depression: One Surgeon's Journey”

Michael Ivy, MD, FACS, FCCM
Chief Medical Officer, Yale-New Haven Health

November 7th, 2024:

Shereef Elnahal, MD, MBA
Under Secretary for Health
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)