NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service to Host Fourth Annual Kovner/Behrman Event On March 22nd, New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service will host the Fourth Annual Kovner/Behrman Event, an annual dialogue between researchers and practitioners in the health care field. This year’s topic will be: “Who’s in Charge Here? Physician Control of Health Care Delivery.”

Anthony R. Kovner, professor of public administration at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, will moderate the event. The following three distinguished health care professionals will be the featured speakers: Dr. Richard Bernstein, Corporate Services Medical Director, Aetna/US Health Care; Dr. Melinda L. Estes, Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs and Chief of Staff, MetroHealth System; and Dr. David Mechanic, Director of the Institute for Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University.

The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, 1999, in the Lipton Hall in D’Agostino Hall, 108 West Third Street, New York, NY. The Kovner/Behrman Annual Event was made possible by a starting endowment given by Natalie Lieberman to the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service in honor of her son, Professor Anthony R. Kovner, and her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Percy and Eva Behrman. This year’s event is the second of the Wagner-Commonwealth Dialogues on Health Management Policy and Practice.

Established in 1938, the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service educates future leaders of public, nonprofit, and health institutions as well as private organizations serving the public sector.

TIME: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2000

LOCATION: New York University Lipton Hall in D’Agostino Hall 108 West Third Street

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