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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That is wonderful – congratulations Barbara,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mandy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Amanda Weaver, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>5150 N. 16th Street- #A-122<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Phoenix, AZ 85016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(w) 602-266-6699 (f) 602-266-1393<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(c) 602-8815269 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> hlthpol-bounces@listserv.ohio.edu [mailto:hlthpol-bounces@listserv.ohio.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>GFDUNIGAN@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 06, 2012 1:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> sblake@jsblake.com; melmore187@aol.com; coopern@ohio.edu<br><b>Cc:</b> hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Hlthpol] HPF Director Provisional Appointee of IOM Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Congratulation Barbara ! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>George<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>George F Dunigan</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Dir. Govt. Relations</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>OU HCOM</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In a message dated 8/6/2012 3:37:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <a href="mailto:sblake@jsblake.com">sblake@jsblake.com</a> writes:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>That is great! Congrats to Barbara!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:hlthpol-bounces@listserv.ohio.edu">hlthpol-bounces@listserv.ohio.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:hlthpol-bounces@listserv.ohio.edu">mailto:hlthpol-bounces@listserv.ohio.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dillard<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 06, 2012 1:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Cooper, Nancy<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu">hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Hlthpol] HPF Director Provisional Appointee of IOM Committee</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Great!!<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br>On Aug 6, 2012, at 11:11 AM, "Cooper, Nancy" <<a href="mailto:coopern@ohio.edu" title="mailto:coopern@ohio.edu">coopern@ohio.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Fellows: HPF Director Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., is a provisional appointee to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education (from <i>Inside OME</i> – AACOM 8/6/12):</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h1><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#465F8F'>IOM Announces Provisional Appointments to Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education </span><o:p></o:p></h1></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Share:<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong></span><a href="http://data.aacom.org/sharearticle/emailshare.php" target="_blank" title="http://data.aacom.org/sharearticle/emailshare.php"><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467F;text-decoration:none'><image001.png></span></b></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.aacom.org/resources/ome/2012-08/Pages/iom.aspx" title="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.aacom.org/resources/ome/2012-08/Pages/iom.aspx"><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467F;text-decoration:none'><image002.png></span></b></a><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://www.aacom.org/resources/ome/2012-08/Pages/iom.aspx" title="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://www.aacom.org/resources/ome/2012-08/Pages/iom.aspx"><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467F;text-decoration:none'><image003.png></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><image004.jpg><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On July 31, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) announced provisional appointments to its Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education. The committee was formed to conduct an independent review of the governance and financing of the nation’s GME system and issue recommendations for consideration by Congress. According to the IOM, the Committee will convene for 21 months to “(1) assess current regulation, financing, content, governance, and organization of U.S. GME and (2) recommend how to modify GME to produce a physician workforce for a 21st century U.S. health care system that provides high quality preventive, acute, and chronic care, and meets the needs of an aging and more diverse population.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) is pleased to announce that <b>Barbara Ross-Lee, DO</b>, New York Institute of Technology’s Vice President for Health Sciences and Medical Affairs, and Acting Dean of the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, is listed among the provisional members. Her appointment, and that of other members, will not be finalized until after a 20-day public comment period on the membership of the Committee.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>See the <a href="http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=IOM-HCS-11-07" target="_blank" title="http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=IOM-HCS-11-07">IOM website</a> for more information about the Committee and to view the full provisional <a href="http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/CommitteeView.aspx?key=49470" target="_blank" title="http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/CommitteeView.aspx?key=49470">Committee membership</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span 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