“Comparative Effectiveness Research: From All Angles,” the third annual, two-day conference, will be held May 22-23 at Case Western Reserve University. The conference will feature a number of distinguished speakers presenting on a variety of medical-field topics including policy, physician practice, ethical issues and more. The conference will continue May 29-31 with a three-day course in cost-effectiveness analysis.
Discounted registration is available for interns, residents, fellows, full-time students not taking for academic credit and employees of public health departments.
Featured speakers will include:
- Jessica Berg, professor of law, bioethics and epidemiology and biostatistics at CWRU; associate director of the Law-Medicine Center
- Barbara J. Daly, Gertrude Perkins Oliva Professor in Oncology Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing; director of clinical ethics, University Hospitals Case Medical Center
- Gregory S. Cooper, professor of medicine in the Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease; medical director of the GI Cancer Center of Excellence at University Hospitals Case Medical Center
- William S. Schwab, National Guidelines Committee, Kaiser Permanente; medical director, home health, Ohio Permanente Medical Group
- J.B. Silvers, John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, department chair and professor of banking and finance at Weatherhead School of Management
- Mendel E. Singer, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and director of research for the Master of Public Health program
For more information about the program and registration fees, or how to register for academic credit, visit cercme.wordpress.com. Contact Singer at mendel@case.edu or 216.368.1951 with any additional questions.