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HealthPartners Institute of Medical Education director named president of national association

April 15, 2009

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Carl A. Patow, MD, MPH, executive director of HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education has been named President of the Board of Directors for the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers. The AIAMC, founded in 1989, is made up of nearly 70 major academic medical centers and health systems, committed to quality patient care, medical education and research.

The AIAMC Nominating Committee selected Dr. Patow based upon his leadership of the AIAMC National Initiative: Improving Patient Care Through Graduate Medical Education.

"I believe that Carl's vision and leadership will take the Alliance to the next level in our quest to be the leading authority in the area of integration of academics and quality" said Kimberly Pierce-Boggs, executive director of AIAMC.

In his role as President, Dr. Patow will chair all meetings of the Board and membership. He will also be responsible for the overall strategic direction of the association, and serve as the official liaison between the AIAMC and its sister organizations, such as the Association of American Medical Colleges, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, American Medical Association, American Heart Association, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and others.

He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and has been a member of the AIAMC Board of Directors since 2006.

For more information on the AIAMC and its membership, visit www.aiamc.org. Dr. Patow's two-year term commenced April 1, 2009.
About HealthPartners IME
HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education (IME) is a non-profit corporation that oversees all the health professional educational activities of the HealthPartners health system. Created in 1996, IME provides learning opportunities that contribute to the development of health professionals at every level. The Institute sponsors five of its own residency programs, has one joint program and 11 affiliated programs with the University of Minnesota. For more information, visit http://ime.healthpartners.com/.

About HealthPartners
Founded in 1957, the HealthPartners (www.healthpartners.com) family of healthcare companies serves more than one million medical and dental health plan members nationwide. It is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation, providing care, coverage, research and education to improve the health of members, patients and the community. For the fourth year in a row, HealthPartners is rated one of the best commercial health plans in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, NCQAs Americas Best Health Plans 2007.

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