DR . CHRISTINE CASSEL
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DR . CHRISTINE CASSEL
Christine K . Cassel , MD , president and chief executive officer of the National Quality Forum , is a leading expert in geriatric medicine , medical ethics and quality of care . Previously , Dr . Cassel served as president and chief executive officer of the American Board of Internal Medicine ( ABIM ) and the ABIM Foundation .
Cassel was the first female president of the American College of Physicians and the first female dean of Oregon Health & Sciences University . She also sits on the President ’ s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology . Cassel was a founding member of the Commonwealth Fund ’ s Commission on a High Performance Health System and served on the Institute of Medicine ’ s Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research .
Recipient of numerous international awards and honorary degrees , Dr . Cassel is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Medicine of the U . K . and Canada , the European Federation of Internal Medicine , and is a Master of the American College of Physicians .
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