The Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will hold a hearing Tuesday addressing programs that can ease the primary care workforce shortage.
The hearing will showcase the National Health Service Corps, the Teaching Health Center program, medical schools focused on primary care and care provided by nurse practitioners, according to a news release.
The following witnesses are scheduled to testify:
• Rebecca Spitzgo — Health Resources and Services Administration associate administrator of the bureau of clinician recruitment and service and director of the National Health Service Corps.
• George S. Rust, MD, MPH — Professor of family medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta) and co-director of the National Center for Primary Care.
• Dan Hawkins — senior vice president of public policy and research for the National Association of Community Health Centers (Washington, D.C.).
• Paul R. G. Cunningham, MD, FACS — dean and senior associate vice chancellor for medical affairs at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.).
• Deborah Wachtel, NP, MPH — president of the Vermont Nurse Practitioner Association and Vermont state representative for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
• Bruce Koeppen, MD, PhD — founding dean of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Conn.).
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The hearing will showcase the National Health Service Corps, the Teaching Health Center program, medical schools focused on primary care and care provided by nurse practitioners, according to a news release.
The following witnesses are scheduled to testify:
• Rebecca Spitzgo — Health Resources and Services Administration associate administrator of the bureau of clinician recruitment and service and director of the National Health Service Corps.
• George S. Rust, MD, MPH — Professor of family medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta) and co-director of the National Center for Primary Care.
• Dan Hawkins — senior vice president of public policy and research for the National Association of Community Health Centers (Washington, D.C.).
• Paul R. G. Cunningham, MD, FACS — dean and senior associate vice chancellor for medical affairs at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.).
• Deborah Wachtel, NP, MPH — president of the Vermont Nurse Practitioner Association and Vermont state representative for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
• Bruce Koeppen, MD, PhD — founding dean of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Conn.).
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