Boston, MA - Dr. Gary L. Gottlieb, President of Brigham and Women's Hospital, will be the keynote speaker at Bunker Hill Community College's 35th commencement exercises, on Saturday, May 30, at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Gottlieb, a strong proponent of alleviating health care disparities, will receive the President's Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his outstanding commitment and service to the College.
"Dr. Gottlieb is a visionary leader with a lifelong commitment to healthcare based on equity and affordability,"
Gottlieb became president of Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2002. In January of 2010, he will become president of Partners HealthCare, the largest healthcare provider in Massachusetts.
In 2005, Boston's Mayor Thomas Menino appointed Dr. Gottlieb chair of the Private Industry Council, the city's workforce development board. The Council works with education, labor, government and the community to oversee public and private workforce development programs.
From 1998-2002, Dr. Gottlieb served as Chairman of Partners Psychiatry and Mental Health System in Boston. Prior to his arrival in Boston, he served as Director and Chief Executive Officer of Friends Hospital in Philadelphia, the nation's oldest, independent, psychiatric hospital. He was appointed to that position in 1994.
Gottlieb received his M.D. from Albany Medical College of Union University, in New York State. He received a master's degree in Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York State.
About Bunker Hill Community College:
Bunker Hill Community College is the largest community college in Massachusetts. The College enrolls almost 9,800 students on two campuses and at five satellite locations each semester. Some 2,000 students take classes online. BHCC is one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Six in ten students are people of color and more than half of BHCC's students are women. The College also enrolls more than 690 international students who come from more than 103 countries and speak 75 different languages.
About Brigham and Women's Hospital:
Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is a 777-bed nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners HealthCare, an integrated health care delivery network. In July of 2008, the hospital opened the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, the most advanced center of its kind. BWH is committed to excellence in patient care with expertise in virtually every specialty of medicine and surgery. The BWH medical preeminence dates back to 1832, and today that rich history in clinical care is coupled with its national leadership in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives and its dedication to educating and training the next generation of health care professionals. Through investigation and discovery conducted at its Biomedical Research Institute (BRI), BWH is an international leader in basic, clinical and translational research on human diseases, involving more than 860 physician-investigators and renowned biomedical scientists and faculty supported by more than $416 M in funding. BWH is also home to major landmark epidemiologic population studies, including the Nurses' and Physicians' Health Studies and the Women's Health Initiative. For more information about BWH, please visit http://www.brighamandwomens.org.
