Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., is Senior Vice President, University Health Sciences and CEO, of the University of Utah Health Care, and Dean of it Utah’s School of Medicine. She is the keynote speaker at the 2016 MD Convocation Ceremony on Sunday at Kennedy Theater on the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa campus. But she also will speak more informally to a gathering in Room 304 of the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Medical Education Building on Friday, May 13, 2016, from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.
Dr. Lee is responsible for an annual budget of $3.3 billion; four hospitals, 10 neighborhood health centers, the Huntsman Cancer Institute and Moran Eye Center, a health insurance plan, over 1,330 board-certified physicians; and five colleges including the School of Medicine, the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy, Health, and most recently, the School of Dentistry.
During her tenure, Dr. Lee has established the University of Utah Health Care system as one of the most innovative, high-performing, and transformative health care systems in the nation. The University of Utah has consistently ranked in the top 10 in quality and safety among university hospitals. Its providers enjoy the highest patient satisfaction rankings in the nation, and Utah was the first health care system in the country to post patient satisfaction scores online. The health system has bent the cost curve through innovative value management tools, physician engagement and Lean training.
Successfully secured state funding to grow Utah medical scjhool
Working with the legislature and Governor, Dr. Lee secured additional state funding in 2013 to increase the medical school class size by 50% over two years. Enhanced communications and best practices have been shared through the Algorithms for Innovation publication and portal, sparking a national discourse about challenges facing academic medicine.
A recognized leader in academic medicine and health sciences, Dr. Lee serves on the Council of Councils of the National Institutes of Health, the Administrative Board of the Council of Deans for the American Association of Medical Colleges, the Journal of the American Medical Association Journal Oversight Committee, the Health Care Delivery System Reform Advisory Committee of The Commonwealth Fund, and the Scientific Advisory Board of Massachusetts General Hospital. She also serves on the board of directors the American Association of Rhodes Scholars.
LOCATION: MEB Classroom 304, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Friday 5/13/16