Consumer Health Coalition | Recovery and the Transformation of Health Care

From our partners at the Consumer Health Coalition:


Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kenneth Thompson as our final guest speaker in Consumer Health Coalition’s Speaker Series.  Dr. Thompson  will be taking the place of Frederick Frese, PhD, who had to cancel at the last moment.

This final segment of our speaker series is titled "Recovery and the Transformation of Health Care."  We hope that you can join us on Tuesday, October 11,2011 to join in the discussion and to hear from this expert.

Kenneth S. Thompson MD is a public service psychiatrist who has focused his career on community/population health and improving psychiatric services. He is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. Until recently he was the Medical Director of the Center for Mental Health Services in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the US Department of Health and Human Services, where he provided expert psychiatric consultation to public policy formation and implementation. In particular he has been engaged nationally in improving mental health care, developing and implementing recovery oriented services and evidence based service, integrating primary care and behavioral health services and creating a population health approach to mental health. He has also had a leading role in developing SAMHSA's initiatives in global health.  He now serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Recovery Innovations, a non-profit behavioral health services provider that focuses on leading the development of recovery oriented services.

Session Will Be Held At:
Carlow College—Antonian Theatre
3333 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Free Parking Available in Lot C
Single Sessions $20
Free to Carlow Students with valid college ID

To register for the session, please call Leslie Bachurski at 412-456-1877 ext. 200 VISA and MasterCard accepted.