UNITING PHYSICIANS & PATIENTS AS A VOICE IN HEALTH CARE
David has been a health care executive and consultant for more than 25 years. David is also active in a number of not-for-profit organizations.
The 1999 Minnesota Psychiatric Society Private Practitioner of the Year and among Minnesota Physician's top 100 Minnesota health care leaders in 2000, Lee is a tireless advocate for patient education and control of health care decisions.
A retired Saint Paul urologist and leader in the Minnesota Medical community, Bob has researched and developed Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) policy on conflicts of interest for doctors who assume financial risks for health care they do not themselves provide. He has supported medical savings accounts and alternatives to capitated care, with an eye to patient choice of doctor and greater control of insurance systems.
A practicing ophthalmologist in Marshall, Springfield, and Montevideo Minnesota, Ted seeks to assure access to quality medical care in greater Minnesota. Among many honors and achievements, he was honored by the University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology in 2000 with its Outstanding Service Award. Ted is concerned about fairness of payment for Minnesota rural Medicaid managed care programs and access to physicians in rural areas due to managed care restrictions.
Lee is a practicing radiologist in the Twin Cities. Lee began his career practicing in Thunder Bay, Ontario, but dissatisfaction with the Canadian health system caused him to immigrate to Minnesota.
A retired attorney, John is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas and the University of Minnesota Law School. He clerked at the Supreme Court of Oregon before joining Oppenheimer, Wolff and Donnelly in St. Paul. John is past president of the Ramsey County Bar Association and the Real Property Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. John also was a charter member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.
Hannelore Brucker been in private practice as an allergist for 23 years. She is a Fellow of the ACP, a member of the AAAAI, and a scientific fellow of the ACAAI. She was included in the top doctor list for allergists in the Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine.