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New Member Joins the Institute
In June 1999, the Institute of Human Values in Health Care invited Frank Brescia to join as a member. Dr. Brescia has devoted his professional and personal life to improving the care of the dying. He has served on numerous committees and has published widely on issues related to pain management.  Currently he is director of the palliative care service at MUSC and is active in several national professional societies. Dr. Brescia received his M.D. from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

The other members of the Institute include: Martha Ballenger, LL.B.; Clarence M. Condon, III, Ph.D.; Walter J. Jones, M.H.S.A., Ph.D.; Philip H. Jos, Ph.D.; Albert Henry Keller, Jr., D.Min.; George Khushf, Ph.D.; Martin Perlmutter, Ph.D.; Robert M. Sade, M.D.(Director); and Donald E. Saunders II, M.D.

For additional information on the members of the Institute, please visit our web site at www.values.musc.edu.


New Responsibilities
Dr. Robert M. Sade, Professor, Department of Surgery and Director, Institute of Human Values in Health Care, was elected as speaker of the house of the South Carolina Medical Association (SCMA) in April of 1999.

The medical association composed of nearly 6,000 physicians, is the voice of the medical profession in South Carolina. Its purpose is to support the efforts of South Carolina physicians providing quality medical care and promoting good health for
all citizens of the state, as well as to represent and serve the interests of those physicians.

Dr. Sade also was recently appointed Medical Director of LifePoint the South Carolina Organ Procurement Agency, the procurement organization for this state. He has been an active participant as a surgeon on the procurement side of transplantation for several years, and has had an interest in transplantation policy for nearly ten years.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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