MEDICUS Dania Kamp, MD, has been named the new president of Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP). As president, she will serve as the official representative and spokesperson for MAFP, serve on the board of directors, and chair the executive committee of the board of directors. Kamp is chief of staff at Mercy Hospital and a family practitioner at Gateway Family Health Clinic, both located in Dania Kamp, MD Moose Lake. She specializes in maternal health, including obstetrical care; child and adolescent health; preventive medicine; hospice and palliative care; and health care policy. She works with patients of all ages in many settings, including clinics, emergency rooms, and nursing homes. Kamp earned her medical degree at the University of Minnesota and completed a residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. Lawrence Lee, MD, has been hired as UCare’s senior vice president and chief medical officer. In his new position, Lee will have overall responsibility for UCare’s clinical and quality practices and medical policies as well as oversee the medical director team and UCare’s pharmacy, clinical services, and quality management departments. Previously, Lee spent a year as a staff physician Lawrence Lee, MD and clinical educator with the Veterans Health Administration in Minneapolis. He has also served as vice president and executive medical director for quality and provider relations at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota; associate health plan medical director at HealthPartners; national medical director for transparency and designation programs at UnitedHealthcare, and staff internal medicine physician and assistant professor at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Lee earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School and a master in business administration in health care management degree at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Fredric Meyer, MD, has been selected as the Juanita Kious Waugh Executive Dean for Education at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, effective July 1. Meyer will lead the educational strategies and direction of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine schools around the country and assume the role of dean of Mayo Medical School. He currently serves as enterprise chair of Fredric Meyer, MD the department of neurology at Mayo Clinic, the Alfred Uihlein Family Professor of Neurologic Surgery within the College of Medicine, and executive director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. His previous experience includes serving as program director of the Neurologic Surgery Program at Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, a member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, president of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery, and chair of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Meyer earned his medical degree at Boston University and completed his residency at Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education. He has been with Mayo Clinic since 1987. Cody Wendlandt, MD, has been elected by his fellow residents to serve as chief resident of the University of Minnesota/St. Cloud Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program for the 2016– 2017 academic year. He will assume the role on July 1. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and his professional interests include clinical workflow, health care policy, rural Cody Wendlandt, MD medicine, and emergency medicine. Wendlandt earned his medical degree at St. George’s University in Grenada, West Indies, and completed clinical rotations at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey.
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Plus cocktails, eats and FREE musical events!
ANDREW LITTON
CHARLES LAZARUS
NICOLA BENEDETTI
LEONARD ELSCHENBROICH
TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY NO. 4
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III
A NIGHT IN THE TROPICS Fri Jul 22 8pm
Andrew Litton, conductor Charles Lazarus, trumpet The Lazarus Band
Fri Jul 15 8pm
Andrew Litton, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin Leonard Elschenbroich, cello
Minnesota Orchestra’s Charles Lazarus brings music inspired by the sultry melodies and evocative rhythms of Brazil, Cuba, Hawaii and more. Hear originals, music from the Buena Vista Social Club and a tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Brahms and Tchaikovsky were the 19th century’s most famous contemporary composers, as Benedetti and Elschenbroich are becoming concert superstars of our time.
BEETHOVEN TRIPLE CONCERTO
VERDI’S OTELLO Sat Jul 23 7:30pm
Sat Jul 16 8pm
Andrew Litton, conductor Carl Tanner, Otello Complete cast list online
Andrew Litton, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin Leonard Elschenbroich, cello
Shakespeare’s powerful tragedy inspired Verdi’s most glorious music.
Our phenomenally gifted Andrew Litton conducts from the keyboard as two white-hot stars join him for Beethoven’s one-of-a-kind Triple Concerto.
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III* Fri Jul 29 8pm
Since his emergence in the late ’60s, Grammy-winner® Loudon Wainwright III has been entrancing audiences all over the world.
*Please note: The Minnesota Orchestra does not perform on this program.
minnesotaorchestra.org 612.371.5656 Ã Orchestra Hall PHOTOS Litton: Ann Marsden; Lazarus: Travis Anderson; Benedetti: Simon Fowler; Elschenbroich: Felix Broede; Wainwright: Ross Haflin
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