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Spivey to Deliver First Annual Distinguished Alumni Lecture October 5
Bruce E. Spivey, MD, FACS will deliver the first annual Distinguished Alumni
Lecture at the UI Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Clinical Conference at 1:30 p.m.,
October 5, 2007, in the Braley Auditorium, Room 01136, Pomerantz Family Pavilion.
Dr. Spivey has clinical, academic, and executive accomplishments that span 4 decades.
He is currently the President of the International Council of Ophthalmology and Deputy Executive Vice President of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS).
He has been the Chief Executive Officer at several institutions including Pacific Presbyterian (California Pacific) Medical Center, the Northwestern Healthcare Network in Chicago, and Columbia-Cornell Care in New York. He is past President of the American Board of Medical Specialties, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, the American Ophthalmological Society, the Iowa Eye Association, the Society of Medical Administrators, and led the formation of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education.
He has held numerous academic appointments throughout the United States including Dean of the School of Medical Sciences at the University of the Pacific, chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, Pacific Presbyterian (California Pacific) Medical Center-San Francisco as well as clinical professor at Northwestern, Cornell and Columbia universities.
He was the first Chair of the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Basic and Clinical Science Course and the first Chief Executive Officer of the Academy, a position he held for 15 years, guiding the Academy through an era of unprecedented growth and change.
Dr. Spivey is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Medicine where he also completed his residency training in Ophthalmology. He holds a Masters degree from the University of Iowa in Ophthalmic Science (1964) and from the University of Illinois in Medical Education (1969).
