TY - JOUR T1 - Annual Meeting keynote speaker Reed Tuckson: ‘If there is ever a time for public health, this is that time:’ Confronting challenges requires collaboration, leadership, will JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 9 LP - 9 VL - 42 IS - 7 AU - Teddi Dineley Johnson Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/42/7/9.abstract N2 - Reed Tuckson, MD, FACP, has spent his career on the front lines of the fight to eliminate health disparities and improve quality and access to care. As executive vice president and chief of medical affairs for UnitedHealth Group, he has been an outspoken advocate for turning off the spigot of preventable chronic diseases. As commissioner of public health for the District of Columbia from 1986 to 1990, Tuckson stepped into the national spotlight when — frustrated with city officials’ inattention to health issues — he donned his white coat and stethoscope and went into the city's poorest areas to see patients. Tuckson will be a keynote speaker at the opening session of APHA's 140th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, on Sunday, Oct. 28. ER -