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Gilbert Omenn, new head of the U-M Health System.

U-M Health System's
first CEO takes charge.

LONNY GOLDSMITH

Staff Writer

hen 13-year-old David
Omenn gave his bar
mitzvah speech on the
Torah portion Lech
Lecha, he mentioned God was asking
Abraham for a lot: to move from his
home, uprooting his family from
familiar surroundings.
Ironically, the speech paralleled the
choice David's father had to make.
Gilbert Omenn, M.D., Ph.D. had
to choose between his position as the
dean of the School of Public Health
and Community Medicine at the
University of Washington and a move
to Ann Arbor to serve as the first exec-
utive vice president for medical affairs
at the University of Michigan Health
System.
Dr. Omenn decided to take the
journey. His new appointment makes
him the chief executive officer of U-M
Health System.
"It's an exciting time to be here,"
Omenn said. "This position reflects
new attitudes and needs in academic
medicine. You can't look at a field in
isolation, because what one person
does affects everyone."
The University of Michigan is
among several schools that have initi-
ated this relatively new post, including
Washington University in St. Louis,
UCLA, and the University of
Washington.
"Installing this position shows the
recognition that there can't be a head
of the hospital and a dean of the med-

ical school without bringing the two
together," he said. "A school's presi-
dent is not in .a good position to man-
age this world directly."
Omenn was recommended by U-M
President Lee Bollinger on Sept. 4,
and the job was officially his on Sept.
18. The search committee was chaired
by Dr. Max Wicha, the director of the
Comprehensive Cancer Center at' U-
M.
"Gil has a very unusual mix of
qualiti e s when it comes to medicine
and public health, and it gives him a
broader perspective of the job," Wicha
said. "We needed someone who
understood everything, and he's been
successful in what he's done."
According to Wicha, he had known
Omenn by reputation only, but had
been looking at Omenn since the
beginning.
One large aspect of Omenn's job is
transitioning instruction to educate
students about working in a managed
care environment.
"It's been coming for some time,"
he said of managed care. "It's a great
concept that can do more for people."
Omenn, a Pennsylvania native,
attended Princeton University, where
he graduated summa cum laude, and
Harvard University Medical School,
graduating magna cum laude.
In addition to his responsibilities as
a dean at the University of
Washington for the past 15 years, he
also was a professor of medical genet-
ics and environmental health and the
chair of the department of environ-
mental health.
Omenn also recently served as the
chairman on the congressional
Commission on Risk Assessment and
Risk Management (The Omenn
Commission).

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