By Kristin Courtemanche, Contributing Writer
Few have seen our world from a truly objective vantage; however, Jerry Linenger’s time in orbit has afforded him a uniquely clear perspective. A NASA astronaut who logged nearly five months aboard the Russian space station Mir, Linenger is also a licensed MD, retired Navy flight surgeon, and holds a doctorate in epidemiology and master’s degrees in both systems management and public health policy.
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By Kristin Courtemanche, Contributing Writer
CHICAGO — As Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for more than 18 years and spanning four presidential administrations, Alan Greenspan is certainly possessed of uncommon qualifications, and considered by many to be one of the world’s leading authorities on economic policy.
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By Kristin Courtemanche, Contributing Writer
CHICAGO — When George Halvorson was named chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente in 2002, he left behind a 16-year-long stint at HealthPartners, and before that senior management positions with Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
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By Kristin Courtemanche, Contributing Writer
CHICAGO — In November of 2007, the newborn twins of celebrated actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly were twice administered massive overdoses of the anticoagulant heparin. The twins survived, after an extended crisis during which their doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center struggled to save them, but sadly the error was not an isolated one.
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By Kristin Courtemanche, Contributing Writer
ORLANDO, Fla. — Steven Levitt is not your father’s economist.
In fact, he is unlike any other economist out there. Famed for co-authoring the 2005 non-fiction hit Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Levitt challenges the paradigm by reviewing data in unusual ways to reveal facets of issues that would otherwise remain obscure.
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