...opportunity. PREPARED STATEMENT STATEMENT OF DR. SAMUEL O. THIER I AM DR. SAMUEL 0. THIER. PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND I WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY ON THE BUDGET OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FOR FISCAL...

...immunizations. Dr. Frederick Robbins was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954. He is immediate past president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and is now university professor at the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Samuel...

...Formerly, Dean Altman taught at Brown University and at the University of California (Berkeley) . He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and former member of its governing council; on the board of Beth Israel Hospital (Boston); chairman of...

...Assessment Commission responsible for overseeing the Medicare DRG hospital payment system. Dean Altman is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and chairman of the board of the Bigel Health Policy Center at Brandeis University. Between 1971 and 1976,...

...Formerly, Dean Altman taught at Brown University and at the University of California (Berkeley) . He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and former member of its governing council; on the board of Beth Israel Hospital (Boston) ; chairman of...

...York City and as associate administrator of the New York University Medical Center. He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and is currently chairman of the board of the & cS <5 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. ni S g Norman...

...Resonance in Medicine. North American Society for Cardiac Radiology. and Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Budinger is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and his honors and awards include an award for his contribution on the NASA Apollo-Soyuz Project. American...

...1982) and Health Care Law and Policy: Readings, Notes, and Questions (Foundation Press, 1988). He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and of its Board on Health Care Services. Board of Trustees Paul F. Oreffice, Chairman Former Chairman...

...was responsible for developing the council's program on health care cost containment. Dr. Altman isa member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and a former member of its governing council, and serves on the board of Beth Isreel Hospital (Boston)....

...Georgetown University. Professor Rothstein was a member of the Committee on Assessing Genetic Risks of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and served as a legal consultant to the National Center for Human Genome Research of the National Institutes...