Meet Russell Rothman, MD, MPP

On the October 21st broadcast at 1PM ET/10AM PT our special guest is Russell Rothman, MD, MPP.   

Dr. Russell Rothman is Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Health Policy. He serves as the 
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Population Health Research at Vanderbilt and is also the Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research and Chief of the Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Section. As Director of the Center for Health Services Research he oversees a Center that engages over 150 faculty involved in health services, quality, behavioral health, disparities, and other research areas.

We'll explore the following topics:

• Why is the issue of Health literacy such a hot topic?
• Dr. Rothman's work at Vanderbilt on health literacy?
• What drew him to study this area?
• We'll discuss a term less frequently heard but equally important, numeracy, what is it and give some examples of some of the ways  low numeracy impacts the individual
• Medication adherence is a major issue in our current health care system, How does health literacy impact medication compliance

Join Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters for an informative chat.