| dc.description | Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP4 file: "Politics, Economics and Social Issues - Video - U.S. Sen. Corker holds health care roundtable at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt." Sen. Corker has dealt with the issue of health insurance as a businessman, as mayor of Chattanooga, and as Tennessee's Commissioner of Finance and Administration. Prior to the roundtable, Corker toured the hospital's Pediatric Critical Care Unit. Sen. Corker is introduced by Kevin Churchwell, CEO of the hospital, and Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos. Others involved in the roundtable include those who appear on the frontlines of the issues of health care services, costs, and insurance, including: William Stead, M.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt; Nancy Anness, VP of Advocacy, Access, and Community Clinics, Saint Thomas Hospital; Reginald Coopwood, M.D., CEO, Nashville Metro General Hospital; Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., Dean, Vanderbilt School of Nursing; Wayne Riley, M.D., President and CEO, Meharry Medical College; Tom Herron, CEO, Centennial Medical Center; Darin Gordon, Director, TennCare; Jim Jirjis, M.D., Medical Director of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt; Mark Frisse, M.D., Director of Regional Informatics Programs, Vanderbilt; Martin Sandler, M.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Hospital Affairs, Vanderbilt. | en |
