The University's Health System named R. Edward Howell as its first CEO last week. Howell will take over next month in the new position of vice president and chief executive officer.
Howell, 52, has worked for almost 25 years as a teacher and administrator in medical schools at the Universities of Minnesota, Georgia and Iowa. For the past seven years, he has been director and CEO of University of Iowa hospitals and clinics and worked as managing partner of University of Iowa Health Care.
Howell has an extensive background in teaching, dating back to his 20s, when he taught high school biology in his hometown of Zanesville, Ohio. He plans to begin teaching at the University by 2003.
"My roots are in education and in the values of academic institutions," he said in a University press release.
Howell also draws on his experience coaching high school baseball, football and track. He plans to collaborate with the University of Iowa women's basketball coach on a book discussing the similarities between coaching and management.
-by Martin Olivier
Mentally Ill May Be Threatened By Budget Cuts
Advocates for Virginia's mentally disabled warned that proposed state funding cuts could cause more than 13,000 people to lose drugs, treatment or other assistance in the next year.
The activists, including the Coalition for Mentally Disabled Citizens of Virginia and the Virginia Association of Community Services Boards, urged Gov. Mark R. Warner and the General Assembly not to make more than the proposed $25 million in proposed cuts for community health services.
Those cuts, which would take effect over the next two years, would come on top of $5 million in cuts in this year's budget that will take effect next month.
The spending cuts would not actually save the state money, the advocates warned, because many mentally disabled people who lost treatment could wind up in mental institutions or jails.
Over 1,000 Virginians already are on a waiting list for "urgent care" under Medicaid. Mental health officials say there has been a spike in demand for services since Sept. 11.
-- Compiled by Martin Olivier
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