For immediate release May 7, 2008
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Daniel Goodenberger, M.D. appointed to Nevada Academy of Health
Academy to provide healthcare recommendations to Governor and Legislature
LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Daniel Goodenberger, M.D., University of Nevada School of Medicine professor and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in Las Vegas, has been appointed to the Nevada Academy of Health by Governor Jim Gibbons.
Created during the 2007 legislative session by Senate Bill 171, the Nevada Academy of Health was established to provide long term healthcare recommendations for the Governor and Legislature. Made up of industry experts, including physicians, nurses and healthcare administrators, the Nevada Academy of Health has been tasked with the following duties:
• Studying issues related to healthcare in Nevada, including medical education and training of providers.
• Establishing standards and goals concerning the provision of healthcare.
• Analyzing and evaluating data related to healthcare.
• Providing recommendations concerning the establishment of a statewide biomedical and health research program.
The Academy will also provide assistance and technical expertise that will be used to improve healthcare in Nevada and secure advice and recommendations from consumers as well as experts in the field.
Goodenberger is one of six Governor appointees that sit on the 14 member Academy.
He is a clinical pulmonologist who joined the School of Medicine in 2006. Previously Goodenberger served for 18 years at Washington University in St. Louis as professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Medical Education. He was medical director of the Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Center and an expert in breathing disorders associated with neuromuscular disorders like ALS and muscular dystrophy. Goodenberger previously directed the internal medicine residency program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, medical student training in internal medicine, and physician continuing medical education. A native of Nebraska, Goodenberger trained in internal medicine at Harvard at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. From 1982 to 1985, he served as assistant professor of medicine and education director in the emergency department at Georgetown University Hospital.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.