ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND LICENSING
June 1981 to June 1983
PhD - Public Health and Resource Management, The Union Institute and University. Dissertation: "Doctor-Patient Interaction in the Field of Preventive Medicine: A Comparative Case Study between American and British Primary Care Physicians."
August 1973 to August 1975
Thouron British-American Exchange Scholar. Post-graduate research in Social Sciences and Administration, University of London, Bedford College, London, England.
May 1972 to August 1973
MBA - Wharton Graduate School, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Care Administration, University of Pennsylvania.
June 1970 to May 1972
BSN - University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing. Magna Cum Laude. Sigma Theta Tau Scholastic Honor Society.
September 1967 to June 1970
RN - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Honors Graduate.
LICENSED IN CALIFORNIA AND PENNSYLVANIA
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES
She has served on numerous volunteer boards, including the San Diego and Imperial County Every Woman Counts Program, the Komen-for-the-Cure Foundation of the San Diego Affiliate, the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory (President from 2000 to 2006), ENACCT, and the California Division of the American Cancer Society (President from 2007-2008).
June 1981 to June 1983
PhD - Public Health and Resource Management, The Union Institute and University. Dissertation: "Doctor-Patient Interaction in the Field of Preventive Medicine: A Comparative Case Study between American and British Primary Care Physicians."
August 1973 to August 1975
Thouron British-American Exchange Scholar. Post-graduate research in Social Sciences and Administration, University of London, Bedford College, London, England.
May 1972 to August 1973
MBA - Wharton Graduate School, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Care Administration, University of Pennsylvania.
June 1970 to May 1972
BSN - University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing. Magna Cum Laude. Sigma Theta Tau Scholastic Honor Society.
September 1967 to June 1970
RN - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Honors Graduate.
LICENSED IN CALIFORNIA AND PENNSYLVANIA
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES
She has served on numerous volunteer boards, including the San Diego and Imperial County Every Woman Counts Program, the Komen-for-the-Cure Foundation of the San Diego Affiliate, the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory (President from 2000 to 2006), ENACCT, and the California Division of the American Cancer Society (President from 2007-2008).