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Marcus Wilson, MD, Rheumatology, Palo Alto, CA

MarcusGarveyWilsonMD

Rheumatology Palo Alto, CA

Physician Executive, Administration/Management

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  • Office

    380 Hamilton Avenue
    P.O. Box 972
    Palo Alto, CA 94302

Summary

  • I am writing a 5-book series telling the 400-year history of America. I link the past to the present with the African American central to the narrative and use the lives and eyes of 5 successive generations of my African American family to tell the story from the Civil War to the historic Civil Rights Movement.


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    Senior healthcare executive with over 12-years of progressive business and management experience – the most recent 7-years at the senior executive level with Fortune 500 companies.

    A high performance, innovative thinker and problem solver. And a visionary with outstanding leadership skills who brings a unique brand of diverse experience in the healthcare industry with a proven track record of driving organizational transformation.

    CLINICAL MEDICINE AS INTERNIST AND RHEUMATOLOGIST
    ●    Stanford Medical School and Mayo Clinic trained

    PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTITIONER AND MEDICAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST
    ●    5-years at the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as
    the Medical Epidemiologist for the Arthritis Research Program

    PAYOR SYSTEMS (managed health care and the health insurance industry)
    ●    5.5 years at Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company with final 4-years as Corporate Medical Director for nation's largest purveyor of individual health insurance policies

    PURCHASER SYSTEMS
    ●    General Motors as Corporate Medical Director with global responsibilities for world's largest private purchaser of health care

    BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING
    ●    The University of Pennsylvania – Wharton School; The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill – Kenan-Flagler Business School (“Mini-MBA”)

    ACCOMPLISHED, EFFECTIVE CORPORATE SPOKESPERSON
    ●    Primary corporate spokesperson for health issues internal and external to the corporation for 7-years

Education & Training

  • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill"Mini-MBA", Business and Management, 1996 - 1997
  • The Wharton School
    The Wharton SchoolCertificate, Management Development for the Physician Executive, 1997
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Rheumatology, 1987 - 1990
  • Kaiser Permanente Northern California (Santa Clara)
    Kaiser Permanente Northern California (Santa Clara)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
  • Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1984
  • Livingstone College
    Livingstone CollegeBS, Biology, valedictorian, 1974 - 1978

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • (Valedictorian, summa cum laude) Livingstone College, 1978
  • Alumnus of the Year United Negro College Fund (UNCF), 2002
  • College Award for Leadership Livingstone College

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

  • Racial Differences in Use or Total Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis Among Older Americans  
    Wilson MG, May DS, Kelly JJ, Ethnicity and Disease, 1/1/1994
  • Biopsychosocial Contributions to the Management of Arthritis Disability: Proceedings from a NIDER-sponsored Conference  
    Parker JC, Bradley LA, DeVellis RM, Garber LH, Holman HR, Keefe FJ, Lawrence TX, Liang MH, Lorig KR, Nicassio PM, Revenson TA, Rogers MP, Wallston KA, Wilson MG, Wolfe F, Arthritis and Rheumatism, 1/1/1993
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Population-Based Study  
    Quam JP, Michet CJ, Wilson MG, Rand JA, Ilstrup DM, Melton LJ, Wallrichs SL, Mayo Clin Proc, 1/1/1991
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Lectures

  • The Role of Corporate Medicine in Employee Health - The Rheumatologist as an Administrator 
    Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2001
  • The Public-Private Partnership – Encouraging Good Health at General Motors 
    Honolulu, HI - 1/1/2001
  • Breast Cancer Prevention 
    New York, NY - 1/1/2000
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Other

  • Maternal and Newborn Hospital Lengths of Stay: The Impact of a 24-Hour Discharge Policy on Hospital Readmission. 
    Wilson MG, Ahmed F, Mutual of Omaha internal manuscript
    1/1/1996