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Ron J. Anderson, M.D. has served as a member of the board of directors since December 1997. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System since 1982. Parkland is the general public hospital for Dallas County, Texas and the primary teaching hospital for The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He previously served as Parkland Medical Director for Ambulatory Care and Emergency Services. He served concurrently as head of the Division of Ambulatory Care, which became the Division of General Internal Medicine under his guidance in the Department of Internal Medicine at Southwestern. Dr. Anderson has remained on the faculty of the Medical School as Professor of Internal Medicine. Dr. Anderson is also a director of Parkland Foundation and Texans Care for Children. He is the Chief Executive Officer and serves on the Board of Directors of Parkland Community Health Plan and is an advisory board member of Texas Health Choice. Dr. Anderson is also the Chairman of the Texas Hospital Association, a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Public Hospitals and National Public Health and Hospital Institute. In 1997 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He has authored and co-authored more than 200 articles on medicine, ethics, and health policy. Dr. Anderson received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma and his pharmacy degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University where he was selected as a Distinguished Alumni in 1987. | 