Distinguished Tulane Medicine alums return for conversations on workforce shortages

Projections for the future of healthcare are grim. Studies show that 1 in 5 doctors plan to exit the field in the next couple of years, and the country may see a nursing shortage of up to 450,000 registered nurses by 2025. These workforce shortages present a challenge for healthcare policymakers—and indeed may underline the need for a thoroughgoing reassessment of the economics of our national healthcare system.

The Murphy Institute, along with Tulane University Schools of Medicine and Public Health and Tropical Medicine, will host a multidisciplinary event to address these challenges and explore solutions. The Shortage in Healthcare Personnel and Labor Force Issues conference will be held at the Troubadour Hotel and Tulane Lavin-Bernick Center on March 24th and 25th, 2023.

The two-day conference will bring researchers and experts to discuss the current challenges of the healthcare workforce, including staffing shortages among physicians and nurses and the impact on patient outcomes. The conference will also feature dual keynotes from two distinguished Tulane University School of Medicine alumnae — Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services, and Karen DeSalvo, MD, Chief Health Officer at Google. DeSalvo's keynote discussion will be moderated by Chip Kahn, President and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals. Kahn holds a Master of Public Health degree from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Admission to the conference is free, but space will be limited for the panels and keynotes at the Troubadour Hotel. To reserve a seat, click here.