/* Test file for rotating physician quotes.
 * Note, the HTML tags and all other formatting must be in this file,
 * as the write() function simply outputs the string as it is.
 *
 * By Will Pearson
 */

Quotes = new Array(

"\"Being able to participate in classes from my own computer was a big factor in me joining. The UT faculty <strong>really know the business of medicine</strong> inside and out.\"<br />Bob Haralson, MD, MBA<br />Class of 1998<br />Chief Financial Officer<br />Clinch Valley Medical Center<br />Richlands, VA",

"\"The doctor who understands the business environment will be <strong>more successful</strong> than the one who does not.\"<br /><br />Arthur Porter, MD, MBA<br />Class of 1998<br />Director General and CEO<br />McGill University Health Centre<br /><br />and<br /><br />President<br />Reseau Universitaire Integre de Sante McGill<br />Montreal, Quebec",

"\"UT's Physician Executive MBA remains the <strong>best investment</strong> that I have ever made!\"<br /><br />Bruce Meyer, MD, MBA<br />Class of 1999<br />Vice-President for Medical Affairs and Associate Dean, Executive Director - MSRDP<br />University of Texas - Southwestern Health System<br />Professor<br />Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology<br />Universiyt of Texas - Southwestern Medical School<br />Dallas, TX",

"\"The residence requirement <strong>did not impact my clinical practice</strong>, as I was out of town only for four weeks.\"<br /><br />Ramesh Gandhi, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2000<br />President and Managing Partner<br />Digestive Specialists<br />Dayton, OH",

"\"<strong>The tuition and expenses paid themselves off</strong> just a few months into the program through avoiding stupid business moves.\"<br /><br />Miguel Nunez, Jr., MD, MBA<br />Class of 2000<br />Chief Executive Officer<br />Green Cross Health Systems, Inc.<br />Miami, FL",

"\"I selected the Physician Executive MBA program because it cobines two major distinct interests: <strong>leadership and business</strong>.\"<br /><br />Fareed Khouqeer, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2001<br />Executive Director of Medical and Clinical Operaions<br />King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre<br />Jeddah, Saudi Arabia",

"\"Thanks to PEMBA, I'll be leading an emergency department. <strong>And I'll be making twice the income</strong> that I made before the MBA.\"<br /><br />Brian Lenz, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2001<br />Medical Director<br />Emergency Department, Jefferson Memorial Hospital<br />Crystal City, MO",

"\"It's the only one year <strong>accredited MBA program for physicians</strong> in the United States.\"<br /><br />Michael Marks, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2001<br />Managing Partner<br />Costal Orthopaedics<br />Norwalk, CT",

"\"PEMBA was an outstanding educational experience which has broadened my perspective. I have applied many of the ideas in my clinical practice and research.\"<br /><br />Stephen Vitkun, MD, MBA<br />Professor and Administrative Vice Chairman of Anesthesiology, Professor of Pharmacological and Clinical Health Sciences<br />State University of New York, Stony Brook<br />Stony Brook, NY",

"\"<strong>An MBA is a must to get the most out of your MD</strong>. This Physician Executive MBA is a must to get the most out of your MBA.\"<br /><br />Berta Briones, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2002<br />Assistant Director, Quality Assurance and Chair Pharmacy Improvement<br />St. Vincent Charity Hospital<br />Cleveland, OH",

"\"My MBA training allow me to <strong>lead my organization to a higher level</strong>.\"<br /><br />Ed Diamond, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2002<br />President<br />Suburban Lung Associates<br />Elk Grove Village, IL",

"\"<strong>Physicians must provide both medical and executive leadership</strong>. The UT Physician Executive MBA will lead this change.\"<br /><br />Steve Knazik, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2002<br />Medical Director, Emergency Department and Chief of Pediatric Emergency Services<br />Children's Hospital of Michigan<br />Detroit, MI",

"\"This MBA is an investment. <strong>I have been offered a number of opportunities</strong> that I did not see possible before.\"<br /><br />Eduardo Martinez, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2002<br />Director<br />South Florida Health and Wellness Network<br />Hialeah, FL",

"\"I developed the skills I needed to <strong>function effectively in today's healthcare environment</strong> in the most efficient manned possible.\"<br /><br />Bob Morrow, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2002<br />Assistant Vice President, Medical Affairs<br />Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital<br />Sugar Land, TX",

"\"My Physician Executive MBA gave me the <strong>tools I needed to reinvent my medical practice</strong>.\"<br /><br />Jim Pearce, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2002<br />Director of Medical Imaging<br />St. Claire Medical Center<br />Crawfordshire, IN",

"\"The PEMBA program helps you see the world from a different perspective - <strong>as a Physician Leader with the analytical approach of business</strong>.\"<br /><br />Herman Gray, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2003<br />President, Children's Hospital of Michigan<br />Detroit Medical Center<br />Detroit, MI",

"\"PEMBA has made me realize how to think outside the box and be confident about doing it. It has <strong>opened many doors well beyond patient care</strong>.<br /><br />Eneida Roldan, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2003<br />President and CEO<br />Jackson Health System<br />Miami, FL",

"\"If physicians want to become part of the decision making process, business language and management tools are mandatory. <strong>PEMBA provides all of it</strong>.\"<br /><br />Hank Schiffers, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2003<br />Director, Lean Europe, Middle East & Africa<br />Stryker GmbH & Co. KG<br />Duisburg, Germany",

"\"A PEMBA education <strong>will pay for itself many times over</strong> in more ways than you can imagine.\"<br /><br />Jody Crane, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2004<br />Assistant Director and Business Director, Emergency Medicine, Fredericksburg Emergency Medical Alliance<br />Mary Washington Hospital<br />Fredericksburg, VA",

"\"PEMBA has been instrumental in helping me reach the next level as a physician executive.\"<br /><br />Rachel George, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2004<br />Regional Medical Director and Vice President, Operations<br />Cogent Healthcare<br />South Barrington, IL",

"\"The most important decision in my professional life was to choose medicine as a career. The next most <strong>important decision in my professional life</strong> was to choose the University of Tennessee PEMBA program.\"<br /><br />Robert Granacher, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2004<br />CEO<br />Lexington Forensic Institute<br />Lexington, KY",

"\"PEMBA reawakened the student in me and the year was every bit as <strong>challenging and rewarding</strong> as any during my medical training.\"<br /><br />Tony Marzoni, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2004<br />President<br />Palo Alto Medical Foundation<br />Palo Alto, CA",

"\"This experience has given me vision that I did not have before. It is essential to understand health care.\"<br /><br />Syed Ahmed, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Assistant Professor of Surgery<br />Texas Technical University Health Science Center<br />Amarillo, TX",

"\"PEMBA proved quite valuable to me in understanding the business of medicine. These skills are essential for the physician business owner or physician executive.\"<br /><br />Damite Bryant, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Center for Spine, Joint & Neuromuscular Rehabilitation<br />Nashville, TN",

"\"I would do it again in a heartbeat.\"<br /><br />Kelly Carden, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Medical Director<br />Sleep Centers of Middle Tennessee, PLLC<br />Smyrna, TN",

"\"PEMBA has given me a complete set of tools and views to successfully manage the business side of medicine.\"<br /><br />Javier Castillo-Zayas, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Owner, Private/Group Practice<br />Hospital San Lucas<br />Ponce, PR",

"\"PEMBA has improved my self confidence in the business world and has given me career opportunities that I did not think possible before.\"<br /><br />Michael Citak, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Partner/Owner<br />Cumberland Surgical Associates<br />Somerset, KY",

"\"The distance that I traveled educationally in one year is amazing.  My only regret is that I had not found PEMBA 10 years ago.<br /><br />Richard Dittrich, DO, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />National Medical Director for Women's Health<br />United Health Group / AmeriChoice<br />Philadelphia, PA",

"\"My 1-year investment will pay me dearly from now on.\"<br /><br />Azhar Majeed, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Medical Director<br />Southern California Hospitalist Network<br />Santa Ana, CA",

"\"This program gave me the tools I needed to start my own medical billing company.\"<br /><br />Martin McBee, DO, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Chief Operating Manager<br />Morningstar Emergency Physicians<br />Edmond, OK",

"\"I entered the PEMBA program with little knowledge about change management, business plan development or marketing. I graduated with knowledge in all of these areas as they relate to health care.\"<br /><br />Michele McDonald, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Director, Cosmetic Dermatilogical Surgery and Assistant Professor of Medicine<br />Vanderbilt University Medical Center<br />Nashville, TN",

"\"After one year at PEMBA the world of medicine will never look the same. It will look clearer and better.\"<br /><br />Julio Ortiz-McWilliams, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Chief Executive Officer<br />Julio A. Ortiz-McWilliams, MD, PC<br />Humacao, PR",

"\"I valued my PEMBA experience thoroughly. I was able to utilize what I learned while I was still in school and realized the immediate impact.\"<br /><br />Akhil Saklecha, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Chief Executive Officer and President<br />Canton Aultman Emergency Physicians, Inc.<br />Canton, OH",

"\"A one year time investment will lead to many years of successful leadership in academic medicine.\"<br /><br />Stanley Zaslau, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2005<br />Associate Residency Program Director and Associate Professor<br />West Virginia University, Division of Urology<br />Morgantown, WV",

"\"Healthcare in the future will be challenged by numerous issues ranging from cost, to access, to evaluation of quality. Strong physician leaders will need to emerge. PEMBA is helping to train these leaders.\"<br /><br />Ross Ungerleider, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2006<br />Cardiothoracic Surgery Vice Chair for Education, Department of Surgery and Chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery<br />University Hospitals<br />Cleveland, OH",

"\"What if someone offered you a magic potion that would give you new and awesome business skills, open doors to your career that you never knew existed, and forever change the way you understand the world. Would you drink it? Then come to PEMBA.\"<br /><br />Cole A. Giller, MD, PhD, MBA<br />Class of 2006<br />Professor, Department of Neurosurgery and Director of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery<br />Medical College of Georgia<br />Augusta, GA",

"\"The leadership training that I received during the year is something I will be able to use for a lifetime. After PEMBA, I feel more empowered to go out and lead others.\"<br /><br />Tonya Touchstone, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2006<br />Attending Physician<br />Children's Hospital of Detroit<br />Detroit, MI",

"\"The PEMBA program provides education beyond simple teaching of business skills and knowledge. Learning with fellow physicians, the PEMBA program taught me what it means to be a physician leader.\"<br /><br />Ed Millermaier, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2006<br />Chief Medical Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Ambulatory Care Division<br />Borgess Health<br />Portage, MI",

"\"A Turning point in my career. Ready to accomplish new challenges.\"<br /><br />Juan Camps, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2006<br />Assistant Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics<br />Pediatric Surgery of South Carolina<br />Columbia, SC",

"\"PEMBA has opened up opportunities that I had not even considered. My professional future looks very bright with new and exciting challenges I can now tackle.\"<br /><br />Jose Luis Cervantes, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2006<br />President<br />Front Line Emergency Care Specialists<br />Los Angeles, CA",

"\"Best education experience of my life. Profoundly life-changing.\"<br /><br />Thom Lobe, MD, JD, MBA<br />Class of 2006<br />Founder and Medical Director<br />Beneveda Medical Group<br />Beverly Hills, CA",

"\"As academic medical centers become more dependent upon practice income for financial support for clinical faculty, knowledge of the business of medicine becomes a valuable tool for physicians. PEMBA provided that knowledge for me and, as a result, I have become invaluable to my institution.\"<br /><br />Marquetta Faulkner, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2006<br />Chief, Division of Nephrology Vice Chair and Professor, Internal Medicine<br />Meharry Medical College<br />Nashville, TN",

"\"The year at PEMBA was an amazingly productive year. In terms of growth, learning, and the number of skills obtained, this year stands only second to one year, the first year of my life. The years at medical school don't even come close.\"<br /><br />Anuj Bhargava, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2006<br />Director, Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Center<br />Mercy Medical Center<br />Des Moines, IA",

"\"PEMBA provides physicians the business skills needed to lead in the transformation of health care.\"<br /><br />John Wright, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2006<br />Executive Physician<br />Ford Motor Company<br />Dearborn, MI",

"\"To obtain an MBA degree at this point of my career has opened up a whole new world. The education has helped me understand systems, finance and myself better. Quote: \"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.\"\"<br /><br />Don Bouchard, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2008<br />Private Practive Physician<br />Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital<br />Kalamazoo, MI",

"\"A great way to test yourself, learn new concepts, and develop worldwide friendships.\"<br /><br />Gary Carter, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2008<br />ED Medical Director<br />North Kansas City Hospital<br />North Kansas City, MO",

"\"As a physician administrator in a large healthcare orginization, I found PEMBA to be beneficial from day one. My effectiveness improved from the very day I returned from the first Residence Period. At least half of my PEMBA assignments were recycled to meet deliverables of my job. I should have attended PEMBA several years ago. Better late than never. I firmly believe operational and clinical process improvement will be the keys to success in the years to come. PEMBA's emphasis on process improvement using the concepts of lean and six sigma gives me the tools necessary to lead process improvement in my organization.\"<br /><br />Peter Sanderson, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2008<br />Director of Medical Informatics Operations<br />Ministry ealth Care/Ministry Medical Group<br />Stevens Point, WI",

"\"I really appreciated the scheduling of the program, and how efficiently it is managed. This was the best educational experience of my career, with some of the most outstanding instructors for some of the most dofficult and foreign subjects for me.\"<br /><br />Susan Dobbs Curling, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2008<br />President, North Houston Anesthesiologists<br />Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital<br />Houston, TX",

"\"Deming said, \"We are here to make another world.\" Fulfillment of Deming's expectations will rest squarely on the shoulders of Physician Leadership and I believe that as PEMBA graduates, we are well equipped to meet, and in some cases exceed, those expectations.\"<br /><br />Robert Sookochoff, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2008<br />Regional Vice President<br />Ministry Medical Group - Northern Region<br />Rhinelander, WI",

"\"A must for any physician interested in administration.\"<br /><br />Tarek Karaman, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2008<br />Hospitalist Administrator<br />Chicago, IL",

"\"The new degree will facilitate transition into a VPMA position.\"<br /><br />Serge Dumay, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2008<br />Chief Quality Officer<br />Bergen Regional Medical Center<br />Paramus, NJ",

"\"PEMBA provides the tools to achieve any achievable goal.\"<br /><br />Edward Deutscher, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2008<br />Ophthalmology Private Practice<br />Largo, FL",

"\"My classmates became my friends. They were always there to help one another.\"<br /><br />Takeo Tedoriya, MD, MBA<br />Class of 2008<br />Director and Professor<br />Showa University Medical Center<br />Tokyo, Japan"

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