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History: This page presents a letter from the Director, his Curriculum Vitae and a list of his publications from 1986 through 2004. He has studied health care delivery systems through out the world for the last 31 years.

The purpose of the The Health Care Reform Institute

Introductory Letter from the Director: I have retired, after more than 4 decades, from the private practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in Oakland, California, but continue to serve as a Fellow inThe American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The American College of Surgeons and England's Royal Society of Medicine.
During those years, I assisted in the training of new specialists at the University of California in San Francisco until appointed to the Chancellor's Advisory Committee for the Establishment of a medical program on the UC campus in Berkeley, California and was appointed Clinical Professor of Health and Medical Sciences and became the first Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
During the years in private practice I served as Chief of the Obstetrical and Gynecological Department at Providence Hospital and Highland Alameda County Hospital in Oakland, and was appointed to several local, state and federal committees dealing with Hospital Medical Staff mergers, health care resource and manpower development.
While President of the San Francico Academy of Hypnosis in 1974, I helped originate and served as a Director and Partcipant in their Annual Workshop that trained Physicians, Dentists, Clinical Psychologists, Medical and Dental Students in the use of Medical Hypnosis.[1964-1985].
In addition, I participated in study groups (or as an independent researcher), evaluating health care delivery systems throughout the world (more than 20 nations in Asia, Europe. North and Central America) including Russia and China. My observations are to be found in three books more than 80 articles and letters published in medical, non-medical journals and newspapers.
The writings of Pollster Daniel Yankelovich, who views health care delivery reform effort as a multi-year process rather than a political event, influenced my position concerning this social reformation. The fate of Hillary Clinton's Task Force, [which is discussed in some detail, in my first book "Health Care Reform-Facts and Fiction", 1998] is testimony to the public's concern that change in the vital industry that delivers health care be made at a "comfortable" pace, thus supporting Machiavelli's teachings that major social changes are painful, and are made slowly in societies.
In my opinion, if the current "Private Managed Care" effort should fail, that failure would encourage the development of a government controlled health care delivery system much like any one of those being abandoned throughout the civilized world. [Canada and Britain the easiest to follow].
Managed care must be made to work. Physicians should help in such an effort, but they may not be asked to partcipate. This is a matter that should/will concern every man, woman and child in our nation.
Vincent W Cangello MD, FACOG, FACS, FRSM

NB: I am currently the Director of the Health Care Reform Educational Institute [HCREI] in Oakland, California. [A 501c3 non Profit Corporation] whose mission statement clearly states its intent to educate the American people on matters related to their health care delivery system.

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Cangello: Vincent W. Cangello, MD FACS FACOG FRSM

Graduate Georgetown University School Of Medicine,Washington. DC. 1954

Obstetrical and Gynecology Residency Training at Sisters of Charity Hospital and Roswell Park Memorial Insitute in Buffalo, New York.1954-1960

Member:
American Association of Physicians and Surgeons
American Medical Association
Royal Society of Medicine,England
California Medical Association
Alameda Contra Costa County Medical Association
National Medical Review [Medical Legal Consultant]
Past Member:
American Association of University Professors
American Fertility Society
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
SanFrancisco Academy of Clinical Hypnosis
Fellow:
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology [FACOG]
American College of Surgeons [FACS]
Royal Society of Medicine (England) [FRSM]
Diplomate:
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Faculty:
University of California at Berkeley, Clinical Professor of Health and Medical Sciences [Retired]
University of California at San Francisco Medical Center Faculty,[Retired]
Chief, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Highland Alameda County Hospital and Providence Hospital, Oakland. [Retired]

Elected Office:
Councillor for the 10th District of the Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association 1974
Delegate to the California Medical Association 1974
President, San Francisco Academy of Hypnosis 1974
President, Association of Medical Center staffs 1977-'80
President, East Bay Gynecological Society 1985-'87

Appointments:
Chancellor's Advisory Committee for Establishment of a Medical School at the University of California at Berkeley, 1971
Special Sub-Committee of the Comprehensive Health Planning Council for the East Bay, [Hon.Thomas Bates, Chairman] 1973
Coordinating Committee for the Development of Health Systems Agency for Alameda and Contra Counties, 1975
Committees on Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical Hypnosis for the Royal Society of Medicine, Great Britain 1979
Medical Review Panel for the Emergency Medical Care Committee of Alameda County, 1979-80
Health manpower and Resource Development Committee of California Medical Association, 1980-83
Chairman, Health Systems' Agency Committee of the Alameda Contra Costa County Medical Association, 1980-81
Highland Alameda County Hospital Advisory Committee, 1975
Association of Medical Center Staffs, Board of Directors, 1975-'77
Retirement Investment Committee of the Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association, 1975-77
Community Advisory Board of Providence Hospital, Oakland, California, 1985-89
Medical Executive Committee of Providence Hospital, Oakland, California, 1985-89
Tissue, Credentials, Continuing Medical Education, Surgery and Department Chiefs Committees of Providence Hospital 1960-1980
Credentials Committee for Northern California-- the American College of Surgeons 1980-'89
Other:
Participant in the VIIth World Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology [FIGO] in Moscow, U.S.S.R. 1973
Partipant,Study Group, arranged by the University of California at San Diego, Health Care Delivery in Great Britain, 1977
Participant, Study Group, Health Care Delivery in Spain, 1983
Participant in the XIth World Congress [FIGO] in Berlin, [West Germany] 1985
Lecturer, University of Rome [Italy] Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1983
Lecturer, Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, London, England 1985
Participant, International Congress of Fertility and Sterility, Singapore 1986
Participant, World Congress of Gynecological Endoscopy, San Francisco, USA, 1987
Invitation to World Congress of Gynecological Endoscopy, Clermont-Ferrand, [France] 1989
Participant, Health Care in the 90's, A Global View of Delivery and Financing, Sponsor: Blue Cross of California and The King's Fund, London, 1990
Participant, Europe/America Conference, Health Care Commission, American Center for International Leadership, Baltimore MD, 1992
Appointed, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine [England] 1992
Invitation, Study Group: Health Care Delivery in China, 1992
Invitation,The International Conference on Woman's Health held in Beijing, China, March 1993 [Tulane University]
Invitation,Study Group Health Care: Russia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic May 1995 [Tulane University]
Appointed Expert Medical Examiner to the Medical Board Of California 1995 -
Appointed Life Fellow to the American Medical Association, The American College of Surgeons and The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1996-97.
Founder of The Health Care Reform Educational Instittute in Oakland, California [a 501c3 non-profit Corporation] 1998
Conference Coordinator "Chaos In Medicine: An International Perspective in Oakland, California, February 2001
Speakers from England, Canada and the Uniited States
In Private Practice, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1959-2002
Appointed Director of The Health Care Reform Educational Institute in Oakland, California, May 2002
Invitation to participate in the Oxford Roundtable, to be convened at Lincoln College in Oxford University, Oxford, England, for a six day discussion of The Use of Estrogen and Progesterone in Post Menopausal Women, March 2003 [procedings and conclusions to be published and distributed to Universities throughout the world.]

PUBLICATIONS BY YEAR by Vincent W. Cangello, M.D. 1959 The Journal of Psychosomatic Dentistry and Medicine- "Some observations of the Stimulation of Labor by Hypnotic Suggestion" 1961 The International Journal of Experimental Hypnosis "The Use of Hypnotic Suggestion for Pain Relief in Malignant Disease" 1962 The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis-"Hypnosis for the Patient With Cancer" 1986: 1.Private Practice "Difficult Choices-A Presentation to Save Medicine" With Dr.Thomas McWeeney 9/'86 1988: 1.American Medical News Commentary:"Profession Must Adapt to Changing Environment" with Dr. Thomas McWeeney 2/5/'88 2.Oakland Tribune Letters to the Editor - "Socialize Medicine No Panacea For Health" 11/4/'88 1989: 1.American Medical News Commentary: Letters - "Let's Cut Out 'OB Bashing by MD's" 1/13/'89 2.Private Practice "Why Fix A System That Isn't Broken" 2/'89 3.Oakland Tribune Letters to the Editor - "Reason to be Proud of Health Care" 2/3/'89 4.The Montclarion Letters to the Editor - "No Easy Answers" 2/28/'89 5.Oakland Tribune Letters to the Editor - "Compare Health Care" 4/25/'89 6.Private Practice "Will British History Be Repeated in America" 6/'89 7.American Medical News Commentary: My Opinion - "Society,MD's Must Be Reasonable In Approach to Fees" 6/23/'89 8.American Medical News Commentary: My Opinion - "5 Ways to Divide House of Medicine - Theirs and Ours" 8/25/'89 9.California Physician, In My Opinion: "Is Money to Divide our House" 9/'89 10.ACCMA Bulletin Member's Opinion - "They Didn't Answer My Question in Anaheim", 9/'89 11.ACCMA Bulletin "The Falling Giants" 10/'89 12.The Montclarion Opinion/Commentary:"Health Insurance Bill Raises Controversy" 12/8/'89 1990: 1.ACCMA Bulletin Physicians' Corner - "The Committee" 1/'90 2.ACCMA Bulletin Physicians' Corner - "The Canadian Health Service I Went to See It For Myself" 3/'90 3.The Montclarion Opinion/Commentary: "What Am I Worth" 3/20/'90 4.Oakland Tribune Letters to the Editor - "Catastrophic Care" 3/30/'90 5.ACCMA Bulletin Physicians' Corner - "What Am I Worth? No One Seems to Know" 5/'90 6.ACCMA Bulletin Physicians' Corner -Stethoscopes and Scissors" 7/'90 7.Private Practice "No One Else Will Ride To Our Rescue" 7/'90 8.Oakland Tribune Letters to the Editor - "Aleshire's Report on Abuse Misleads" 8/22/'90 9.Oakland Tribune Letters to the Editor - "In Disagreement" 9/19/'90 10.California Physician "The Problem With Polls Is ..." 10/'90 11.Private Practice "U.S. and British Health Care Moving In Different Directions" 10/'90 12.Oakland Tribune Letters to The Editor - "Aleshire is at it Again" 11/23/'90 1991: 1.California Physician CP Reports: "International Health Systems Quality a Matter of Perspective" 2/91 2.Oakland Tribune Letters to the Editor - "National Health Care Systems DO NOT Guarantee Anything" 2/23/'91 3.Private Practice "Who Will Save Us From This Predicament" 5/'91 4.The Montclarion Opinions: "A Dream: Doctors and Patients Talk" 5/10/'91 5.California Physician "The 60-Minute Miracle is Obsolete" 6/'91 6.American Medical News Commentary: My Opinion - "AMA-AARP Partnership Might Prove Interesting" 6/10/'91 7.American Medical News Commentary: My Opinion - "Does History Of Health Care Have To Repeat Itself?" 9/2/'91 8.Private Practice "Let's Put An End to All This Doctor-Bashing" 9/'91 9.The Montclarion Opinions: "Hospital Merger A Survival Move." 9/6/'91 10.Oakland Tribune Letters to the Editor - "Hospital Survival" 9/8/'91 1992: 1.Oakland Tribune Letters to the Editor - "Just Needs A Fix" 2/28/'92 2.The Montclarion, Letters to the Editor - "Socialized Medicine Doesn't Work" 3/3/'92 3.American Medical News Commentary: My Opinion - "Today's Physicians Are Being Asked To Do Too Much" 5/11/'92 4.American Medical News Commentary: My Opinion - "Health Care Reform Necessary Both Here and Abroad" 6/22/'92 5.California Physician "I've Had Enough - I Quit! Why One OB-GYN is Now Just a GYN" 6/'92 6.Private Practice "Health-Care System In Need of Repair, Not Reprimand" 6/'92 7.Private Practice "The Uninsured Problem: Not As Big A We're Told" 7/'92 8.Chicago Medicine The Forum - "Despite Headlines, Keep Patients' Best Interest At Heart" 7/7/'92 9.Chicago Medicine The Forum - "A Doctor's Lament" 12/7/'92 1993: 1.Calfornia Physician "Tread Carefully, Mr. Clinton" 1/'93 2.Oakland Tribune Letters to the Editor - "Going in Circles On Health Care" 1/10/'93 3.Private Practice "Do We Really Need More Government?" 2/'93 4.The Montclarion Letters to the Editor - Opinions: "What Goes Around ...." 3/2/'93 5.American Medical News Commentary: My Opinion - "Doctors Should Take Lead in Fixing Managed Care" 3/15/'93 6.California Physician "When History Repeats Itself" %/'93 7.Northern California Medicine Perspective: "An Open Letter to President Clinton" 5/'93 8.Cortlandt's Forum: View From The Forum: Counterpoint - "Is Managed Care a La Minnesota the Shape of Things to Come For American Medicine?" 5/25/'93 9.Cortlandt's Forum: View From The Forum: Counterpoint - "Physicians Respond to the Report Card Given by Female Medicaid Recipients. Does the System Work? Do Patients Seek Out Health Care When It is Available to Them?" 7/25/'93 10.Physicians Who Care Newsletter "Managed Competition: Doomed From the Start?" 7-8/'93 11.Chicago Medicine "Health Care Reform: How Will It End?" 8/21/'93 12.The Montclarion Letters to The Editor - Opinions: "President's Health Care Plan Will Fail" 8/24/'93 13.The Montclarion Opinions: Viewpoint - "Health Care System Is Too Large For Overnight Change" 10/12/'93 14.The Freeman Magazine "The Consequences of Managed Competition" 11/'93 15.The Montclarion Viewpoint: "Health Care Reform Plan Sounds Like A Fairy Tale" 11/9/'93 16.The Oakland Tribune Ideas & Opinion - "Dark Decisions Await Us In Health Care Reform" 11/14/'93 17.USA TODAY The Editorial Page - Letters: "Uh, Excuse Me, I'm the Doctor; Got Room for Me?" 11/26/'93 18.San Francisco Chronicle Open Forum: "The Health Care Crowd" 12/2/'93 19.The Montclarion Opinions: Viewpoint - "Health Care Plan Will Encounter Rationing and Malpractice Suits" 12/3/'93 20.Cortlandt Forum "Trash the Paperwork, Not the Physician" 12/20/'93 1994: 1.Contra Costa Times Commentary: "Reform. U.S.Health Care System? Not So Fast" 1/25/'94 2.Alliance Times-Herald, "Health Care--The Consequences of Managed Competition" Alliance, Nebraska 1/26/'94 3.San Francisco Chronicle Open Forum: "Never Too Old for Heroes" 2/2/'94 4.Internal Medicine & Cardiology News, Communications: "Who Is Abusing the Power?"@/15/'94 5.OB-GYN News, Perspective & Commentary: "Timely Advice: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall"3/15/'94 6.California Physician, In My Opinion: "Disagreement Needn't Divide Us" 4/'94 7.Bulletin of The American College of Surgeons, Reflections on a Joint Scientific Meeting: "Is Life Iived in Circles" 4/94 8.ACCMA Commentary: "The Tooth Fairy Lives?" 5/'94 9.ACCMA Physicians'Corner: "The Old Man in Medicine" 6/'94 10.ACCMA Bulletin Commentary: "Capitation of Physician--Socialized Medicine" 8/'94 11.The Montclarion Opinions: "Repair Don't Abandon the Health Care System" 8/'94 12.The Oakland Tribune My Word: "American Health Care Struggling for Survival" 9/20/'94 13.The Montclarion Opinion: "To Those Often Unsung Heroes A Doctor's Point of View" 9/20/'94 14.The Oakland Tribune Ideas and Opinions: "Where Prayer and the Practice of Medicine Converge" 10/2/'94 1995 1.ACCMA Bulletin Point/Counterpoint: "The Real issue. 1/'95 2.The Montclarion Letters to the Editor: "Driving Up Cost of Health Care FROM 1995 TO PRESENT TIME

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