Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., became Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in June 2009.

Dr. Frieden has worked to control both communicable and noncommunicable diseases in the United States and around the world. From 1992-1996, he led New York City’s program that rapidly controlled tuberculosis, including reducing cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by 80 percent. He then worked in India for five years where he assisted with national tuberculosis control efforts. The program in India has treated more than 10 million patients and has saved more than one million lives.

A physician with training in internal medicine, infectious diseases, public health, and epidemiology, Dr. Frieden is especially known for his expertise in tuberculosis control.

As Commissioner of the New York City Health Department from 2002-2009, he directed one of the world′s largest public health agencies, with an annual budget of $1.7 billion and more than 6,000 staff. During his tenure, the number of smokers declined by 350,000, teen smoking decreased by half, and New York City became the first place in the United States to eliminate trans-fats from restaurants, rigorously monitor the diabetes epidemic, and require certain restaurants to post calorie information prominently. Under Dr. Frieden′s leadership, the department also established the largest community electronic health records project in the country. The project provided prevention-oriented electronic health records to physicians caring for more than a million New Yorkers, including more than half of the doctors caring for patients in Harlem, the South Bronx, and Bedford-Stuyvesant. The project is a model for efforts to expand electronic health record use nationally.

WHEN
Wednesday, August 25
11:30 p.m. - Registration
12:00 p.m. - Lunch
12:30 p.m. - Remarks and Q&A
1:00 p.m. - Adjorn

WHERE
The Commerce Club
34 Broad Street
Atlanta, GA 30303

Valet parking is available for $6 and is not included in the ticket prices. For directions, please visit www.thecommerceclub.org/location.html. Because of limited parking at TCC, please consider using MARTA, whose Five Points station is across the street, or parking in nearby decks on Marietta Street.

R.S.V.P.
This luncheon is open to the public.

APC member prices
General admission ticket- $30
Reserved seating ticket- $32*
Table of 10 - $300
Table of 10 with table sign & program listing- $325

Nonmember prices
General admission ticket- $40
Reserved seating ticket- $42*
Table of 10- $400
Table of 10 with table sign & program listing- $450

* Please call us at 404.577.7377 to purchase reserved seating.

Tickets and tables may be purchased by clicking the link below or by calling 404-577-7377. Reserved seating can only be purchased over the phone. Payment must accompany reservations, and there is a 48-business hour cancellation policy.