Background
Block, James A. was born in 1940 in Dayton, Ohio, United States.
hospital administrator pediatrician
Block, James A. was born in 1940 in Dayton, Ohio, United States.
Graduate, Haverford College, 1962. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1966.
Chief ambulatory services Surgeon General's Comprhensive Health Planning office. Associate director Community Health Service Health Services and Mental Health Administration United States Public Health Service. Intern pediatrics Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1966—1967.
Resident pediatrics and ambulatory medicine Strong Memorial Hospital University Rochester, 1969—1971. Pediatrician, head ambulatory services Genesee Hospital, 1971—1979. President Rochester Area Hospitals Corporation, New York, 1979—1985.
Assistant to president, then president, Chief Executive Officer University Hospitals Cleveland, 1985—1986. President, Chief Executive Officer Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, 1992—1997. Assistant to president, then president, Chief Executive Officer University Hospitals Cleveland, 1986—1992.
Adjunct professor health policy Case Western Reserve University, 1991. Faculty Hospital Finance Management Association, American Association Medical Colleges. Chairman board operations committee RHN.
Member governor's commission ambulatory care cost containment State of New York, since 1977. Member HCFA Physician Discussion Group. Adjunct professor pediatrics Johns Hopkins University School Medicine.
Adjunct professor health policy Jhns Hopkins School Hygiene and Public Health. Consultant in field; speaker in field. Board directors Multi Media Interface Companies, Inc., Greater Baltimore Committee.
Delegate Council Teaching Hospitals, Association American Medical Colleges. Senior consultant United Nations Foundation, New York City, since 1998.
Campaign cabinet United Way. Member Lombardi Task Force Hospital. Board directors Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Hospital Medical staff Primary GroupPractice program (past), senior program consultant 1974-1982, Unicef, Mercantile Bankshares Inc., Omna Inc., Society Medical Adminstrs.
Trustee Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Health System/Johns Hopkins Hospital. Member APHA, American Medical Association, American Academy Medical Dirs., United Way (corporation member), Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Medical Adminstrs. Conference.