Jim Hart, MD, Center for Spirituality and Healing, Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota
Position: Program Director, Executive Program in Public Health Practice
Organization: UMN School of Public Health
Office Address:
MMC 505
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Office Phone: 612-626-6573
Email Address: hartx013@umn.edu
Brief Biography
Dr. Hart worked for many years in primary care medical practice and management both independently and with HealthPartners. He was on the faculty of the Regions Hospital Family Medicine Residency from 2002-2005. He now serves as the Director of the Executive Program in Public Health Practice in the School of Public Health at the U of M. He is most interested in the intersection of health and society and in restoring democracy to health care. He served on the Minnesota Health Care Access Commission in 1989-91 and has been a long-time advocate of a single-payer health care system. Dr. Hart has also had a long interest in international health issue, serving on the board of Minnesota International Health Volunteers for 13 years and now serving on the board of Global Health Ministries.
Teaching Areas
"Health by the Numbers" ¿ undergraduate freshman seminar, "Public Health is a Team Sport" ¿ PubH 6299, "Navigating the MPH Project" PubH 7200 -114, "Culturally Based Community Health Immersion" ¿ PubH 7218
Research Interests
No active research at this time.
Selected Publications
Albers, J., Peterson, B., Allison, K., Oberg, C., Hart, J. Single-Payer, Health Savings Accounts, or Managed Care? Minnesota Medicine. February, 2007: 36-40.
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