William L. Roper, MD, MPH
William L. Roper is dean of the School of Medicine,
vice chancellor for medical affairs and CEO of the UNC Health
Care System at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill (UNC). He also is professor of pediatrics in the School
of Medicine at UNC and is professor of health policy and
administration in the School of Public Health.
From 1997 until March 2004, he was dean of the School
of Public Health at UNC.
Before joining UNC in 1997, Dr. Roper was senior vice
president of Prudential HealthCare. He joined Prudential
in 1993 as president of the Prudential Center for Health
Care Research.
Before coming to Prudential, Dr. Roper was director
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
served on the senior White House staff, and was administrator
of the Health Care Financing Administration (responsible
for Medicare and Medicaid). Earlier, he was a White House
Fellow.
He received his MD from the University of Alabama School
of Medicine, and his MPH from the University of Alabama
at Birmingham School of Public Health. He completed his
residency in pediatrics at the University of Colorado Medical
Center.
Dr. Roper is a member of the Institute of Medicine of
the National Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the
board of trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
a member of the board of directors of DaVita, Inc., a member
of the board of directors of Delhaize Group, a member of
the board of directors of the UNC Health Care System, a
member of the President’s Commission on White House
Fellowships, and chairman of the board of directors of the
National Quality Forum.
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