Congressman Raul Ruiz and TEDMED Chief Operating Officer Shirley Bergin. Photo credit: Jarod Harris
The Honorable Congressman Raul Ruiz, representative of California’s 36th district, visited the 2015 TEDMED conference on Friday, November 20th. The Congressman is a medical doctor whose background includes working abroad in Mexico, El Salvador, and Serbia, and serving as an emergency physician at a nonprofit hospital in his district’s Coachella Valley. Congressman Ruiz is dedicated to improving health care and addressing health disparities, topics that are closely tied to TEDMED 2015 host city Palm Springs. Palm Springs is an exemplar of a city with a strong, functional health care system: it is a highly diverse community with high quality, accessible health care providers.
TEDMED has announced that their 2016 conference will be held in Palm Springs again next year.
Another Option is proud to be a part of TEDMED 2015.