MEDIA ADVISORY: Yale Offers Experts To Speak on Senator Edward Kennedy’s Legacy to Healthcare, and on the Brain Cancer That Took His Life

With the passing of Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the nation has lost a tireless advocate for healthcare reform. Kennedy called it a “national disgrace that America is the only industrial nation in the world that refuses to guarantee healthcare for all its people.”

Yale University offers several experts to speak about Senator Kennedy’s legacy to healthcare, and on the cancer that took his life. We have a full-service, satellite-ready broadcast center on campus for television and radio interviews.

Our experts are:

Jacob Hacker, PhD, Professor of Political Science, architect of the “public option” in healthcare reform and world-renowned expert on the economics and politics of healthcare and its reform. Office: (203) 432-5554; email: jacob.hacker@yale.edu

Thomas Lynch, M.D., Director of the Yale Cancer Center and Physician-in-Chief of Smilow Cancer Hospital. Office: (203) 785-4371; cell: (203) 506-8438; email: thomas.lynch@yale.edu or valencia.palmer@yale.edu

Joachim Baehring, M.D., Director of the Yale Brain Tumor Center. Office: 203-785-7284; cell: 203-927-8771; email: joachim.baehring@yale.edu

Joseph Piepmeier, M.D., Section Chief, Neuro-Oncology. Office: 203-785-2791; cell: 203-710-9013; email: joseph.piepmeier@yale.edu