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Dr. Michael Belzer named to 4th term as HCMC medical director (Click here to link to press release) Dr. Michael Belzer is Medical Director (Chief Medical Officer) of Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), a 400-bed public safety net hospital and academic medical center. He serves also as the Medical Director for Hennepin County's Community Health Department. Dr. Belzer has been Medical Director of HCMC and Community Health for the past 14 years; prior to that, he served as the Associate HCMC Medical Director for Academic Affairs. As HCMC Medical Director, Dr. Belzer serves as its Chief Medical Officer with direct responsibilities for oversight of all quality of medical care provided in the institution, all medical education programs, for the important interface among the 600-member medical staff, hospital administration, and the Hennepin County Board, and for all issues having to do with medical policy at the Medical Center. He represents HCMC and its medical staff to other agencies including local, state and federal government, professional societies, the University of Minnesota, and various regulatory agencies with which the Medical Center must communicate. Dr. Belzer is recognized as a national authority in the provision of medical care to the disadvantaged, vulnerable, and underserved, and is the longest sitting single institution medical director in the entire National Association of Public Hospitals (NAPH), which represents the 100 largest safety net hospitals in the United States. He advises the NAPH Medical Leadership Training Program. Dr. Belzer is an Associate Dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School and the first member of the Dean's office to be located off the University of Minnesota Campus. He has been awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award of the Minnesota Medical Foundation, and the HCMC Teacher of the Year. Dr. Belzer chairs the Metro Minnesota Council on Graduate Medical Education (MMCGME), which represents the four major affiliated teaching hospitals of the University of Minnesota Medical School in the training of Medical Students and Medical Residents. At any one time Hennepin County Medical Center has on-site training for 265 medical residents and 85 medical students from the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Belzer is the President Elect of Hennepin Medical Society (County Medical Society), which represents more than 4,000 physicians in the West Metropolitan Twin Cities Area. Dr. Belzer serves on the Board of Directors for The Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, the National Public Health and Hospital Institute, the National Association of Public Hospitals Physician Leadership Advisory Committee, the Hennepin Medical Association, the Metropolitan Visiting Nurse Agency, and the Hospice of the Twin Cities, among many others. In addition to the above Board of Director positions, he belongs to numerous other local, state, and national professional organizations. Dr. Belzer is a practicing Medical Oncologist with subspecialty and specialty board certification in Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Internal Medicine. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, a member of The American Society of Clinical Oncology, The American Society of Hematology and the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. He has practiced medicine for the past 24 years at Hennepin County Medical Center and has an active practice in the care of patients with cancer and blood disorders. He lives in Hennepin County with his wife Ellyn Wolfenson and their eight children. |
