David A. Kindig is Professor of Preventive Medicine and a member of the Population Health faculty, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine. He received both M.D. and Ph.D degrees from the University of Chicago. He has served as the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Health Manpower, Director of Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in the Bronx, and Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently, Dr. Kindig is Chair of the federal Council on Graduate Medical Education, a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and national President of the Association for Health Services Research.