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Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

(1954) Administrator

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Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey is an administrator.

Quick Facts About Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Born: January 1, 1954
Profession: Administrator

About Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

[Wikidata] American healthcare administrator... | [Wikipedia] Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey is an American medical doctor and executive who served as president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from 2003 to 2017. She was the first woman and the first African-American to head the foundation, which has an endowment of about $8 billion and distributes more t

Quotes by Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

I think the house call is one of the ways I get an insight into the ways in which people live and…

Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Environment

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I grew up with a lot of dinner table conversations about health care and ways in which the system was inadequate for…

Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Care

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I realize there are few sectors that can do what philanthropy does, which is look at big problems, take a long term…

Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Big problem

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I realized in order to be involved in health policy, you really had to understand more than the individual patient that we…

Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Health

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I grew up with a real appreciation about just how wonderful and intimate the relationship is between a doctor and a patient…

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Appreciation

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It is a proud moment when you can define a problem and make a commitment and begin to see a groundswell of…

Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Activity

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Older patients who live alone can become depressed.

Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Live alone

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Be persistent. Understand the ways in which your hard work is going to be necessary to achieve the goals that you want.

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Achieve

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