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Kay Hazen
21,857 votes
40.99%
- Occupation: Healthcare District Director
- 20 years experience in healthcare
- former VP at Desert Hospital
- Friends of Desert Mountains board
- former Chamber of Commerce President
- VP Coachella Valley Economic Partnership
- former President American Heart Association
Priorities:
- Increase early detection, intervention and preventive health services
- Maximize and protect the value of taxpayer assets and investments to insure long-term availability of and access to high quality healthcare
- Monitor, measure and report the effectiveness of District funding
Glen Grayman, M.D.
15,742 votes
29.52%
- Occupation: Healthcare District Director
- Director; Desert Healthcare District, 1998-present
- Emergency Physician, Desert Regional Medical Center (DRMC) 1977-present
- Medical Director, Emergency Department, DRMC,1989-2001
- Medical Director, Palm Springs and Cathedral City Fire Departments
- Chairman, Riverside County Emergency Department Directors Advisory Committee
- President, Medical Staff, Desert Regional Medical Center, 1992-4
Priorities:
- To help protect the financial and healthcare assets owned by the residents of the District.
- To identify those local not-for-profit organizations that can most likely improve the health of our Valley's citizens.
- To fund those identified organizations so as to maximize their ability to improve the overall health status of District residents.
Robert Edward "Bob" Stark
8,789 votes
16.48%
- Occupation: Health Care Executive - Exec. Dir., ARV Desert Communities
- Master of Public Health, New York Medical College
- Member, Board of Governors, Desert Healthcare Foundation
- Chairman, Programs and Services, Desert Healthcare Foundtion
- Vice Chairman, Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce
- Chairman, Legislative Action Committee, Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce
- Chairman, All Valley Chambers Legislative Committee
Priorities:
- Recruit and retain qualified medical practitioners for the Valley in the areas of pediatrics, geriatrics, gero-psychiatry and HIV/ infectious diseases
- Improve access and affordability to healthcare for uninsured and underinsured
- Reestablish a gero-psychiatric facility in the Valley
Michael D. "Mike" Harris, Sr.
6,935 votes
13.01%
- Occupation: Attorney
- 30 year resident of the Desert Healthcare District Attorney
- Chairman, Desert Healthcare Foundation
- former Director of Desert Hospital Corporation
- former Chairman of Palm Springs Planning Commission
- former Managing Partner of Best Best Krieger desert offices
- Director, Canyon National Bank
Priorities:
- Safeguard the Desert Hospital facilities for future generations
- Identify those in our District without access to health services and make known to those identified the health programs available
- Provide increased financial assistance for improved and new health programs
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