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'''Donald Berwick''' (born 1946 in New York, New York) currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a non-profit organization "helping to lead the improvement of [[health care]] throughout the world." <ref>http://www.ihi.org/IHI/About</ref> Berwick is also a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Health Care Policy at the Harvard Medical School, and Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. He graduated with a B.A. degree from [[Harvard College]], received a M.P.P. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and an M.D. from the Harvard Medical School.
[[File:Berwick.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Donald Berwick]]'''Donald Berwick''' (born 1946 in New York, New York) currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a non-profit organization "helping to lead the improvement of [[health care]] throughout the world." <ref>http://www.ihi.org/IHI/About</ref> Berwick is also a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Health Care Policy at the Harvard Medical School, and Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. He graduated with a B.A. degree from [[Harvard College]], received a M.P.P. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and an M.D. from the Harvard Medical School.
On July 7, 2010, President [[Barack Obama]] bypassed the [[Senate]] during the July 4th recess to appoint Berwick administrator of the Centers for [[Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]] Services. The move was criticized by [[Republican]]s, as well as Senate Finance Committee Chairman [[Max Baucus]], D-Montana, who said that "Senate confirmation of presidential appointees is an essential process prescribed by the Constitution that serves as a check on executive power."
On July 7, 2010, President [[Barack Obama]] bypassed the [[Senate]] during the July 4th recess to appoint Berwick administrator of the Centers for [[Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]] Services. The move was criticized by [[Republican]]s, as well as Senate Finance Committee Chairman [[Max Baucus]], D-Montana, who said that "Senate confirmation of presidential appointees is an essential process prescribed by the Constitution that serves as a check on executive power."