Dean's Roundtable with Dr. Scott Leckman, MD'83

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Scott A. Leckman, MD '83, FACS
Dr. Leckman is a general surgeon in private practice in Salt Lake City. He recently stepped down as chairman of the Board of Directors of RESULTS and the RESULTS Educational Fund, organizations dedicated to creating the political will to end the worst aspects of poverty. He was Utah’s 2005 Doctor of the Year and is a past president of the Utah Medical Association. He was recently elected Chairman of the Board of Citizens, Climate Education, which has the mission to educate the public, media, and politicians
on climate change solutions. He is currently serving as the District Governor for the Utah Rotary Club.

In 2001, Dr. Leckman helped initiate the Health Access Project, a program with the mission to improve access and coordinate comprehensive health care for low-income uninsured individuals inSalt Lake County. As a result, more than 600 physicians and nine hospitals in the county are providing free care to qualified individuals, which has totaled more than $22 million in donated health care.

In 2014, in recognition of this effort, he received the Surgical Volunteerism Domestic Award from the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Leckman earned his BS and MS at Stanford University, and his MD at the University of Utah. In 2016, he was awarded School of Medicine's 2016 Distinguished Humanitarian Award, in recognition of his commitment to global health.

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Speaker: Scott Leckman, MD'83
Date Recorded: April 17, 2018
Science Topics: Medical Education
Appears In: Deans Roundtable

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