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Bret Baier to keynote Medical College of Wisconsin’s Healthcare Dinner

Bret Baier, Chief Political Anchor on the Fox News Channel, will be the keynote speaker for the Medical College of Wisconsin’s (MCW) 2014 Healthcare Dinner, Monday, November 10, at the Pfister Hotel’s Grand Ballroom.

Individual tickets and sponsored tables are now on sale to hear Baier discuss the current state of health care. Baier offers a very personal perspective based on his own family’s experience; his son was born with five congenital heart defects and has undergone multiple surgeries. Baier’s first book entitled Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage, and Love, was recently published. Signed books will be available at the event.

The Medical College’s Digestive Disease Center Board, the host of the event, is a group of community leaders who raise awareness of digestive diseases and funds for research.

Baier joined Fox News in 1998 as the southeast correspondent. He then was named national security correspondent and reported on military and national security affairs; he has reported from Iraq 12 times, and Afghanistan 13 times. He was named chief White House correspondent in 2006, and has interviewed President Obama, President George W. Bush, and multiple world leaders. Baier earned his own show on Fox in 2009, “Special Report with Bret Baier,” now the number one news program on cable.

The event will also include presentation of the Warren P. Knowles Humanitarian Award to Paul E. Purcell.  The award honors an individual or organization with a commitment to health-related issues and whose work reflects the dedication to public service and education marking the career of former Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles.

Purcell is chairman and chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Baird Financial Group and affiliated entities including Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated. Purcell joined Baird in 1994 and served in a variety of roles before being named president and CEO in 2000; he added the title of chairman in 2006.

In addition to his duties at Baird, Purcell is co-chair of the board of Teach for America – Milwaukee and chair of the University of Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business Advisory Council. He serves on the Alverno College board of trustees, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Advisory Council, the Cristo Rey Network board of trustees, the Greater Milwaukee Committee board and executive committee, the board of Discovery World, the United Performing Arts Fund board, the Junior Achievement of Chicago board of directors, the United Way of Greater Milwaukee’s board and the board of directors of RiverFront Investment Group, LLC. He is a member of the board of directors of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and former vice chairman, as well as the former chairman of the board of directors at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.

In 2009, he received the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Distinguished Corporate Alumni Award. In 2012, he received the Three Harbors Council, Boy Scouts of America’s 2012 Distinguished Citizen’s Award and the Milwaukee Public Library’s Benjamin Franklin Award. In 2013, he was named the Harvard Business School Club of Wisconsin’s Business Leader of the Year for 2012.

 

The event begins at 6 p.m. with registration and reception. Dinner follows at 7 p.m. and the program and presentation at 8 p.m. A VIP reception with Bret Baier is offered to qualifying sponsors. For ticket and sponsorship information, 414-955-4701 or send an inquiry to kbaylor@mcw.edu.

The Medical College of Wisconsin Digestive Disease Center (DDC) has a tradition of excellence that spans four decades. The unique collaboration of Center physicians and scientists provide a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, research and education in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases such as; dysphagia, acid related disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, pancreaticobiliary diseases, hepatology, liver transplantation, women’s health and functional bowel disorders, and gastrointestinal cancer and esophageal cancer surveillance and treatment.

 

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