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Dr. Arthur "Tim" Garson is the director of the Texas Medical Center Health Policy Institute in Houston. In his role, he focuses on collaborative policy solutions that improve the health of those in Texas, the U.S. and beyond. He is also currently professor of management, policy and community health at The University of Texas School of Public Health. Garson previously served as the University of Virginia’s director of the Center for Health Policy, professor of public health sciences and public policy, executive vice president and provost and vice president and dean of the School of Medicine (2002 – 2014). While there, he also founded the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Garson graduated from Princeton University in 1970 and received his M.D. from Duke University in 1974, remaining at Duke for pediatric residency through 1976. After a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, he became Baylor’s chief of pediatric cardiology in 1988. In 1992, he received a master’s in public health from The University of Texas and joined the faculty of Duke University, serving as associate vice chancellor for health affairs, medical director of government relations for the Medical Center and professor at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. In 1995, he returned to Baylor to become dean for academic operations, later joining Texas Children’s Hospital as vice president of quality. In addition to serving as president of the American College of Cardiology (1999-2000) and as a faculty member of the Children’s Hospital in Paris, Garson has been a visiting professor at more than 200 institutions. He is the author of over 450 publications, including eight books and a monthly Houston Chronicle health care column. Garson’s government engagements include Special Consultant in Health Programs and Policy for the Texas Department of Health, Chair of the Texas Health Care Information Council’s Subcommittee on Outcomes Reporting, Chair of the North Carolina Health Planning Commission Committee, and Chair of the Healthcare Programs and Workforce subcommittees of Virginia’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Insurance. He has also served on the White House panel on Health Policy and helped originate and draft the “Health Partnership Act,” a bill involving coverage improvements for the uninsured.