Biographical Sketch and Vision Statement

Carl B. Lauter

DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH: December 30, 1939, Detroit, MI; EDUCATION: Wayne State University, BA Chemistry, 1962, Wayne State University, MD, 1965; POST DOCTORAL TRAINING: Mixed Medicine Internship - Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 1965-66, Internal Medicine Residency, Detroit General Hospital/Wayne State 1966-67, Internal Medicine Residency, Hospital University Pennsylvania 1969-70, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1970-1973, Allergy-Immunology Fellowship Henry Ford Hospital, 1979-1980; CERTIFICATION: ABIM 1971, AB Infectious Diseases 1972, AB Allergy-Immunology, 1981; MILITARY: Captain, MC - USAF, Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, IL 1967-69; PRESENT POSITION: Director, Allergy & Clinical Immunology (IM), William Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak, 1992 - Present, Member, Div. of Infectious Diseases (Same Hospital) 1980-Present; ACP ACTIVITIES: Member 1965, Poster Judge-Associates Meeting, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 1998, 1996, 1993, Moderator, Oral Presentations, Michigan Chapter 39th Annual Scientific Meeting 1993, Professor-In-Action, MI Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting, 1992 and 1988, Poster presentation, MI Chapter 38th Annual Scientific Meeting, 1992, Advancement to Fellow 1976, Chairman, Program Committee, MI Chap. Annual Scientific Meeting 1990, Council Member, Program Committee, 2002 & 2004, PIER Module Reviewer (ACP-ASIM) 2001-04, Laureate Award 2001, Received at the National annual meeting Philadelphia, 2002, Councilor, District 1 of MI Chap. 1985 to 1990 and 1997 to 2001; HOSPITAL/COMMUNITY SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: President, Michigan Allergy & Asthma Society 1990-91, President, Medical Alumni Association Board of Governors, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1999-2000, Consultant, Blue Care Network, Quality of Care Committee, 1999-present, Volunteer Speaker, Career Days, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1987-present, President, Michigan Chapter, Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2005-2007, Former Chairman, Department of Medicine and Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak, Michigan, 1982-1992; OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Clinical Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1996-present, Faculty, Wayne State University School of Medicine - 1973-present, Current Committee Member - American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI): a. HIV Committee (originally) now called Secondary Immune Deficiency Committee, b. Primary Immune Deficiency Committee; AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST/EXPERTISE: Medical Education - including internal medicine, infectious diseases, allergy & immunology, antibiotic allergy, latex allergy, immune deficiency, chronic urticaria, toxic shock syndrome

Vision Statement
Internal Medicine is a wonderful specialty, but the IM office-based practice is in trouble. Internists are undervalued, underpaid, and overworked. We were the intellectual leaders in medicine, but this is less often the case, as primary care internists are too busy with their volume-driven practices. I envision a re-organization with the office-based internist as the head of a vertically integrated system, assisted by hospitalists and office-based midlevel providers. I have concerns about the rapid growth of hospitalists, physically and intellectually divorced from their office-based counterparts, often young and relatively inexperienced and the over-utilization of subspecialty consultations. I envision IM subspecialists becoming more horizontally integrated with matching subspecialty surgeons, e.g. cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery. The ACP, with its national image and lobbying power must continue its leadership role, convincing political leaders and third party payors that internists are not the same as family practitioners or urgent care providers.

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Ruth Hoppe
Governor, Michigan Chapter

Marty Muth
Michigan Chapter Staff
Phone: 517-353-9548
Fax: 517-353-9604