Tiller, Dr. George R., age 67, Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and Medical Director of Women's Health Care Services, died on Sunday, May 31, 2009. He was shot and killed while serving as an usher at his place of worship, Reformation Lutheran Church. George was the son of Dr. Jack and Catherine Tiller. He was born in Wichita at Wesley Hospital where he later became President of the Medical Staff. As a young man he attended Alcott Elementary School, Robinson Junior High Scho
Joshua Freeman, MDAmong those who responded to last week's story on Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' health-care reform efforts was Joshua Freeman, MD, a professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine for the University of Kansas School of Medicine.We knew and admired Dr. Freeman for his work with the dedicated med students who run the JayDoc Free Clinic at Southwest Boulevard Family Health Care (Pitch staff writer Carolyn Szczepanski wrote about the JayDocs back in September 2006). Now
Health and Human Services Secretary (and former Kansas Governor) Kathleen Sebelius worked the Sunday morning talk-show circuit yesterday. The topic was health-care reform. ABC's George Stephanopoulos thinks the "news" he got out of their conversation was that "the secretary wouldn't commit to a presidential veto on health care reform legislation that adds to the federal deficit." He seemed most concerned about how Obama plans to pay for covering everyone. More helpful, however, would be some ser
