GE’s Immelt to Keynote Leadership Institute Inaugural

The American College of Radiology announced that Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric chairman, will keynote the inaugural event for the Radiology Leadership Institute in July. The ACR said in a written statement that Immelt represents the type of leadership it hopes to foster through creation of the RLI, which will begin offering MBA and MPH degrees next year. The event, to be held July 12 at the Hotel Orrington at Northwestern University’s campus in Evanston, will feature topics to be used in RLI corriculum, which plans to provide in-person classes in a variety of locations, team projects, case management and web-based distance learning, according to the release.For more on the Radiology Leadership Institute click here.

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