Arthur Tim Garson, Jr. MD, MPH

Arthur Garson, Jr. "Tim" is Professor of Management, Policy and Community Health at the University of Texas (UT Health) School of Public Health in Houston. His major areas of interest are 1. Developing actionable approaches for reducing the cost of health care for individuals, employers, and governments; and 2. Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the health care workforce. He is the author of the recently published book, “Exposing the 20 Medical Myths: Why everything you know about health care is wrong and how to make it right.”

In December 2019, after 5 years he stepped down as the Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Texas Medical Center, home to 59 health care institutions in Houston. The Institute developed a following of professionals and non-professionals interested in seminars with national and local experts on such topics as “Reducing the cost of health care” and produced semester-long health policy courses for credit with students from 13 schools participating.