SLEE, Vergil N(elson)

SLEE, Vergil N(elson). American, b. 1917. Genres: Law, Medicine/Health, Language/Linguistics. Career: Barry County Health Department (became Barry County Health Center), Barry County, MI, director, 1947-48 and 1949- 56; Southwestern Michigan Hospital Council, Professional Activity Study (PAS), founding director, 1953-55; Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities, Ann Arbor, MI, founding director, 1956-71, president, 1971-80, president emeritus, 1980-; Tringa Group, Brevard, NC, chief executive officer, 1982-; Health Commons Institute, Portland, ME, chairperson of the board, 1993-; writer. Lecturer at University of Michigan, 1947-78; president, Council on Clinical Classifications. Member of World Health Organization's Expert Advisory Panel on Health Statistics, 1959-79, and U.S. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics's International Classification of Diseases Subcommittee, 1970-75. Publications: Slee's Health Care Terms, 1991, 4th ed. (with D.A. Slee and H.J. Schmidt), 2001; (with D.A. Slee) Health Care Reform Terms: An Explanatory Glossary of Words, Phrases, and Acronyms Used in Today's U.S. Health Care Reform Movement, 1993, 2nd ed., 1994; (with D.A. Slee and H.J. Schmidt) The Endangered Medical Record: Ensuring Its Integrity in the Age of Informatics, 2000. Creator, with U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, of the International Classification of Diseases, 9th rev.: Clinical Modification, 1978. Contributor to periodicals. Address: 16 Udoque Ct., Brevard, NC 28712, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]