Contact Information PNHP Minnesota

Website: http://www.pnhpminnesota.org

E-mail: pnhpminnesota@gmail.com Video: There is a Better Way

Board of Directors Nelson Adamson, MD Dr. Nelson Adamson is happy to rejoin the PNHP-MN board. He hopes to contribute some perspective from his position as a practitioner currently working full time in a multi-specialty group located in central Minnesota. As a radiation oncologist, he often witnesses the toxic effects of the financial burden brought onto patients by our dysfunctional sick care system. Dr. Nelson has been married for 38 years, has 4 adult children, and a 2-year-old grandson. (He is proud that three of his children have pursued medical careers!) When not working, he spends time with his family, and enjoys recreational cycling and reading. Kari Carlson, MPH Kari provided administrative support to PNHP-MN in 2017 and 2018, and has recently joined the organization as a board member. Kari recently graduated with her Master of Public Health degree focusing on Health Equity and Environmental Health, and is now working with a Federally Qualified Health Center serving the North/Northeast Minneapolis and surrounding communities. Kari became drawn to the fight for equitable access to health care after experiencing and witnessing innumerable family and personal hardships for the sake of health care profits, and decided to add single-payer advocacy to her career pursuing health equity after hearing a PNHP speaker in 2013.

John Crosson, MD

Dr. John Crosson spent his entire medical career in hospitals devoted to delivering excellent medical care to the underserved, first at Minneapolis General Hospital (the MGH of the Midwest) and then eventually at HCMC. He trained initially as an internist then decided to become a pathologist. From the early 1970s to 2005 he worked at HCMC as a general pathologist. During this time he saw many patients who suffered greatly because they had inadequate insurance and could not afford to be seen in the health care system in a timely way. For over 25 years he has worked on getting universal health care available for all in the U.S. Currently he spends his time at the University of Minnesota teaching medical students and residents. He mentions the need to have single-payer health care to them every chance he gets.