the previous chairman a man by the name of pat healy, he encouraged me to run for the chairmanship. really did not think that i had much to offer. but i did and i was elected. i have grown into the job over the years. i think that -- i work here. my office is here. i hear a lot. -- i am here a lot. i deal with chairman sorts of things, but the one thing that i have done is to provide vision for excellence in clinical care , in the programs that we have developed here. an example would be the bureau surgery program, my cardiac surgery program, the nationally accredited center for breast health, these are programs that we have had the vision to bring forward. in the hospital that we have built, would offer all private rooms to patients, regardless of their need for their ability to pay. >> why? >> because we could. it is the best thing for the statpatient. >> years ago, you could stay in the hospital for five days in ammonia and it was not so bad sharing a room with someone. these days, if you are in the hospital, you are sick, otherwise you are discharged. i think it is unacceptable

the previous chairman, a man by the name of pat healy -- when he was going off, he encouraged me to run for the chairmanship, and i really did not think that i had a much tougher -- that i had much to offer. but i did, and i was elected. you know, i have grown into the job over the years. i think that -- you know, i work here. my office is here. i am here a lot. so i do spend time every day with chairmen sorts of things, but i think that probably the one thing i have done is to provide vision for excellence in clinical care, in the programs that we have developed here. an example would be, since it is under research reprogram, mark cardiac surgery program -- since it is a neurosurgeon reprogram, might kreteks surgery program -- my cardiac surgery program. these are programs that we've had a vision to bring forward. in the hospital that we have built, we offer all private rooms to patients, regardless of their ability to pay. >> why? >> because we could read it is the best thing for the patient. years ago, he could stay in hospital for five days with an ammonia -- you could stay in hospi