Samuel Thier - Universal Access To Basic Health Care, Whose Responsibility - 11/01/90 by westminsterforum published on 2016-03-01T01:03:13Z amuel Thier is the president of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, which is a congressionally-chartered private sector organization that analyzes and recommends health services and health sciences policy. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale University's School of Medicine, President of the American Federation of Clinical Research, and Chairman of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Genre Westminster Town Hall Forum