John Schwarzlose

John Schwarzlose is president of the Betty Ford Center.

James West was the first Physician Director of the Betty Ford Center, and served as Medical Director for several years after that. West started his medical career as a gifted surgeon.  He was one of the two doctors who performed the world’s first human organ transplant (a kidney). He later completed advanced studies in psychiatry and taught at the University of Chicago prior to joining the medical staff at the Betty Ford Center.

Interviewer: Richard Norton Smith

December 3, 2008