Thursday, March 20, 2003
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.  NHMA Advisory Committee Meeting/Congressional Visits
    NHMA Leadership Fellowship Program Class of 2003 Orientation
    NHMA Resident Leadership Program Class of 2003 Orientation

6:00 p.m.   NHMA Fellows and Residents Networking Reception (CLOSED)

Friday, March 21, 2003

8:30 a.m.   NHMA Future Researchers Site Visit to National Institutes of Health
    NHMA Congressional Visits

12:00 p.m.   LUNCH AND REGISTRATION/EXHIBIT HALL OPENS

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  “NHMA and Leadership for the Future”
    Elena Rios, M.D., M.S.P.H., President, NHMA

    “Federal Priorities”
    Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary (invited)
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    Doug Badger, Senior Advisor to the President
    The White House

2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Congress and Senate Health Priorities for Hispanics
    Senator Bill Frist
    Senator Judd Gregg
    Senator Hillary Clinton
    Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.
    Congresswoman Hilda Solis
    Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
    Congressman Henry Bonilla
    Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart
 
 
 

RESPONSE PANEL  Presidents
    Ben Muneta, MD, AAIP
    Natalie Caroll, MD, NMA.
    Nellie Perragallo, PhD, NAHM
    Jose Villarreal, DDS, HAD

Need to call President, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hispanic Employees Meeting

Need to call President, National Network of Latin-American Medical Students (NNLAMS) Meetings

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.  Reception
 

Saturday, March 22, 2003

7:00 a.m.    Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall/Registration

7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.  CME SESSION: Allergies and Hispanics – sponsored by Aventis
    Continental Breakfast – 2 speakers

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.  Plenary Session
    Nathan Stinson, Jr., Ph.D., M.D., M.P.H.
    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
    Office of Minority Health
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    Jeffrey Runge, M.D.
    Administrator
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    U.S. Department of Transportation

    OTHERS?

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  “Model Medical Education Recruitment and Training”
    Hispanic Centers of Excellence Panel

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break in Exhibit Hall

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. “Foundations and Hispanic Health”

    Risa Lavissa-Mourrey, M.D.
    President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Robert Ross, MD
    CEO, California Endowment
 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch

SPEAKER DEPENDS ON WHO SPONSORS LUNCH
Pfizer has committed to sponsor  - speaker from Puerto Rico suggested.
WORKSHOPS all afternoon 2-3:30 and 4-5:30

6:30 p.m.    Reception/Mariachi Los Amigos

VIP Reception for NHMA Board/Advisors, Corporate Advisory Council, Fellows, Dinner Speakers and Award Winners

7:00 p.m.    Awards Banquet/Salsa Dance

“Vision for Healthy Hispanic Communities”
U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD

Awardees: Josh Valdez, Regional Director, DHHS Region IX, Amgen, OTHERS? Presidents, Hispanic Medical Societies
 

Sunday, March 24, 2003

7:30 a.m.    Continental Breakfast /Registration

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools, Inc. (HSHPS) Poster Session

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.   Plenary Session

Elias Zerhini, M.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Harold Freeman, M.D.
Director
National Cancer Institute

“Cultural Competence and Hispanic Cancer Research -
REDES: en Accion ”
Amelie Ramirez, Ph.D.
 

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Plenary Session

    “Model American Medical Programs, International Health and Hispanic Health”

    The Bill Gates Foundation
    Cultural Competence Experts ---
 

12:30 p.m.   Hispanic –Serving Health Professions Schools, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting
 
 

 REGISTER FOR CONFERENCE
 
 

Established in 1994 in Washington, DC, the National Hispanic Medical Association represents licensed Hispanic physicians. The mission of the NHMA is to improve health care for Hispanics and the underserved in the United States. In partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration, NHMA has continued the NHMA Leadership Fellowship with the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University and the NHMA Resident Leadership Program. Through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health Cooperative Agreement, NHMA is developing curriculum - Hispanic Cultural Competence; Cultural Competence for GME in New York City; and Mental Health and Substance Abuse for Primary Care MDs. Through the U.S. Department of Transportation, NHMA works with media and develops spokespersons for Traffic Safety. In addition, NHMA partners with the Redes en Accion: Cancer Awareness, Training and Research to develop cancer researchers and with The Commonwealth Fund, NHMA will be conducting briefings on Hispanic Uninsured and Quality of Health Care.
 

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