March 20 Pre-conference Faculty development workshop
(Stanford Faculty Development Program)
Pre-enrollment required please call NHMA office for details
March 21
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Plenary Session I- Welcome
and Overview
Elena Rios, M.D., M.S.P.H
Honorable Xavier Becerra, Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus-Invited
Enrique Fernandez, M.D., Director, Division of Medicine, HRSA
Affirmative Action: The Hopwood Case and Beyond
Honorable Irma Rangel, Texas Representative
Dean Barbara Aldave, St. Mary's University School of Law
Billy Ballard, DDS, M.D., Associate Dean, University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston
Norma Cantu, J.D., Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of
Education
Cultural Competence Standards and Quality Health Care
Cynthia Martin, National Committee for Quality Assurance on Consumer
Protection and Quality in the
Health Care Industry
Andres Pumariega, M.D., Professor, Vice Chair, Dept, of Neuropsychiatry
and Behavioral Science,
Tennessee Eastern State University Quillen College of Medicine
Roberto Rosso Quevedo, M.D., Advisor to the Governor of Puerto Rico
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
Sandra Hernandez, M.D., CEO, San Francisco Foundation and Member, President's
Commission On
Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Workshop Session I
Building Physician Sponsored Organizations
Health Care Financing Administration Speaker - TBA
Robert Reyna, M.D., Chairman of the Board, Primary Care Texas
Rosalio Lopez, M.D., Medical Director, PhyCor
Cultural Medicine and Traditional Healers
Jose Chavira, J.D., Regional Court Master, Texas
Roberto Jimenez, M.D., San Antonio
Emilio Carrillo, M.D., Director, Medical Director, New York Hospital Health
Plan
Community Intervention Programs: Asthma
Judith Flores, M.D., St. Luke's Hospital, New York
Successful Research Careers
Yvonne Maldonado, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
Milton Hernandez, Ph.D., National Institute for Allergy and Infectious
Disease, NIH
3:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m. Break/Exhibits
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workshop Session II
Managed Care Models that Provide Quality Health Care for Hispanics
Stanley Padilla, M.D., Vice President, HealthNet
Thomas Ortiz, M.D., President, Health Practice Management Corp.
Antonio Linares, M.D., Medical Director, CIGNA Health Care
Joe Martel, M.D., CEO, Martel Opthalmology Group
Treating Diabetes in the Latino Patient
Jose Arevalo, M.D. Medical Director, Prudential
Roberto Villareal, M.D., Southwest Texas Research Center
James Martel, M.D. Martel Eye Medical Group
Occupational Health Care and Hispanics
Linda Rosenstock, M.D., NIOSH
George Friedman Jimenez, M.D., M.P.H., Bellevue Hospital
Mark Diaz, M.D., Sacramento
Peggy Seminario, AFL-CIO- Invited
Building Diversity in Medical Education
Julia Puebla Fortier, Resources for Cross Cultural Resources
Ciriaco Gonzalez, Ph.D., Director, Division of Disadvantage Assistance,
HRSA, DHHS
Martha Medrano, M.D., UTHSC, San Antonio Medical School Hispanic Center
of Excellence
Maria Soto-Greene, M.D., UMDNJ, Medical School Hispanic Center of Excellence
Paul Larson, M.D., Chair, National Association of Hispanic Serving Health
Professions Schools-Invited
7:00 p.m. Awards Banquet - A Tribute to Leaders in Health Care
Maria
Echaveste, Assistant to the President - Invited
Kevin
Thurm, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
William
Figueroa, M.D.
Priscilla
Gonzalez -Leiva, R.N.
Mario
Ramirez, M.D.
March 22
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Workshop Session
Roundtable
on Leadership Development and Hispanic Physicians
Jo Ivey Boufford,
M.D., Dean, Wagner Graduate School of Public Policy, New York University
Priscilla
Gonzalez-Leiva, R.N., Deputy Director, State of California Office of Statewide
Health Planning
and Development
Behavioral
Health Issue for Latinos
Andres Pumariega,
M.D., Tennessee Eastern State University Quillen College of Medicine
Pedro Ruiz,
M.D., San Antonio
HIV/AIDS
and Latinos
Nilsa Gutierrez,
M. D ., New Jersey
Antonia Villarruel,
Ph.D., R.N., President, National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Graduate Medical
Education Downsizing
Luis Estevez,
M.D., Medical Director, Morrisania Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Hector Flores,
M.D., Co-Chair, White Memorial Family Practice Residency Program - Invited
Career Sessions
for Residents and Medical Students
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Plenary Session
I I
U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services Hispanic Agenda for Action Initiative
Nelba Chavez, Ph.D.,
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Clay Simpson, Ph.D.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
Earl Fox, M.D.,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration - Invited
Claire Broome,
M.D., Deputy Administrator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-
Invited
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon-"Tobacco Control &
Adolescents"
Roberto Conyer
Tapia, M.D., Deputy Secretary, Mexico Ministry of Health -
1:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Plenary Session III-Update and Future Challenges for NHMA
Kevin Thurm Deputy Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Elena Rios and Latino Recruiters from the northeastern United States
Elena Rios M.D. William Figeroa M.D.
Kathy Flores M.D.
National Hispanic Medicial Association Award winners
Developing the NHMA leadership fellowship curriculum from Left to Right
were
Jo Ivy Boufford, M.D. Dean, Wagner Graduate School of Public
Service, New York University
Emilio Carrillo, M.D. Priscilla Gonzalez-Leyva R.N.
Left to Right
Cesar Maurtua, M.D., Mark Diaz M.D., Luis Estevez, M.D., Elena Rios
M.D.,
John Rios MHA, Teresa Ramos, M.D., Roy Samorano, Stanford Intern
Ciriaco Gonzales, Ph.D.
Texas State Representative Irma Rangel
Chris Jennings, Senior Health Advisor to the President meets with NHMA
Clay Simpson, Ph.D. Jo Ivy Bufford M.D. Nelba Chavez Ph.D.
Congressman Xavier Becerra
Martha Medrano M.D., Norma Cantu, Barbara Aldave, Elena Rios
M.D.
Col. Irene Rich
Milton Hernandez, NIH Greg Talavera,
M.D.
Elena Rios M.D. Maria Echaveste
Latino Medical Students