Join Hispanic physicians, medical students, policymakers, and healthcare industry representatives at our annual conference. This year, NHMA brings together experts from across the nation to share their experience in building model Hispanic health programs in prevention, treatment, training, and research.

Hispanics have become the largest ethnic group in the United States and there is a great need to understand how to deliver culturally relevant health care services to them. Learn from experts on how to enhance academic programs, community-based programs, medical practices, and health policies targeting Hispanics.

Conference Objectives:

• To provide clinical updates on diabetes, cancer, HIV/AIDs, pain management, allergy and cardiovascular disease
• To increase awareness about cultural competence, language services and medical care delivery to Hispanics
• To increase knowledge about Federal and State and City health policies that impact Hispanics
• To develop skills for health professionals in academic medicine, research, private sector and government
• To make recommendations targeted at Hispanics for the national health policy agenda of the United States

March 20, 2003
9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.	NHMA Leadership Fellowship Program Class of 2003 Orientation NHMA Resident Leadership Program Class of 2003 Orientation NHMA Advisory Committee Meeting
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.	Special Networking Reception at the Press Club for Alumni, NHMA Leadership Fellowship and NHMA Resident Leadership Programs

March 21, 2003 7:30 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Meeting - Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship Program 8:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. NHMA Congressional Visits Children’s Health Special Interest Group Meeting (RSVP Required) NHMA Future Researchers Site Visit to National Institutes of Health 11:00 a.m. LUNCH AND REGISTRATION/EXHIBIT HALL OPENS Hispanic- Serving Health Professions Schools, Inc. (HSHPS) Poster Session 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. OPENING PLENARY SESSION “NHMA and Leadership for the Future” Elena Rios, M.D., M.S.P.H., President & CEO, NHMA “2003 Federal Priorities for Hispanic Health” Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary (Invited) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Doug Badger, Senior Advisor to the President The White House 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Congress and Senate Health Priorities for Hispanics Roundtable Senator Bill Frist (R-Tennesse) Senator Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire) Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-2nd-Illionis) Congresswoman Hilda Solis (D-31st -California) Congressman Ciro Rodriguez (D-28th -Texas) Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D- 8th - California) Congressman Henry Bonilla (R-23rd -Texas) Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-21st - Florida) Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (D-34th-California) RESPONSE PANEL: National Minority Health Professions Presidents Ben Muneta, MD, Association of American Indian Physicians Natalie Caroll, MD, National Medical Association Fernando Mendoza, MD, Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools, Inc. Nilda Perragallo, PhD, National Association of Hispanic Nurses Jose Villarreal, DDS, Hispanic Dental Association 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. US Department of Health and Human Services Hispanic Employees Meeting 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Workshops Session A A.1. Prevention: Community Clinic and Private Cultural Competent Models Castulo De La Rocha, CEO, Alta Med Health Services Corp., Los Angeles John Cueva, M.D., President, Hispanic Health Foundation, Chicago Rita Melgarego-Glaab, M.D., Alivio Medical Center, Chicago A.2. Treatment: Hispanic Special Populations Jose Cordero, M.D., Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC Jose Luna, M.D., Men’s Health, Thomason Hospital, El Paso, TX Juan Asencio, M.D., Trauma Surgeon, University of Southern California, Los Angeles National Council of La Raza HIV/AIDS Program A.3. Medical Education for Hispanics – Recruitment, Community Training and Data Patty Gomez, California Wellness Foundation, San Francisco, CA Katherine Flores, M.D., Latino Medical Education & Research Center, UCSF, Fresno, CA Richard Klein, M.P.H., National Center for Health Statistics, CDC A.4. Research Models Roberto Villarreal, M.D., Center for Alternative Medicine, UTHSC San Antonio Margery Gass, M.D., President, North American Menopause Society Pregnancy Research -Victor Hugo Gonzalez-Quintero, M.D., University of Miami Faith-based research - Angela Sauaia, M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine A.5. U.S.-Mexico Border Health Carlos Gonzalez, M.D., Patagonia Family Health Center, AZ Catherine Torres, M.D., Las Cruces, NM Fernando Holguin, M.D., Asthma and Immigrants, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Networking Reception 7:30 p.m. National Network of Latin American Medical Students Meeting Saturday, March 22, 2003 7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall/Registration 7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. CME Breakfast Symposium:“Allergies and Hispanics” - sponsored by AVENTIS Jorge Quell, M.D. Allergist and Hector Flores, M.D., Co Director, White Memorial Medical Center, Family Residency, Los Angeles 8:30 a.m. –10:25 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 Mark McClellan, M.D. (invited) Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration Jeffrey Runge, M.D. Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation Ting-Kai Li, MD Director, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH 10:25 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break in Exhibit Hall 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. “Foundations and Hispanic Health” Karen Davis, M.D. (invited) President, The Commonwealth Fund Robert Ross, M.D. (invited) CEO, California Endowment 12:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. “The Role of Genomics in the Practice of Medicine” Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch – sponsored by Pfizer, Inc. “Latina Health, Culture and Language - Puerto Rico vs the Mainland” Johnny Rullan, M.D. Secretary of Health, Puerto Rico (invited) Jose R. Ramirez, M.D., Puerto Rico 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Workshops Session B B.1. Prevention: Expanding Access to Health through Public Health Fernando Guerra, M.D., Director, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District Ben Chu, M.D., President, New York City Health & Hospital Corporation Shelby Gonzales, Director, Partnership for Healthier Kids, INOVA Health Systems, VA Los Angeles County – Speaker TBN B.2. Treatment : Issues for Elderly Latino Care and Medicare Nilsa Gutierrez, M.D., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Region II, New York Jaime Gus Rivera, M.D., Elder Health Care of Pennsylvania Amparo Villablanca, M.D., Associate Professor, Cardiology, UC, Davis, CA Karen Silver, National Eye Institute, NIH B.3. Medical Education: Training Program on Depression, Diabetes and Hispanics – sponsored by Pfizer, Inc.- Bridging the Gap Program of Johns Hopkins University Dr. Primm, M.D. and panel B.4. Research : National Library of Medicine Opportunities Elliot Siegel, Ph.D., Assoc. Dir. For Health Information Programs and Minority Outreach “Medline Plus in Espanol” -Eve Marie LaCroix, Chief, Public Services Division “Environmental Health Info” - Stacey Arnesen, Advisor for Projects in the Specialized Info Services Division; “Human Genome Resources” – Susan Dombrowski, Ph.D. B.5. Building an Hispanic Action Plan for Genomic Medicine Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Director or Alan Guttmacher, Deputy Director, National Human Genome Institute, NIH and NHMA Board Members 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Workshops Session C C.1. Prevention: Diabetes Model Projects Enrique Caballero, M.D., Director, Latino Initiative, Joselin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA Robert Trevino, Bienestar, San Antonio, TX Pedro Verne-Marini, M.D., National Kidney Foundation National Diabetes Education Program, CDC and NIH, Speaker TBN C.2. Treatment: Mental Health and Latinos Angel Gonzalez, M.D., SAMHSA Sergio Gaxiola, M.D., California State University, Fresno, CA Luis Garcia, Teen Suicide, Pacific Clinics, Arcadia, CA C.3. Medical Education Debbie Salas Lopez, M.D., UMDNJ-the New Jersey Medical School Ciro Sumaya, M.D., M.P.H.T.M., Dean, Rural Public Health School, College Station, TX Fernando Trevino, Ph.D. Dean, North Texas Public Health School, Ft. Worth, TX C.4. Research Eliseo Perez-Stable, M.D., Director, Med Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Pops, UCSF, San Francisco Michael de Arrellano, Ph.D., National Crime Victims Research Center, Charleston, SC “NIAMS Community Health Center” - Barbara Mittleman, M.D., Director of Scientific Interchange, Natl Inst of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH “Hispanic Drug Abuse Research” - Ivan Montoya, Ph.D., Natl Inst on Drug Abuse, NIH C.5. Career Options for Mid-Career Physicians Federal Careers – Reps from DHHS, VA, Homeland Security Departments Corporate Boards of Directors – Anna Cabral, Hispanic Assoc. of Corporate Responsibility C.6. Career Choices for Medical Students: Residency, Research, and Beyond NHMA Advisors Marian Johnson-Thompson, M.D., Director, Education and Biomedical Research Development, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH 6:30 p.m. Reception/Mariachi Los Amigos VIP Reception for NHMA Board/Advisors, Corporate Advisory Council Dinner Speakers and Award Winners 7:30 p.m. Awards Banquet/Salsa Dance “Vision for Healthy Hispanic Communities” U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, M.D. (invited) Awardees: Josh Valdez, Regional Director, DHHS Region IX, Cristina Beato, M.D., Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, DHHS, Senator Specter, Congressman Regula, Congressman Rodriguez, Corporate: Amgen; Presidents, Hispanic Medical Societies Sunday, March 23, 2003 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast /Registration 7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. “Pain Management and Hispanic Patients” – sponsored by Purdue Pharma Victor Contreras, M.D. and Cesar Maurtua, M.D., California (Limited must RSVP) 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Plenary Session: “Building and Sustaining Hispanic Health Research” Elias Zerhouni, M.D. (invited) Director National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D. Director National Cancer Institute Redes en Accion Cancer Awareness, Training and Research Program Amelie Ramirez, Ph.D. Principle Investigator 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Plenary Session: “Cultural Competence Training and Hispanic Health” Ilan Stavans, Ph.D., Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst College Hispanic Centers of Excellence Panel- Medical Schools James E. Dalen, M.D., M.P.H., University of Arizona Health Sciences Center Maria Soto Greene, M.D., UMDNJ- the New Jersey Medical School Sandra Daley, M.D., University of California, San Diego Ronald Garcia, Ph.D., Stanford University Martha Medrano, M.D., M.P.H., Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio Stanley M. Lemon, M.D., Univ. of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston America Facundo, Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting (closed) Mar. 22nd 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. The Secrets to Applying to Medical School for High School and College Students (NHMA sponsored Free Session – please RSVP) National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) 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 AMGEN, Inc., NHMA has continued the NHMA Leadership Fellowship with the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University and with the Health Resources and Services Administration, the NHMA Resident Leadership Program. Through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health Cooperative Agreement, NHMA is developing Hispanic Cultural Competence Curriculum. With 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, with The Commonwealth Fund, NHMA conducted briefings on Hispanic Uninsured and Quality of Health Care, with the California Endowment the NHMA begins the NHMA Capitol Hill Hispanic Health Briefing Series. We are proud to have partnered with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, US DHHS, EPA, NHTSA, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Ca Endowment, PhRMA, Aventis, Amgen, GSK and others to sponsor the “National Hispanic Health Leadership Summit” in August, 2002 and to serve as a sponsor for the White House Disparities in Health Conference in Fall, 2003. Finally, NHMA has been developing its National Hispanic Health Foundation to provide Hispanic health research and publications for health policy in 2003.

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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