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2012 NMQF Leadership Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust


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The 2012 NMQF Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust

HEALTH EQUITY, HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: The Next Chapter

 
2012 NMQF Leadership Summit Flyer
 

Event Details

April 23–24, 2012

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC

Address:

1150 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037

Summit Agenda

Leadership Awards Reception and Dinner Program

Booker T. Washington Luncheon

BioSketches

Sponsors


Summit Content

Day 1: April 23

Opening Session

Cedric M. Bright, MD: “I Never Heard Creation Explained This Way Before!!!” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 1. Decreasing and Eliminating Infectious-Disease Disparities

Wilbert C. Jordan, MD, MPH: “HIV/AIDS among African Americans: Physician Characteristics and Composition of Practice Influence HIV Testing” View Presentation

Charles Howell, MD, AGAF: “Hepatitis C Virus Treatments: Present and Future” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 1. Preventing or Delaying the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes: What Can Be Achieved?

Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, MACP: “Preventing or Delaying the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes: What Can Be Achieved?” View Presentation

Deneen Vojta, MD: “Not Me” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 2. Diabetes and Cardiovascular-Disease Risks: An Update on the Evidence

James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD: “Diabetes Prevention and Control in Children and Youth: How Do We Navigate?” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 2. Essential Benefits, Specialty Tiers, Biosimilars, and Health-Care Reform

LaVarne A. Burton: “Impact of Health Policy on Minority End Stage Renal Disease Patients” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 3. Cardiovascular Disease—Controlling the Number One Killer

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA: “Antithrombotic/Anticoagulation Therapies in Special Populations: New and Evolving Treatments” View Presentation

Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA: “PAD Management in Diverse Groups 2012″ View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 3. Reducing Childhood Obesity Disparities in America

Cynthia Ogden, PhD, MRP: “Obesity in the US: Understanding the Data on Disparities in Children” View Presentation

Kenneth Moritsugu, MD, MPH, FACP: “Answering The Call to Action on Childhood Obesity: Gateway to a Healthy Community” View Presentation

Gary Puckrein, PhD: “Defining Childhood Obesity across America” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 4. Utility of Clinical Trials in Defining Future Therapies

John I. Gallin, MD: “Accelerating Diversity in Clinical Research” View Presentation

Herman A. Taylor, Jr., MD, MPH, FACC: “The Jackson Heart Study: Where Are We Now—Where Are We Going?” View Presentation

Booker T. Washington Award Luncheon

Naveen Rao, MD: “No Woman Should Die While Giving Life” View Presentation

Mary T. McCluskey, MD: “Reducing Preterm Births with Affordable Care” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 4. Reducing Hospital Encounters in Minority-Serving Hospitals

Jack O. Lanier, DrPH, MHA, FACHE: “Reducing Hospital Encounters in Minority-Serving Hospitals” View Presentation

Marcel B. Twahirwa, MD: “Reducing Hospital Encounters in Minority Serving Hospitals” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 5. Health Disparities Affecting Minority Populations

Winston H. Gandy, Jr., MD: “Partnering with HCPS to Eliminate Disparities in Cardiovascular Care” View Presentation

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA: “Unmet Needs in Healthcare: Focus on Cardiovascular Disease” View Presentation

Mary Hulihan, MPH: “Sickle Cell Disease and Public Health” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 6. Linking Public Health and Environmental Health Policy and Research

Danielle Deane: “Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies” View Presentation

Susan Polan, PhD: “Why Where You Live, Learn, Play or Work Matters” View Presentation

Margaret Hicken, MPH, PhD: “Social Factors, Environmental Hazards, and Racial Health Disparities: The Case of Stress, Lead, and Hypertension” View Presentation

Special Presentation: US Department of Health and Human Services Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Sherry Glied, PhD: “HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities” View Presentation


Day 2: April 24

CBC Health Braintrust Session I. What’s Been Missing from the Conversations?: Bringing Adolescent Health and Health Care Out of the Shadows

Ms. Evelyn Kappeler: “Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Health” View Presentation

Dr. Katie Plax: “Youth-Centered Health Care: Lessons Learned from the SPOT” View Presentation

Special Update on an Effective Public-Private Partnership

Gary M. Cohen: “Public Private Partnerships with PEPFAR” View Presentation

CBC Health Braintrust Session II. Contemporary Issues in Health Equity Research

Dr. Sarena D. Seifer: “We Want Health Research Equity” View Presentation

Grace Damio, MS: “Elements and Outcomes of Successful Community-Based Health Disparities Research” View Presentation

Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC: “Underrepresented Minority Clinician Scientists—the Missing Link in Health Equity” View Presentation

Special Presentation on a Contemporary Health Equity Research Topic

Adil H. Haider MD, MPH, FACS: “The Impact of Unconscious Biases on Healthcare Outcomes” View Presentation

CBC Health Information Technology Luncheon Presentations and 2012 CBC Health Braintrust Leadership Awards Ceremony

Paul McRae: “AT&T ForHealth” View Presentation

Thank You To Our Sponsors

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