2017 NMQF Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust

Building Sustainable Healthy Communities: Creating Data-Powered Alliances

Event Details

April 24–25, 2017

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC

Address:

1150 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20037

Summit Agenda

Leadership Awards Reception and Dinner Program

Presenter Biosketches

Summit Content

Day 1: April 24

Welcome and Remarks View Video

Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Monday Opening Plenary Session. From Health Disparities to Building Sustainable Healthy Communities: A Paradigm Shift View Video

Moderator: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Panelists:

Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD: “From Health Disparities to Building Sustainable Health Communities: A Paradigm Shift” View Presentation

Robert A. Winn, MD: “From Design to Dissemination: An Opportunity for Women’s Health: All of Us℠ Research Program” View Presentation

Ted Love, MD

Policy and Advocacy Session 1. The Importance of Vaccination in Community Health: Promoting Equity in Adult Immunization View Video

Moderator: Laura Lee Hall, PhD: “Increasing Adult Immunization Rates Among Diverse Populations” View Presentation

Panelists:

Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP: “Social Determinants of Health” View Presentation

Frances Ferguson, M.D.: “ACP Quality Connect: Making Adult Immunizations Standard Practice in Internal Medicine: A National Practice Transformation Initiative Program” View Presentation

Patrick Maloney, PhD(c), MPH: “Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Adult Immunizations among Majority-Minority Serving Physicians” View Presentation

CME Session 1. The Role of Minority-Serving Physicians in Creating Sustainable Healthy Communities View Video

Moderator: Richard Allen Williams, MD

Panelists:

Christopher Holliday, PhD, MPH: “Improving Health Equity: Helping physicians treat the underserved” View Presentation

Daniel Wolfson, MHSA: “The Choosing Wisely® Campaign: The Role of Minority-Serving Physicians in Creating Sustainable Healthy Communities” View Presentation

Patricia M. Doykos, PhD: “Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation: Supporting Sustainable Innovations in Health Equity” View Presentation

Policy and Advocacy Session 2. Accessing Medicines of the Future: Maximizing the Promise of Biologics and Biosimilars View Video

Moderator: Elroy Sailor

Panelists:

Carol Jimenez

Alan Ryan, RPh, MBA

Christy Gamble

Kate Hunter

Colleen Bell

Charlotte Pineda

CME Session 2. Immunization Update: Recommendations, Practice, and Policy View Video

Moderator: Laura Lee Hall, PhD: “Increasing Adult Immunization Rates Among Diverse Populations” View Presentation

Panelists:

Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD, MACP: “National Minority Quality Forum Adult Immunization 2017 Update: Recommendations, Practice, and Policy” View Presentation and “Move the Needle: Raise Adult Immunization Rates” View Video

Charles M. Soppet, MD, FACP: “The Immunization Game: Practice of Adult Immunization” View Presentation

Phyllis Arthur: “Policy Opportunities for Adult Vaccines: Increasing Access and Decreasing Disparities” View Presentation

Biodiversity in Health Policy Luncheon View Video

Master of Ceremonies: Christopher E. Ervin, MD

Remarks:

Allyson Schwartz, MA

Tomás León

2017 Booker T. Washington Award

Award Recipient: John W. Bluford, III

Remarks:

Isabela Niculae, MPH

Myisha Gatson

Barbara Hutchinson, MD, PhD, FACC: “ABC Roundtable to Improve Health Care Access for Minority and High-Risk Populations” View Presentation

William A. McDade, MD, PhD View AMA Video

Policy and Advocacy Session 3. Prescription Drugs as Infrastructure View Video

Moderator: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Panelists:

Michael Ybarra, MD: “Prescription Medicines: Costs in Context” View Presentation

Ora Pescovitz, M.D.: “Value in Health Care” View Presentation

CME Session 3. Primary Care: Promoting High-Quality, Longer Lives View Video

Moderator: Frank Clark, MD

Panelists:

Niva Lubin-Johnson, MD: “PrEP for HIV Among Minority Women” View Presentation

Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH: “Democratizing Discovery Health with n = Me: Primary care, Promoting Quality Care, Longer Lives” View Presentation

Pamela Bradt, MD, MPH: “Unknown Risks in Medicare Patients with Overactive Bladder” View Presentation

Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD, FACP, FCPP: “Improved Survival but Continued Disparities in Cancer: The 1971 National Cancer Act through Moonshot 2017” View Presentation

Policy and Advocacy Session 4. Pain Management Access to Support a Diverse Population View Video

Moderator: Anita Brikman

Panelists:

David W. Kaufman, Sc.D.: “Risk Factors for Acetaminophen Overdose” View Presentation

Ray Bullman: “Pain Management Access to Support a Diverse Population: ‘Listen & Learn'” View Presentation

Marcela Gaitán V., M.P.H., M.A.: “Understanding and Taking Action to Promote Safe Use of Acetaminophen among Hispanics—Know Your Dose Campaign” View Presentation

Richard Knight, MBA

CME Session 4. Value-Based Purchasing, Performance Measures, and Minority Health View Video

Moderator: Dan Leonard, MA: “Value-Based Purchasing, Performance Measures, and Minority Health” View Presentation

Panelists:

Bob Doherty, “Value-based Purchasing, Performance Measures, and Minority Health” View Presentation

Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, FACP: “Value-Based Purchasing, Performance Measures, and Minority Health” View Presentation

Kristi R. Mitchell, MPH: “Evolving Healthcare Landscape, Performance Measurement and Minority Health” View Presentation

Policy and Advocacy Session 5. Are We Practicing at the Top of Our License? View Video

Moderator: Courtney Lang, JD

Panelists:

Hollie Schmidt, MS: “Building a Partnership to Promote Minority Research Engagement in MS” View Presentation

Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC: “Are We Practicing at the Top of Our LIcense?” View Presentation

Pamela Bradt, MD, MPH: “Unknown Risks in Medicare Patients with Overactive Bladder” View Presentation

American Medical Association Reception

Remarks: William A. McDade, MD, PhD

Cancer Diverse Communities Working Group: A Town Hall Dinner View Video

Welcome and Introductions: Bernard Rosof, MD, MACP

“Cancer Diverse Communities Working Group: Town Hall Meeting” View Presentation

Moderated Discussion

Panelists:

Jeanne M. Regnante

Ellen Miller Sonet

Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Ryan McCabe, PhD

Dana Wollins

Patricia M. Doykos, PhD

Christopher M. Dezii, RN, MBA, CPHQ

Day 2: April 25

Health Braintrust Opening Plenary. Beyond Tuskegee: Re-building Trust and Overcoming Barriers to Clinical Trials in Communities of Color View Video

Welcome and Introductions: Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly, PhD (D-IL)

Greetings:

Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Luther Clark

Health Braintrust Panel 1. Beyond Tuskegee Medical Mistrust and Moral Obligation in the Black Community View Video

Moderator: Jonca Bull, MD

Panelists:

Che L. Smith, PhD

Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD

Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH

Carla Williams, PhD

Health Braintrust Panel 2. Minority Health in Trump America View Video

Moderator: Daniel Dawes, JD

Panelists:

O.N. Ray Bignall II, MD

Robert A. Winn

LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH

Richard Allen Williams, MD

Health Braintrust Congressional Awards Luncheon and Town Hall View Video

Moderators:

Audra Wilson

Gary Puckrein, PhD

Brandon Webb

Chairwoman’s Congressional Leadership Award: Congressman G.K. Butterfield, Jr. (D-NC1)

Chairwoman’s Staff Leadership Award: Virgil A. Miller

Chairwoman’s Corporate Citizen Award: Chaka Burgess

Town Hall Moderator: Brandon Garrett

Panelists:

Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)

Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ)

Health Braintrust Film Screening. HBO Film Presents: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks & Discussion View Video

Moderator: Sheri Prentiss

Panelists:

David Lacks, Jr.

Jeri Lacks-Whye

Adult Sickle Cell Satellite Meeting Opening Session View Video

Welcome and Remarks: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD: “Controlling Health Outcomes: From Health Disparities to Sustainable Healthy Communities View Presentation

Adult Sickle Cell Satellite Meeting Panel 1. Adults Living With Sickle Cell Disease: Challenges and Gaps View Video

Moderator: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Panelist: Mary Hulihan, DrPH: “Sickle Cell Disease: An Issue of Health Equity?” View Presentation

Adult Sickle Cell Satellite Meeting Panel 2. Patients, Caregivers and Advocates View Video

Greetings: Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly, PhD (D-IL)

Moderator: Sonja L. Banks: “Giving New Voice: An SCDAA Overview … Working Together to Change Lives” View Presentation

Panelists:

Karen L. Proudford, Ph.D.: “The William E. Proudford Sickle Cell Fund, Inc.®: a world without sickle cell disease” View Presentation

Mary E. Brown: “Integrating Community Health Worker into a new Sickle Cell Disease Adult Clinic” View Presentation

Jeffrey Zuttah

Adult Sickle Cell Satellite Meeting Panel 3. Integrated Care Models: Outpatient and Inpatient View Video

Moderator: Gary A Puckrein, PhD

Panelists:

Edward Donnell Ivy, MD, MPH: “HRSA Hemoglobinopathies Programs: Sickle Cell Disease Newborn Screening Follow-Up Program (SCDNBSP) and Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Regional Collaboratives Program (SCDTDP)” View Presentation

Diane Nugent, MD: “Integrated Sickle Cell Care Models: Outpatient Community Based Clinics” View Presentation

Julie Kanter, MD: “Sickle Cell Disease: Access to Care” View Presentation

Kim Smith-Whitley, MD: “Sickle Cell Disease Integrated Care Models: Outpatient and Inpatient” View Presentation

Adult Sickle Cell Satellite Meeting Session. Challenges and Gaps View Video

Moderator: Christopher E. Ervin, MD

Panelists:

La Tasha Lee

Alexis A. Thompson, MD.MPH: “ASH’s Multifaceted Initiative on Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)” View Presentation

Adult Sickle Cell Satellite Meeting Panel 4. Sickle Cell Health Policy View Video

Moderator: Gretchen Wartman

Panelists:

Judith Baker, DrPH, MHSA: “Sickle Cell Policy: Regional Rare Blood Disorder Synergies” View Presentation

Randall Curtis: “Measuring Burden of Illness in Hemophilia: How to use in Sickle Cell Disease for Advocacy” View Presentation

Ryan Long: “Ensuring Access to New Therapies” View Presentation

Adult Sickle Cell Satellite Meeting Panel 5. Innovative Therapies: Opportunities and Challenges View Video

Moderator: Jonca Bull, MD

Panelists:

Kenneth Bridges, MD

William Hobbs

Carl Kollmer, PhD

Adult Sickle Cell Satellite Meeting Closing Session. Next Steps: Moderated Closing Session View Video

Remarks: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

2017 Leadership Awards Reception and Dinner View Video

Master of Ceremonies: Mr. John Brockington

Welcome, Opening Remarks & Host: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Honorary Co-Host: Congresswoman Robin Kelly, PhD (D-IL)

Greetings: William A. McDade, MD, PhD

Lifetime Achievement Award: Mr. Bruce Taylor

Remarks: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC

Louis Stokes Lifetime Achievement Award: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA)

40 Under 40 Minority Leaders in Health View Presentation

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2016 NMQF Leadership Summit on Health Disparities and CBC Spring Health Braintrust

Building Sustainable Communities: Delivering Quality Healthcare

Event Details

April 11-12, 2016

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC

Address:

1150 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20037

Summit Agenda

Leadership Awards Reception and Dinner Program

Summit Content

Day 1: April 11

Leadership Summit Opening Plenary and Award Ceremony (View Video)

Welcome and Remarks: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Greetings:

• Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly, PhD (D-IL)

• Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA

Booker T. Washington Award: Ramanathan (Ram) Raju, MD, MBA, FACS

Presentation: M. Tomás León, MBA

Policy & Advocacy Session 1. Eliminating Disparities in Access to Multi-Modal Analgesia (View Video)

Moderator: Gretchen C. Wartman

Panelists:

• Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

• Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA: “Drug Poisoning Deaths Involving Opioid Analgesics and Heroin: 1999–2014” View Presentation

• P. Grace Harrell, MD, MPH: “Multimodal Postoperative Analgesia and Pain Treatment Disparities” View Presentation

CME Session 1: Measuring Quality and Performance in Treatment of Heart Failure in African-American Patients

Moderator: David N. Smith, MD

Faculty:

• Peter Carson, MD: “V-HeFT and the Road to A-HeFT” View Presentation

• Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FNLA: “Impact of the African American Heart Failure Trial (A-HeFT): Guideline-based Therapy in Blacks with Heart Failure 2016” View Presentation

• Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC: “Measuring Quality and Performance in the Treatment of Heart Failure in African-American Patients” View Presentation

Policy & Advocacy Session 2. Structuring Access to Prescription Drugs to Support Biodiverse Patient Populations (View Video)

Moderator: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD: “Structuring Access to Prescription Drugs to Support Biodiverse Patient Populations” View Presentation

Panelists:

• Michael Ybarra, MD: “Prescription Medicines: Costs in Context” View Presentation

• Kraig Kinchen, MD: “Value and Cost of Medicines” View Presentation

• Quardricos B. Driskell: “Understanding Biologics, Biosimilars, and Patient Access to Innovative Treatments” View Presentation

CME Session 2. Impact of Medicare Competitive Bidding Program on Patients with Diabetes in Minority Communities

Moderator: Dee Ann Stahly

Faculty: Jaime A. Davidson, MD, FACP, FACE: “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Competitive Bidding Program: Assessment of Impact on Beneficiary Acquisition of Diabetes-Testing Supplies” View Presentation

Biodiversity in Health Policy Luncheon (View Video)

Master of Ceremonies: Courtney Lang, JD

Remarks:

• Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MPA, MCAP

• Ho Luong Tran, MD, MPH

• Eric J. Williams, DNP, RN, CNE

• Coltrane Stansbury: “Gateway to a Healthy Community: Healthier Kids: Program Update” View Presentation

Policy & Advocacy Session 3. Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials through Collective Action and Community Engagement: “I’M IN” National Clinical Trial Registration Month (View Video)

Moderator: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Panelists:

• Salvatore Alesci, MD, PhD

• Javier Barrientos

• Jonca Bull, MD

• Milena Lolic, MD, MS: “Drug Trials Snapshots” View Presentation

CME Session 3. MACRA, ACA and Health Reform: Impact on Diverse Patients and Their Physicians

Moderator: Cynthia Brown, MA

Faculty:

• Alice A. Tolbert Coombs, MD, MPA, FCCP: “Providers Caring for Minority Patients and Vulnerable Populations” View Presentation

• Ronald W. Dunlap, MD, FACC: “Accountable Care Organizations: Impact on Health Care Disparities” View Presentation

• Kelly Brantley: “A Brief Landscape of the Health Insurance Landscape Post-ACA” View Presentation

Policy & Advocacy Session 4. Creating Insurance and Payment Options that Support Improved Outcomes in Diverse Beneficiary Populations (View Video)

Moderator: Courtney Lang, JD: “Biodiversity in Health Policy: Setting the Stage for Discussion” View Presentation

Panelists:

• Allyson Y. Schwartz: “Medicare Advantage = Integral Coverage for a Diverse Beneficiary Population” View Presentation

• Matthew Eyles: “Creating Payment and Insurance Options that Support Diverse Beneficiary Populations” View Presentation

CME Session 4. Treating and Preventing HIV in Diverse Communities: A Conversation about Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

Moderator: Leo Moore, MD, MSHPM

Faculty:

• Travis Gayles, MD, PhD: “HIV and the 21st Century Local Public Health Response” View Presentation

• Noël Gordon, Jr.

• Manya Magnus, PhD, MPH: “Treating and Preventing HIV in Diverse Communities: A New Era of HIV Prevention” View Presentation

Policy & Advocacy Session 5. Policy Impacts Patient Outcomes: Impact of the Medicare Competititve Bidding Program on Patients with Diabetes (View Video)

Moderator: Dee Ann Stahly

Panelists:

• David Marrero, PhD: “Impact of CMS Competitive Bidding Program on Medicare Beneficiary Safety and Access to Diabetes Testing Supplies: A Retrospective, Longitudinal Analysis” View Presentation

• Nancy L. Johnson: “Historical Perspective on Competitive Bidding Law” View Presentation

• Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Biodiverse Health Policy Town Hall & Dinner: An Evening with the Presidents and Chairs (View Video)

Moderator: Stephanie Dyson

Panelists:

• Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA

• Barbara Hutchinson, MD, PhD

• Edith Mitchell, MD, FACP

• Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MPA, MCAP

• Kim A. Williams, MD, FACC

Day 2: April 12

Health Braintrust Opening Plenary and Award Ceremony (View Video)

Welcome and Introductions: Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly, PhD (D-IL)

Greetings: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Keynote: Damon Tweedy, MD: “Why Did I Write This Book? Black Man in a White Coat” View Presentation

Talk 1. Planting the Seed—Getting Young People Engaged in Health Sciences (View Video)

Speaker: Garth Graham, MD, MPH: “Engaging Young People in Science and Technology” View Presentation

CME Session 5. Managing Complex Patients

Moderator: Niva Lubin-Johnson, MD, FACP

Faculty:

• Alice A. Tolbert Coombs, MD, MPA, FCCP: “Managing Complex Patients: Critical Care Medicine” View Presentation

• Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts, MD

Talk 2. Cracks in the Pipeline—Identifying Barriers for Minorities in Health Fields (View Video)

Speaker: Alden M. Landry, MD, MPH: “Priming the Pipeline: Lessons Learned from the Tour for Diversity in Medicine (T4D)” View Presentation

CME Session 6. Reducing Health Inequities in Liver Diseases

Moderator: Donna R. Cryer, JD: “Reducing Health Inequities in Liver Diseases” View Presentation

Faculty:

• Corinna Dan, RN, MPH: “Updating the National Viral Hepatitis Action for 2017–2020” View Presentation

• Elena Rios, MD, MSPH: “NHMA HepC and Hispanics Summits” View Presentation

• Ho Luong Tran, MD, MPH

• Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD: “Office of Health Equity Briefing, Hepatitis C Disparities among Veterans” View Presentation

Health Braintrust Awards Luncheon & Town Hall (View Video)

Ouststanding Legislator Leadership Award: The Honorable Michelle Lujan Grisham

Outstanding Corporate Leadership Award: Maurice Smith

Congressional Staff Leadership Award: Marvin Figueroa

Town Hall Moderator: LaTasha Seliby, MD

Talk 3. Under Construction—Strategies to Strengthen the Diversity Pipeline (View Video)

Speakers:

• Cedric M. Bright, MD, FACP: “AAMC: Altering the Course of Black Males” View Presentation

• Deric C. Savior, MD

Talk 4. Road to Retention—Challenges Minorities Face in the Health Workforce and Strategies to Improve Retention (View Video)

Speakers:

• Delia Davis

• Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts, MD: “A Physician’s Journey: The Morning, the Afternoon Storm, and the Far Brighter Twilight” View Presentation

2016 Leadership Awards Reception and Dinner (View Video)

Welcome: Mr. John Brockington, Master of Ceremonies

Invocation & Opening Remarks:

• Gary A. Puckrein, PhD, Host

• Cong. Robin Kelly, PhD (D-IL), Honorary Co-Host

Greetings: Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA

Remarks: Joel Freedman

2016 Leadership Awards

40 Under 40 Minority Leaders in Health

Lifetime Achievement Award: Joel Freedman

Congressional Lifetime Achievement Award: The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson, RN

Lifetime Achievement Award: Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP

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2015 NMQF Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust

The March Toward Health Equity 

Event Details

April 20–21, 2015

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC

Address:

1150 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037

Summit Agenda

Awards Dinner Program

Summit Brochure

BioSketches

Sponsors

Summit Content

Day 1: April 20

Day One Opening Plenary (View Video)

Welcome:

• Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

• Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)

Greetings:

• Lawrence Sanders, Jr., MD

• Ho Luong Tran, MD, MPH

• Barbara Hutchinson, MD

• Julie K. Goonewardene, MS

CME Session 1. Managing Chronic Pain in Biodiverse Patient Populations

Moderator: Christopher Ervin, MD

Panelists:

• Randall C. Morgan, Jr., MD, MBA: “Muskuloskeletal Health Disparities and the Underutilizationi of Hip and Knee Replacements in Diverse Populations” View Presentation

• Carmen R. Green, MD: “Pain Care Disparities: Addressing the Unequal Burden through Knowledge and Policy” View Presentation

• Gail S. Kerr, MD, FRCP(Edin): “Preventing Pain in RA” View Presentation

Plenary: Biodiversity in Infectious Disease Alliance: Targeting the Hepatitis-C and HIV in Diverse Communities (View Video)

Moderator: Audra Wilson, Esq.

Panelists:

• Marsha A. Martin, DSW: “Minorities, Disparities and HIV: The March Toward or Long Haul?” View Presentation

• Amanda D. Castel, MD, MPH: “Community Viral Load (CVL): A Novel Marker to Measure Progress in HIV Prevention” View Presentation

• Nina Delorenzo

CME Session 2. Treating Heart Failure in Biodiverse Patient Populations

Moderator: Christopher Ervin, MD

Panelists:

• Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FNLA: “Treating Heart Failure in Biodiverse Patient Populations: Best Practices and Unveiling Disparities in Blacks” View Presentation

• Dennis M. McNamara, MD: “Parmacogenomics of Heart Failure in African Americans” View Presentation

Plenary: Biodiversity in Metabolic Disease Alliance: National Agenda to Reduce Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations in Biodiverse Communities (View Video)

Moderator: Brandon Garrett

Panelists:

• Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

• Brent M. Egan, MD: “National Agenda to Reduce Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations in Biodiverse Communities” View Presentation

• Coletrane Stansbury, MPP

• Lisa Valtierra: “Cuida Tu Don de la Salud” View Presentation

CME Session 3. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Detection and Treatment of Depression, Anxiety and Schizophrenia

Moderator: Courtney Lang, JD

Panelists:

• William B. Lawson, MD, PhD, DLFAPA: “Diagnosing and Treating Mental Disorders in People of Color” View Presentation

• Annelle B. Primm, MD, MPH: “Racial Disparities in Depression, Anxiety and Schizophrenia” View Presentation

• Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH: “Behavioral Health in Children: Moving Upstream to Address Disparities” View Presentation

Plenary: Biodiversity in Cardiovascular Disease Alliance: Guidelines for Treating Heart Failure and Hypertension in African Americans (View Video)

Moderator: Kayce Ataiyero

Panelists:

• Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FNLA: “Improving Hypertension Outcomes in the Blacks: Current Concepts and Evidence-based Approaches” View Presentation

• Jackson T. Wright, Jr., MD, PhD, FACP, FASH: “Current US Hypertension Guidelines: Are They Age and Race Appropriate?” View Presentation

• Ola Akinboboye, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, FACC, FASNC, FACP, FAHA: “Guidelines for Pharmcologic Treatment of Heart Failure in African American Patients” View Presentation

Biodiversity Health Policy Luncheon and Award Ceremony (View Video)

2015 Booker T. Washington Award Recipient: Thomas F. Zenty, III

Moderator: Brandon Webb

Panelists:

• Maulik S. Joshi, DrPH

• Ronald M. Wyatt, MD MHA: “The March Toward Health Equity” View Presentation

• Traci Ferguson, MD, MBA: “NMQF BioDiversity Luncheon” View Presentation

• Alan Ryan, RPh, MBA

• Krista Drobac

CME Session 4. An Update on HIV in Biodiverse Populations: Are We Making Progress?

Moderator: Christopher Ervin, MD

Panelists:

• Goulda A. Downer, PhD, RD, LN, CNS, FAND: “Cultural Competency: Key to Eliminating HIV Disparity” View Presentation

• Fabian Sandoval, MD

Plenary: Biodiversity in Clinical Trials Alliance: I’m In National Clinical Trial Registration Month (View Video)

Moderator: Keenan Austin

Panelists:

• Salvatore Alesci, MD, PhD

• Luther T. Clark, MD, FACC, FACP: “Patient Engagement across the Drug Discovery and Development Continuum” View Presentation

• Naomi Lowy, MD: “Drug Trials Snapshots: Making Minority Demographic Data More Available and Transparent” View Presentation

• Albert T. Roy: “Alliance for Lupus Research” View Presentation

• Karen Brooks: “Diversity in Clinical Trials at Pfizer” View Presentation

CME Session 5. Challenges and Potential Solutions to Delivering Evidence-Based Care to Patients with Diabetes

Moderator: Christopher Ervin, MD

Panelists:

• Brent Egan, MD: “Challenges and Potential Solutions to Delivering Evidence-Based Care to Patients with Diabetes” View Presentation

• Robert Martinez, MD: “Doctors, We Have a Problem … the Renaissance Difference” View Presentation

• Gail Nunlee-Bland, MD, FACE, FAAP

Plenary: Biodiversity in Neuroscience Alliance: Multiple Sclerosis in Diverse Populations (View Video)

Moderator: Deanne Millison, Esq.

Panelists:

• Mitzi Joi Williams, MD: “Multiple Sclerosis in the African-American Population” View Presentation

• Lilyana Amezcua, MD, MS: “Multiple Sclerosis in Hispanics: Unrecognized or Emerging?” View Presentation

• Hollie Schmidt: “iConquerMS™: Building a Diverse, Engaged and Empowered Community for MS Research” View Presentation

• Javier Barrientos: “Our Commitment to Patients: MS Underserved Populations Initiative” View Presentation

Plenary: Biodiversity in Cancer Alliance: Challenging Multiple Myeloma, Breast and Cervical Cancers in Biodiverse Communities (View Video)

Moderator: Audra Wilson, Esq.

Panelists:

• Edith Mitchell, MD, FACP

• Deanna Darlington: “Amgen’s Approach to Patient Advocacy” View Presentation

• Chris Draft: View Presentation

Health Policy Town Hall and Dinner: “Biodiversity and Health Care Quality: The 21st Century Challenge” (View Video)

Moderator: Dan Leonard- “Biodiversity and Health Care Quality: The 21st Century Challenge” View Presentation

Panelists:

• C. Daniel Mullins, PhD: “Patient Differences: Biologic and Non-Biologic Factors” View Presentation

• Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

• Georgia M. Dunston, PhD: “Biological Diversity and Disease Presentation” View Presentation

• Adolph P. Falcon: “Genes, Culture, and Health: Ensuring the Best Health Outcomes for All” View Presentation

Day 2: April 21

Day Two Opening Plenary (View Video)

Welcome:

• Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)

• Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

• Keynote Speaker and Recipient of Charles Richard Drew Award: Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, US Surgeon General

Concurrent Breakout 1: The State of Safety Net Hospitals and What Can be Done to Better Them

Moderator: Virgil Miller, MPH

Panelists:

• Tim Egan

• Joel Freedman

• Carladenise Edwards, PhD, MS.Ed

Concurrent Breakout 2: The Effects of Gun Violence on the Mental Health of the Community (View Video)

Moderator: Abdul Henderson

Panelists:

• Doriane Miller, MD

• Jalon Arthur

• Sonya Clay

Concurrent Breakout 3: Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare

Moderator: Timothy Robinson, Esq.

Panelists:

• Eckhard Alt, MD, PhD: “Cellular Therapeutics: Precision Medicine at Work Today” View Presentation

• AJ Jones, MPH

• Abner Mason: “Linking Spanish Speakers with 24/7 Access to Health Advice” View Presentation

CBC Spring Health Braintrust Luncheon and Awards Ceremony: Discussion on the State of Black Health (View Video)

Host: Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)

Awardee: The Honorable Frank J. Pallone (D-NJ)

Presenter: Brandon Garrett, JD

Awardee: Timothy Robinson, Esq., Awardee

Moderator: Stefanie Brown James

Panelists:

• Opella Ernest, MD: “Town Hall Discussion on the State of Black Health” View Presentation

• Daniel E. Dawes, Esq.: “State of Black Health: Marching to Health Equity” View Presentation

Concurrent Breakout 4: Respiratory Concerns in the African American Community (View Video)

Moderator: Audra Wilson, Esq.

Panelists:

• Alvin Thomas, MD

• Walter D. Conwell, MD

Concurrent Breakout 6: The Changing Face of Heart Disease and Stroke

Moderator: Kendra Brown, JD, M.Div.

Panelists:

• Ola Akinboboye, MD, MPH, FACC, FACP

• Pamela Garman Johnson

• Charley John

2015 Leadership Awards Dinner (View Video)

Host: John Brockington

Welcome:

• Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

• Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA)

Remarks:

Julie K. Goonewardene, MS

Andre Collins

Chairman’s Award: Mr. John Castellani

Presenter: Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Lifetime Achievement Award: The Honorable James “Jim” Clyburn

Presenter: Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)

Keynote Address: The Honorable James “Jim” Clyburn

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The 2013 NMQF Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust

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

Event Details

April 22–23, 2013

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC

Address:

1150 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037

Summit Agenda

Leadership Awards Reception and Dinner Program

Booker T. Washington Luncheon

Biosketches

Sponsors

Summit Content

Day 1: April 22

Welcome: Opening Session (View Video)

Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen

Rahn K. Bailey, MD

Ola Akinboboye, MD

Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD

Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

CME Session 1. Progress in Identifying Genetics versus Environmental Factors That Affect Cancer Outcomes

Michelle Johnson, MD, MPH: “Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Treatment” View Presentation

Andrea Goldstein, NP, MS, MPH: “Liver Cancer: Epidemiology and Health Disparities” View Presentation

Special Presentation: Gary Gibbons, MD: “Imagine the Future: NHLBI’s Leadership Role in Eliminating Health Disparities” (View Video)

CME Session 2. Evidence-Based Approaches to Treating Heart Failure in Blacks

Moderator: Keith Ferdinand, MD

Panelists:

• Inder S. Anand, MD, RFCP, D Phil, (Oxon.): “Reducing Hospital Readmissions and Increasing Time to Hospital Readmission in Blacks with Heart Failure” View Presentation

• Elizabeth O. Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC: “Treatment of Heart Failure in African Americans” View Presentation

Joint Community/Policy Session 1. Strategies and Policy Recommendations for Creating an Equitable Response to the Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic View Presentation (View Video)

Moderator, Patricia M. Doykos, PhD

Panelists:

• Kim Prendergast, RD, MPP: “Feeding America Diabetes Initiative: Addressing Health Disparities by Improving Food Access”

• Benjamin M. Bluml, RPh: “Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Practices for Heavily Burdened Populations”

• C. Donovan Beckett, DO: “Mingo County Diabetes Coalition”

• Nadia Ali, MPA: “Aiming to Bend the Curve on the Diabetes Burden through an Integrated Population Health Approach”

• Robert Greenwald: “Providing Access to Healthy Solutions (PATHS): Reforming Diabetes Law & Policy to Promote Access to Care and Reduce Health Disparities”

CME Session 3. Reducing Acute Events from Diabetes

Jaime A. Davidson, MD, FACP, MACE: “Reducing Acute and Chronic Events from Diabetes” View Presentation

Joint Community/Policy Session 2. Cardiometabolic and Renal Disease Disparities: An Update (View Video)

Moderator: Courtney Lang, JD

Panelists:

• Ola Akinboboye, MD

• Keith C. Norris, MD, FASN: “Overview of Racial Disparities in Kidney Disease Outcomes” View Presentation

• Jonca Bull, MD, and Helene D. Clayton-Jeter, OD: “FDA Update: Minority Health and Stakeholder Engagement View Presentation

Joint Community/Policy Session 3. Industry and Public-Sector Collaboration to Address the Problem of Childhood Obesity (View Video)

Moderator: Maria Lemus

Panelists:

• Newark Deputy Mayor Margarita Muñiz

• Anthony P. Carter: “Gateway to a Healthy Community” View Presentation

• Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

• June Keenan: “Scientific Design, Real World Solution: Activity Works” View Presentation

CME Session 4. Identification, Treatment, and Control of Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors in Minorities

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FNLA: “Identification, Treatment, and Control of Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors in Minorities” View Presentation

A. J. Conrad Smith, MD: “Disparities in the Care of Patients with CAD” View Presentation

Booker T. Washington Award Luncheon (View Video)

Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Enrique A. Conterno

Edward L Martinez

Bruce Siegel

LaVarne A. Burton

Joint Community/Policy Session 4. Testing the Limits of Consumer Privacy and Security on Health (View Video)

Moderator: William O’Leary

Leon Rodriguez

Deven McGraw

CME Session 5. Primordial Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Pediatric Patients and Adults—Preventing the Disease across the Life Span

Donna H. Ryan, MD, FACP: “What’s New in Obesity Treatment? Will It Make a Difference?” View Presentation

CME Session 6. Effects of Health-Care Reform on Coverage, Access, and Disparities

Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD: “The AMA, Reform & Disparities: Better Outcomes, Better Systems, Better Education” View Presentation

Richard Allen Williams, MD, FACC, FAHA: “Cardiovascular Disease by the Numbers” View Presentation

Joint Community/Policy Session 5. Issues Associated with Chronic Weight Management in Adults (View Video)

Moderator: Willarda V. Edwards, MD, MBA

Panelists:

• James Gavin, MD, PhD

• Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD: “Effective Approaches for Managing Obesity and Chronic Disease” View Presentation

CME Session 7. Viral Hepatitis and HIV Coinfection—Social Determinants, Preventive Measures, and Treatment Considerations

Charles D. Howell, MD, AGAF: “HCV: Racial Disparities” View Presentation

Ronald D’Amico, DO, MSc: “Interferon-Free, Oral DAA Therapy for HCV Infection” View Presentation

Joint Community/Policy Session 6: Reducing Infectious Disease Disparities in Minorities (View Video)

Moderator: Bambi Gaddist Moderator

Panelists:

R. Monina Klevens, DDS, MPH: “Epidemiology of Hepatitis C: Impact on Minorities” View Presentation

Charles D. Howell, MD

2013 Annual Leadership Awards Dinner (View Video: Part I and Part II)

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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

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

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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

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The 2010 NMQF Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust

Event Details

April 19–20, 2010

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC

Address:

1150 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037

Summit Agenda

Leadership Awards Reception and Dinner Program

Booker T. Washington Luncheon

BioSketches

Summit Content

Day 1: April 19

Opening Session: Health-Care Reform and the Emerging Majority

Willarda V. Edwards, MD, MBA: “Health Care Reform and the Emerging Majority” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 1. Inequalities of Access to Medical Breakthroughs and Health Care

Charles J. Bentz MD, FACP: “Addressing Tobacco: It Takes a Village” View Presentation

C. Daniel Mullins, PhD, “Community Health Partnership: A Model for Local Empowerment: Baltimore Study Results” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 1. Cardiovascular Disease Disparities: Focus on Hypertension and Acute Coronary Syndrome

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC,FAHA: “Stroke Update: Prevention, Disparities & New Advances in Care” View Presentation

Christopher Cannon, MD: “Eliminating Disparities a in Outcomes in ACS: Perspectives from the TIMI Group” View Presentation

Laura Lee Hall, PhD: “credo: Why, What and How” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 2. Improving Enrollment of Minorities in Clinical Trials

Helena O. Mishoe, PhD, MPH: “The NHLBI’s Health Disparities Efforts” View Presentation

Sanya A. Springfield, PhD: “Racial and Ethnic Minorities Accrual to NCI Clinical Trials” View Presentation

Tony Coelho: “Partnership to Improve Patient Care: The Need for Patient-Centered CER” View Presentation

Gail Nunlee-Bland, MD: “Diversity of Race and Ethnicity in Clinical Trial Participants” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 2. Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease at the Community Level

Keith C. Norris, MD, FASN: “Environmental Components of Racial Disparities in CKD” View Presentation

James A. Sloand, MD, FACP: “Disrupting the ‘Norm’ in Chronic Kidney Disease” View Presentation

Booker T. Washington Award Luncheon

Jack Lewin, MD: “credo: Patient-Centered Care in Cardiovascular Disease” View Presentation

Leonard Weather, Jr., MD: “The Commission to End Health Care Disparities: Unifying Efforts to Achieve Quality Care for All Americans” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 3. Real-Time Information about Diabetics, Their Care, and the Trends That Are Shaping the Diabetes Market

Elbert S. Huang, MD, MPH, FACP: “Projecting the Future Diabetes Population Size and Related Costs for the U.S.” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 3. The Challenge of Health Disparities in Cancer

Edith P. Mitchell, MD, FACP: “Differences in Cancer Care in the U.S.: The Racial Divide” View Presentation

Steven R. Patierno, PhD, “Trenches, Benches, Bedsides and Wrenches: A Trans-disciplinary Attack on Cancer Disparities in Washington DC” View Presentation

General Session: Information and Technology: 21st-Century Transformation of Our Health-Care System

Mark A. Dente, MD: “Healthcare IT: Transforming Healthcare” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 4. Examining Racial Disparities in Infectious Diseases: Focus on Hepatitis C Virus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Gary Doern, PhD, “MRSA: A Coming Plague”

Clinical CME Session 4. Managing Arthritis and Lupus in Minorities

Edward L. Treadwell, MD: “Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Are There Triggers and Association to a Mixed Connective Tissue Disease?” View Presentation

Town Hall Meeting and Dinner: Why Enhancing Diversity in Clinical Trials Is Good Health Policy

John Davis, MD, MPH: “Why Enhancing Diversity in Clinical Trials Is Good Health Policy” View Presentation

Armin Weinberg, MD: “Why Enhancing Diversity in Clinical Trials Is Good Policy: EDICT v2.0″ View Presentation

Venus Ginés, MA, “Why Enhancing Diversity in Clinical Trials Is Good Policy” View Presentation

James H. Powell, MD, CPI: “Improving Minority Health & Participation in Clinical Trials” View Presentation

Day 2: April 20

Clinical CME Session 5. Health-Care Reform, Medicare, and Meaningful Use: An Update

Richard Allen Williams, MD: “Why We Can’t Wait: The Moral Imperative for Addressing Healthcare Disparities under Healthcare Reform” View Presentation

Thomas Tsang, MD, MPH: “Meaningful Use and ONC Overview” View Presentation

Carmella Bocchino, RN, MBA: “Health Reform, Medicare, and Meaningful Use: An Update Session” View Presentation

CBC Health Braintrust Session I. New Health Policies and Health Reform: An Update on What Has Been Achieved and What Remains

Willarda V. Edwards, MD, MBA: View Presentation

William S. Robinson, MA: “Tobacco, Menthol and the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee” View Presentation

CBC Health Braintrust Session II. HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Policies and Communities of Color: Current Challenges; Positive Solutions

Goulda A. Downer, PhD, RD,LN, CNS: “National Minority AIDS Education & Training Center” View Presentation

Kevin Dedner, MPH: “ADAPs” View Presentation

Ronald Johnson: “Importance of Racial & Ethnic Minority Participation in HIV Vaccine Trials” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 6. The Persistent Burden of Diabetes in the Elderly

Kevin H. McKinney, MD, FACE, FACP: “The Increasing Burden of Diabetes in the Elderly” View Presentation

Kenyatta Lee, MD: “The Medical Home Model as a Solution to Diabetes Disparities” View Presentation

CBC Health Braintrust Session III. Health in Public Housing: Innovative Solutions for Those in Need

Karen Williams, MS: “West End Medical Centers” View Presentation

Allan Cintron-Salichs, MBA, MHCM: “Health in Public Housing: Innovative Solutions for Those in Need” View Presentation

CBC Health Braintrust Session IV. Value of Community-Based Health Initiatives: In the Community; for the Community; by the Community

Jeffrey Chell, MD: “The Value of Community-Based Initiatives: Saving Lives through Blood and Marrow Transplantation” View Presentation

Dr. F. Roosevelt Gilliam: “Close the Gap: The Value of Community-Based Health Initiatives: in the Community; for the Community; by the Community” View Presentation

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The 2009 NMQF Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust

Event Details

April 27–28, 2009

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

Summit Content

Day 1: April 27

Opening Plenary: Minority Consumers in the US Health Care Marketplace: The Paradigm Shift Begins

Mohammad N. Akhter, MD, MPH: “The Role of Comparative Effectiveness in Health Care Reform” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 1. Comparative Effectiveness: Closing the Disparity Gap?

Carolyn M. Clancy, MD: “Comparative Effectiveness: Closing the Quality Gap?” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 1. Evidence-Based Solutions to Eliminating CVD Disparities

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA: “Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease” View Presentation

Kirk Geter, DPM: “Diagnose and Treat Peripheral Arterial Disease” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 2. Diabetes in Medicare

Enrique Caballero, MD: “Diabetes Care in the U.S.: A 2009 Vision” View Presentation

Gail Nunlee-Bland, MD: “Diabetes Treatment Center: Howared University Hospital” View Presentation

Jay Hedlund: “Screening Seniors for Diabetes: Why and How?” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 2. Reducing Pain Disparities: Treatment Strategies

Edward L. Treadwell, MD: “Pain in Osteoarthritis” View Presentation

Luis R. Espinoza, MD: “Reducing Pain Disparities: Treatment Strategies-RA” View Presentation

Carolyn Barley Britton, MD, MS: “The Neurology of HIV Infection” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 3. Evidence-Based Approaches to Eliminating Cardiovascular Disease Disparities

Jack Lewin, MD: “Registries to Reduce Disparities” View Presentation

Kevin Heffernan, PhD: “Racial Differences in Central Blood Pressure” View Presentation

Rani Whitfield, MD: “Power to End Stroke Awareness Campaign” View Presentation

Booker T. Washington Luncheon

Tom Insel, MD: “No Health without Mental Health: The NIMH Perspective on Disparities” View Presentation

Bambi Gaddist, PhD: “Southern AIDS Living Quilt—Join the Fight” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 4: Reimbursement in Medicare: Impact on CKD Patients

JoVonn Givens, MPH: “Chronic Kidney Disease Quality Initiative” View Presentation

Meredith Mathews, MD, MPH: “Reimbursement in Medicare: Impact on CKD Patients” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 3. Impact of Diabetes in Minorities

James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD: “The Changing Face of Diabetes in African Americans: Urgency for a New Approach” View Presentation

Kenyatta Lee, MD: “Diabetes Rapid Access Program (D-RAP) Disease Management Prototype” View Presentation

Joint Community and Policy Session 5. Improving Quality of Care in Our 21st-Century Health System

Deborah E. Jones, PhD, RN: “Community Health Partnership: It’s in Our Hands” View Presentation

Alethia Jackson: “Creating A High-Value Health Care System” View Presentation

Roba Whiteley: “Bridging Health Disparities: Helping Uninsured Minorities Access Prescription Medicines” View Presentation

Anne Wilkins: “Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index” View Presentation

Closing Plenary: The HIV/AIDS Atlas

Carl W. Dieffenbach, PhD: “The NIAID Integrated Prevention Research Program” View Presentation

Town Hall Meeting and Dinner: Health Care Reimbursement: A Time for Reform?

Tammy Banks: “Diagnosis and Cure for the Broken Claims Process” View Presentation

David J. Satin, MD: “The Impact of Pay for Performance on Healthcare Disparities” View Presentation

Richard Allen Williams, MD: “A Universal Code of Conduct for Health Insurers: Is There a Need?” View Presentation

Day 2: April 28

Opening Plenary: CBC Health Braintrust

Opening Session and Morning Panel, featuring Congressman Danny Davis, Congressman John Lewis, and Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen

Congresswoman Donna Christensen: “The Emerging Majority and the U.S. Health Care System: The Paradigm Shift Begins” View Presentation

Gary Puckrein, PhD: Day 2 Opening Plenary Presentation View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 4. The Challenges of Mental Health Disparities

James A. Blumenthal, PhD: “Depression as a New Risk Factor for Coronary Hearth Disease: Implications for Minority Health” View Presentation

Philip Wang, MD, DrPH: “Addressing Disparities in Mental Health Care” View Presentation

CBC Health Braintrust Session I. Health Equity and the Changing Demographics in America: Why Health Disparities Should Be Relevant to Everyone

Beth Landon: “Health Disparities in Rural and Frontier America” View Presentation

Eleanor Hinton Hoytt: “Is Inequality Making Black Women Sick?” View Presentation

Cara V. James, PhD: “2009 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS: Findings on the Domestic Epidemic” View Presentation

CBC Health Braintrust Session II. Health Policy in Every Policy: Tackling the Social Determinants of Health

Tracie L. Washington, Esq: “Health Policy in Every Policy: Linking Housing and Health Disparities in New Orleans” View Presentation

Dennis Andrulis: “Health and the Importance of Place: Poverty, Social Determinants and Their Influence on Disparities” View Presentation

Robert S. Ogilvie, PhD: “Changing the Built Environment So That the Healthy Choice Becomes the Easy Choice” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 5. HIV/AIDS: A Minority Health Issue

Goulda A. Downer, PhD, RD, LN, CNS: “A Systems Thinking Approach to Reducing HIV/AIDS Disparities within Communities of Color” View Presentation

CBC Health Braintrust Session III. Community-Centric Health Equity Efforts: A Spotlight on Place Matters

Nancy Norman, MD, MPH: “Taking Action to Eliminate Health Inequities in Boston” View Presentation

Greg Hodge, JD: “Addressing the Root Causes of Health Inequities through a Local Policy Agenda” View Presentation

Clinical CME Session 6. Advances in Reducing Cancer Disparities

Jo Anne Zujewski: “Health Disparities Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment” View Presentation

Wayne A. I. Frederick, MD, FACS: “Disparities in Outcomes for Major Surgical Oncology Procedures” View Presentation

Special Presentation

Lonnel Coats: “Views on Chronic Diseases in Minority Communities: Findings from a National Survey of African American and Hispanic Adults on Alzheimer’s Disease” View Presentation

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2008 NMQF Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust

Event Details

April 14–15, 2008

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 Day 1

BioSketches Day 2

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2008 NMQF Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust

Improving the Quality of Care

Event Details

April 23–24, 2007

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC

Address:

1150 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037

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