Washington, DC - Dialogue on Diversity presents its sixteenth annual Symposium exploring the past, present, and future of Health Care and Wellness in America — and the fortunes of the classic values of equality and full access,  in both treatment and prevention — and that in the face of a society of ever growing inequalities in wealth and power,  but matched with breathtaking technical advances.

Agenda

                9:00 a.m.  Registration

 9:30   Welcome,  Ma Cristina Caballero, President/CEO, Dialogue on Diversity   Convenor

              Greeting:   Jackie Reyes, Director, Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs,  D.C.

9:45   Wellness:  Concepts and Strategies     

            Vincent A. Keane, President/CEO, Unity Health Care

            Fatema Salam,  Director, Strategy and Development, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative

              Wellness:  Our Native Language   Health Care Coordination: the Patient is Front and Center

10:30  The ACA:  a Summing Up as of 2016     

               What changes are underway in Health Care?   What Reasonable Changes  may prudently be made in the Law?

            Karen Davenport ,  Consultant on Women’s Issues, Health Care Law

            Jeanette Contreras,  Acting Director, Division of Professional Affairs and Partner Relations, CMS 

11:15  The Roles and Travails of the Pharmaceutical Industry  

             Representative, Pan  American Health Organization-WHO   Pharmaceuticals and Medical Technology

             Jonca Bull , Director Office of Minority Health, FDA     The Regulatory  Environment,  Clinical Trials 

             Jason Resendez. Latinos Against Alzheimer’s Coalition  –  Clinical Trials            

122:4500   Aspects of IT Adoption in the Health Care/Medical Universe       

    Dr. Adrian Gropper,  Chief Technology Officer, Patient Privacy Rights   Patient Privacy–:  Our Protective Armor   

    Scott Weinstein,  Health Care Attorney,  McDermott, Will, and Emery   The Nuances of Regulation

1  2:30 p.m.  Midday/Lunch Session

           Malcolm N. Joseph, III,  M.D., M.P.H.  Medical Director, CareFirst BlueCross/BlueShield,  Moderator

Eliseo Pérez Stable, M.D., Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH

 Key Speaker    Yzabel Duron,  Latinas Contra Cancer, 

Health Leadership Award  Honoree

Connie Cordovilla, American Federation of Teachers,  Community Health Award Honoree

1:30    Barriers to Access: and  Remedies:  Education, Communication,  Neighborhoods

           Jessica Donze-Black, [invited] Pew Charitable Trusts    Nutrition

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