Hispanic Doctors and Dentists Aim to Close Unequal Healthcare Gap for US Latinos at 20th Anniversary Healthcare Conference in Washington, D.C.

 Health   Tue, March 08, 2016 06:26 AM

Los Angeles, CA – Media Advisory. WHO:  The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) and the Hispanic Dental Association (HDA) host joint national conference. Sponsors include Centene, Kaiser Permanente MidAtlantic, Pfizer Inc, PhRMA, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, NY Life, American Heart Association, AT&T, Crest, Oral-B, Henry Schein Dental, Mass Mutual, BHG, A-dec, Dentsply, Patterson Dental, Dentist’s Advantage, Officite, PeriRx, GLMA and others.

WHAT: Experts from across the nation to share their multi-disciplinary experiences in improving healthcare delivery, research, and training of future health workforce for Hispanic populations.  It is the largest gathering of U.S. Latino doctors and dentists in the nation.

WHEN: April 21-24, 2016

WHERE:  Renaissance Hotel Washington, D.C., 999 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, D.C.  More details at www.nhmamd.org and www.hdassoc.org.

WHY: For decades, U.S. Latinos have been denied adequate healthcare access and medical and dental careers in teaching or research.  As a result, there exists serious healthcare issues affecting U.S. Latinos. This conference shares programs that address the disproportionate rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, depression, substance abuse and other disease killers in the Hispanic population as well as will inspire the next generation of Hispanic healthcare leaders and researchers.  US Latino are also the largest ethnic minority group is the US with more 50 million Hispanic-Americans living here more than most Latin American countries.

Anyone able to make a difference in the U.S. healthcare system should attend this one-of-kind conference. The public can register at nhmamd.org or call 202-628-5895.  

CONTACT:
For media interested in local interviews or to cover this event, contact Luis Vasquez-Ajmac at 310.504.4144 or LAVALosAngeles@Yahoo.com