Washington, DC -Today the Health Care Symposium 2019: The Power of Wellness: Law, Science, and the Human Touch will take place from 10:00a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Conference Center, UNIDOSUS, 1126 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
10:00 a.m Greeting and Overview — the current puzzles in a dangerous, swiftly changing social and biological landscape. Keeping one’s eyes on the Real Problems.
Ma. Cristina Caballero, President/CEO, Dialogue on Diversity. Convenor
Jackie Reyes-Yanes, Director, Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs, D.C. Government
10:30 a.m. The Law of Health Care – the Latest Ups and Downs
Administrative Discouragements of Enrollments; the Waivers of the Stringent ACA quality touchstones Should a new system replace the ACA?
Karen Davenport, Lewin Group
Sarah Coombs, National Partnership of Women and Families
11:30 a.m. Minority Health and Health Disparities
The special problems of Minority Health: historic, current. The facts of
cultural dissonances.
Dr. Mary Roach, BS MS, PharmD, Executive Director, The J J Center
Giselle Lundy-Ponce, Colorín Colorado Project , American
Federation of Teachers
Midday — Lunch
12:30 p.m. The Frontiers of Medical Research
Dr. Jane Knisely, NIAID, NIH, — Research for a world in which existing anti-biotics
might be rendered impotent
1:00 The State of Health Care
Professor Leighton Ku, The George Washington University — Reflections on Medicaid
1:30 The Administration of a Society-Wide Health Care System
Problems of Women’s Health
Dr. Tollie Elliott, Chief Medical Officer, Mary’s Center
Bridgette Gómez, Hispanic Outreach, Planned Parenthood, The Case of Women’s Health
Stephanie Monroe “African Americans Against Alzheimer’s”
Hilda Crespo Vice President, Aspira Association, HIV/AIDS Prevention
2:30 Health, IT, and Privacy (All of Us, Precision Medicine)
Adrian Gropper MD, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, Patient Privacy Rights
3:00 Adjournment 4:00 p.m. Reception
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