Washington, DC - Who: The National Hispanic Medical Association, the Hispanic Dental Association and numerous sponsors including 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 and GLMA.

What: National health conference: Advancing Hispanic Health for the Next 20 Years: NHMA and HDA Leading the Way. Highlights of the largest gathering of Latino health professionals provided below.

Where: The conference takes place at the Renaissance Hotel Washington, D.C., 999 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

When: April 21-24, 2016

Why: More than 50 million Latinos live in the U.S., yet for decades Latinos have been denied adequate healthcare access. As a result, there are serious healthcare issues impacting this community, including disproportionate rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, depression and other disease killers.

For more information on Advancing Hispanic Health for the Next 20 Years: 

·       Download video and audio interview with Dr. Rios below. (News content material is free for your use. Print version of interview available upon request.)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ncfnte8mkotq8id/Dr.%20Elana%20Rios.mp4.zip?dl=0%20%5Ct%20_blank

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pjc7k5t4etau392/Dr.%20Elana%20Rios.aif?dl=0%20%5Ct%20_blank

More details at www.nhmamd.org and www.hdassoc.org.