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Saturday – September 15, 2007

Key Note Speaker - The Context of Health: What Are We Really Doing to Change It?
Anthony Iton, MD, JD, MPH
Executive Director
Alameda County Public Health Department

• Anthony Iton- Part 1
  
• Anthony Iton- Part 2
  

Opportunities for NEPO to Impact California Health Professionals Workforce Diversity
Jeffrey S. Oxendine, MBA, MPH
Associate Dean of UC Berkeley Public Health Practice & President of Health Career Connection

Panel Discussion: "Community Perspectives on Health Care Reform"

• Health Care Reform for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders
  Ho Tran, MD
  Executive Director
  Asian Pacific Islander Health Forum
  

New Evidence on the Importance of Physician Diversity:
Updated Data from the CA Medical Board Survey
Kevin Grumbach, MD
UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine

Physician Focus Groups: Quality Improvement in Solo & Small Group Practices (QISS)
Lisel Blash, MS
Senior Researcher, Public Research Institute
San Francisco State University

Small Medical Group Formation
Lene Martinez, MD
President, Centerville Medical Group & Associates

• Medical Group Formation: Pre-Incorporation Checklist
• Medical Group Formation: Pre-Incorporation Worksheet
  

The Business Case for a Diverse Health Care Workforce

• The Business Case for Workforce Diversity
  Peter Carberry, MD, MBA
  Vice President, Clinical Operations and Development Planning & Performance Analysis
  Genentech
  
  
• Aetna Diversity Strategy
  Melissa Welch, MD, MPH
  Senior Medical Director, Aetna Northern California
  
  
• New Directions: Community Partnerships & The Business Case for Diversity
  Joe Araya Tayag
  Program Manager, The Greenlining Institute
  

Sunday – September 16, 2007

Keynote Speaker - Physician Self Care
Frank Staggers, Jr., MD
Secretary, Golden State Medical Association - Sinkler Miller Medical Association

NEPO 2006 Report Card: Advancing Strategies for Success
Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor, UC San Diego Department of Family & Preventive Medicine
President, National Medical Association- San Diego
Strategic Planning Committee Chair, Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations

Workshops

Electronic Health Records

• Electronic Health Records 101
  Nileen Verbeten
  Director of Technology, Physician's Foundation

Diabetes Quality of Care

• Revolution in Office-Based Practice:
  Improving Diabetes Care in Solo & Small Practice Settings
  Kwabena Adubofour, MD
  President, National Medical Association- Stockton
  
  
• California Diabetes Program & Diabetes Coalition of California
  Jose A. Arevalo, MD
  Medical Director, Sutter Independent Physicians
  Co-Chair, Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations



• Diabetes Health Disparities: An Unlevel Playing Field for Quality Care
  Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH
  Associate Clinical Professor, UC San Diego Department of Family & Preventive Medicine
  President, National Medical Association- San Diego
  Strategic Planning Committee Chair, Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations

Asian Community Health Disparities

• San Francisco Hepatitis B Free
  Albert Yu, MD, MPH, MBA
  Director, Chinatown Public Health Center
  
  
• Chinese Community Smoking Cessation Project
  Candice Wong, MD, MPH, PhD
  Associate Adjunct Professor, Physiological Nursing, UC San Francisco



• Asian Disparities: "Model Health Minority" Fact or Fiction?
  Edward Chow, MD
  Executive Director, Chinese Community Healthcare Association