Reducing Health Care Disparities While Ensuring the Survival of the Health Care Provider in the Era of Evidence Based Medicine
Saturday, June 10, 2006 • 8:00 am — 2:30 pm
Herberman Conference Center, Second Floor, Cancer Pavilion
5150 Centre Avenue • UPMC Shadyside Campus • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232
Vivian Pinn, MD
Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health National Institute of Health (NIH)
Vivian Pinn is the first full-time director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at he National Institutes of Health since November 1991. In 1994 she was named Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health. Dr. Pinn prior appointments include Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology at Howard University. and appointments at Tufts University and Harvard Medical School. She is a member of long standing of many professional and scientific organizations. She also served as the 88th President of the National Medical Association during the year 1989-1990. She has long been active in efforts to improve the health and career opportunities for women and minorities. Her recent focus has been to raise the perception of the scientific community about the importance of sex and gender factors in basic science, clinical research, and health care.
Program and Speakers . . .
Morning Session:
“Effective Communication” Are you listening?
Margaret Washington
Author, “Doctor Can You Hear Me? Patient Are You Listening?”
“Medicare Part D: Implications for Healthcare Providers”
Marcia Martin
Vice President, Public Affairs and Community Development,
Gateway Health Plan
“Pennsylvania Medicaid Reform”
Honorable Jake Wheatley, Jr.
PA House of Representative
“Pay for Performance, Evidence Based Medicine, Addressing the Uninsured and Underinsured in our Community”
Donald R. Fischer, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Lunch and Keynote Speaker Presentation
Vivian Pinn, MD, Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health, NIH
“Closing the Gap in Health Care Disparities”
Afternoon Session:
Framing the Issues — A Panel Discussion
Rhonda Johnson, MD, MPH — Moderator
Medical Director, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Panelists:
Cynthia Ayers, MD, Internal Medicine Practitioner
Brent Clark, MD, Family and General Medicine Practitioner
Rani K. Kumar, MD, Director, Emergency Medicine Department,
UPMC McKeesport Hospital
Loren Roth, MD, PhD, Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences,
University of Pittsburgh and Senior Vice President, UPMC Health Plan
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