Tuesday, November 10th - Primary Care 101
When: Noon to 1 PM
Where: Student Center Main Lounge
FREE Food: Heros/Kosher Sandwiches
Speaker: Dr. Michael Gusmano, Research Director for Alliance for Health & the Future (Dr. Gusmano will be speaking about the growing need for primary care physicians and about public health policy)
Wednesday, November 11th - Faces of Primary CareWhere: Student Center Main Lounge
FREE Food: Heros/Kosher Sandwiches
Speaker: Dr. Michael Gusmano, Research Director for Alliance for Health & the Future (Dr. Gusmano will be speaking about the growing need for primary care physicians and about public health policy)
When: 5:30 PM to 7 PM
Where: Student Center Main Lounge
FREE Food: Italian/Kosher Sandwiches
Speakers:
(This is more of a Q&A session - a great opportunity to ask the panelists about their personal experiences in primary care)
Thursday, November 12th - Future of Primary Care Where: Student Center Main Lounge
FREE Food: Italian/Kosher Sandwiches
Speakers:
Dr. Margaret Golden, Pediatrics Clerkship Director at Downstate
Dr. Heather Paladine, Director of Women's Health at Columbia University Medical Center
Anthony Accurso, 4th Year Medical Student at Downstate
Anthony Accurso, 4th Year Medical Student at Downstate
(This is more of a Q&A session - a great opportunity to ask the panelists about their personal experiences in primary care)
When: 5:30 to 7 PM
Where: Student Center Main Lounge
FREE Food: Thai
Speakers:
Where: Student Center Main Lounge
FREE Food: Thai
Speakers:
Dr. Neil Calman, Family physician and President/CEO of the Institute for Family Health, NY
Lauren Hughes, National President of AMSA
(Dr. Calman will be talking about the future of primary care and how PCPs contribute to the community)
So, come learn more about the unsung heroes of medicine! Hope to see all of you there!!! (We will also be giving out PRIZES! If you would like Kosher food to be served, please e-mail Regina Finan at Regina.Finan@downstate.edu.)
**Speaker Bios:
Neil Calman, M.D.
Neil Calman, MD, is president and co-founder of the Institute for Family Health, developing family health centers in the Bronx and Manhattan. In 2002, the Institute became one of the first community health center networks in the country to implement a fully integrated electronic medical record and practice management system, improving both preventive and chronic care treatment outcomes. In recognition, Dr. Calman received the 2006 Physician's Information Technology Leadership Award, presented annually by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Dr. Calman serves on the Primary Care Health Information Consortium, the NYSDOH's Information Technology Stakeholder Group Planning Committee, is the Chair of the Clinical Committee of the Community Health Care Association of New York State. He has also been appointed to the Health Policy Roundtable of the Aspen Institute, a group charged with delineating the values and principles on which the United States must base its future health care system.
Heather Paladine, M.D.
Heather Paladine, MD, attended Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She then completed a residency in Family Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University and went on to do a fellowship in Maternal and Children's Health Care at California Hospital in Los Angeles. After working in Washington, Oregon, and California, she recently returned to New York City to become faculty at the New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Family Mediciine residency program, where she is Associate Residency Director and Director of Women's Health.
**Speaker Bios:
Neil Calman, MD, is president and co-founder of the Institute for Family Health, developing family health centers in the Bronx and Manhattan. In 2002, the Institute became one of the first community health center networks in the country to implement a fully integrated electronic medical record and practice management system, improving both preventive and chronic care treatment outcomes. In recognition, Dr. Calman received the 2006 Physician's Information Technology Leadership Award, presented annually by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Dr. Calman serves on the Primary Care Health Information Consortium, the NYSDOH's Information Technology Stakeholder Group Planning Committee, is the Chair of the Clinical Committee of the Community Health Care Association of New York State. He has also been appointed to the Health Policy Roundtable of the Aspen Institute, a group charged with delineating the values and principles on which the United States must base its future health care system.
Heather Paladine, MD, attended Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She then completed a residency in Family Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University and went on to do a fellowship in Maternal and Children's Health Care at California Hospital in Los Angeles. After working in Washington, Oregon, and California, she recently returned to New York City to become faculty at the New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Family Mediciine residency program, where she is Associate Residency Director and Director of Women's Health.
Michael Gusmano, M.A., Ph.D.
Dr. Michael Gusmano is the director of research for the Alliance for Health & the Future and co-director of the World Cities Project at the International Longevity Center-USA. Dr. Gusmano's work has focused on comparing the health status and use of health and social services for older persons. His other research interests include politics of healthcare reform, Medicare, Medicaid, and comparative welfare state analysis. Dr. Gusmano was a senior research associate in the Division of Health and Science Policy at the New York Academy of Medicine.
Associate Professor at Downstate Medical Center
Pediatrics Clerkship Director at the Children's Hospital at Downstate
M.D. - Duke University School of Medicine
Residency: Cook County Hospital (Pediatrics) and Michael Reese Hospital Medical Center (Pediatrics)
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