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NATIONAL HISPANIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING
“Health Care Reform & Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities”
Rayburn House Office Building Room B-339
Washington, DC
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
AGENDA
5:15 P.M. Welcome
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH
President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association
5: 30 P.M. “Health Care Reform &Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities” Honorable Donna Christensen (VI)
Chair, Congressional Black Caucus Health Committee
Honorable Raul Grijalva (AZ)
Member, Congressional Hispanic Health Task Force
Honorable Mike Honda (CA)
Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
5:45 P.M.
Lucille C. Norville Perez, MD
Former President, National Medical Association
Velma Henderson, RN, MS, CNAA, BC
Board, National Black Nurses Association
Norma Martinez Rogers, PhD, RN, FAAN
President, National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Deeana Jang, J.D.
Director of Policy, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum,
National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians
Fredette West
Chair, Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Coalition
6:15 P.M. Q&A (Reception Follows)
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dr Rios with Briefing Attendees: NHMA 2009 Congressional Briefing
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