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Saturday, October 4
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Sunday, October 5

Schedule

The following is the final event schedule. Please refer to the Workshops section of this site for detailed descriptions of session offerings.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Registration: 06:00 am - 04:00 pm

Program:

06:00 am - 09:00 am Breakfast (Sponsored by United States Navy Healthcare Team)
08:00 am - 08:15 am Welcome and Introduction
Jonathan Santos
President, AMSA ARC
Joubin Afshar
Chief Executive Officer, AMSA ARC; Director of Special Projects on Diversity, National AMSA
08:15 am - 08:45 am Keynote Address
Joxel Garcia, M.D., MPH
Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
08:45 am - 09:15 am Keynote Address
Vice Admiral Adam Robinson, Jr., M.D., MBA
Surgeon General, United States Navy
09:15 am - 10:15 am Dean Panel - Session 1
Ella Booth, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Diversity & Planning Oregon Health & Science University
Charles Collins, M.D., MBA
Associate Dean of Diversity, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
John Franklin, M.D.
Associate Dean, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Ronald M. Harris, M.D., MBA
Associate Vice President for Health Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Chenits Pettigrew, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean Student Affairs and Director of Diversity, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Richard Wallace
Associate Director of Admissions, Duke University School of Medicine
Susan Hanson, Ph.D.
Dean of Admission, Western University of Health Sciences
Edward Christian, Ph.D.
Dean of Diversity, Jefferson Medical College
10:15 am - 10:30 am BREAK
10:30 am - 11:30 am Dean Panel - Session 2
Theodore Hall, M.D.
Dean of Admissions, UCLA School of Medicine
David Acosta, M.D., MPH
Associate Dean University of Washington School of Medicine
Hermione Hicks, M.P.A.
Assistant Dean for Admissions, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David Wofsy, M.D.
Associate Dean for Admissions, University of California, San Francisco
Gina Camello
Director of Admission, University of Southern California
Steven Gay, M.D.
Assistant Dean of Medical Admissions, University of Michigan
William McDade, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs, The University of Chicago Pritzker SOM
Elizabeth Myers
Director for Admissions and Financial Aid, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Don Haight, Ph.D.
Dean of Admissions, Touro Vallejo
11:00 am - 11:15 am Advisor/Counselor Roundtable (Student Services Building)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Med Student Panel
12:30 pm - 02:00 pm Lunch (Library Quad)
12:30 pm - 03:00 pm Medical School Fair
02:00 pm - 02:45 pm Workshops - Session 1 (Saturday workshop details)
02:55 pm - 03:40 pm Workshops - Session 2 (Saturday workshop details)
03:50 pm - 04:35 pm Workshops - Session 3 (Saturday workshop details)
04:45 pm - 05:30 pm Workshops - Session 4 (Saturday workshop details)
05:40 pm - 06:10 pm Keynote Address and Raffle
Joan Reede, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.S., MBA
Dean of Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School
06:00 pm - 08:00 pm Tour of UC Davis School of Medicine (Pre-registration required)

Public Health:

02:00 pm - 02:45 pm What is Public Health?
Stephen McCurdy, M.D., MPH
Professor of Medicine, Director, UC Davis School of Public Health
02:55 pm - 03:40 pm Public Health as a Career
John Troidl, Ph.D., MBA
Academic Administrator, UC Davis School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences
Neal Naito, M.D., MPH
Director of Public Health, United States Navy
Stephen McCurdy, M.D., MPH
Professor of Medicine, Director, UC Davis School of Public Health
Assefaw Ghebrekidan, M.D., DrPH
Dean of Touro Public Health Program
Abby Rincon, MPH
Director of Diversity, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
03:50 pm - 04:35 pm Admission to an MPH Program
John Troidl, Ph.D., MBA
Academic Administrator, UC Davis School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences
Stephen McCurdy, M.D., MPH
Professor of Medicine, Director, UC Davis School of Public Health
Ms. Jacqui Cornshaw
Director of Admission, Yale School of Public Health
Ms. Betsey Asher
Director of Admission, Columbia School of Public Health
Mr. Vincent James
Director of Admission, Harvard School of Public Health
Assefaw Ghebrekidan, M.D., DrPH
Dean of Touro Public Health Program
Mr. David Clark
Director of Admission, UCLA School of Public Health
04:45 pm - 05:30 pm Admission to an MPH Program
John Troidl, Ph.D., MBA
Academic Administrator, UC Davis School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences
Stephen McCurdy, M.D., MPH
Professor of Medicine, Director, UC Davis School of Public Health
Ms. Jacqui Cornshaw
Director of Admission, Yale School of Public Health
Ms. Betsey Asher
Director of Admission, Columbia School of Public Health
Mr. Vincent James
Director of Admission, Harvard School of Public Health
Assefaw Ghebrekidan, M.D., DrPH
Dean of Touro Public Health Program
Mr. David Clark
Director of Admission, UCLA School of Public Health

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Registration: 06:30 am - 02:00 pm

Program:

06:00 am - 09:00 am Breakfast (Sponsored by United States Navy Healthcare Team)
07:45 am - 08:00 am Raffle
08:00 am - 08:30 am Keynote Address
Brian Hurley, M.D., MBA
National President, American Medical Student Association
08:30 am - 09:00 am Keynote Address
Balazs "Ernie" Bodai, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Director, Breast Health Center, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento
09:00 am - 10:00 am Dean Panel - Session 1
Ronald Berezniak, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, LECOM
Mekbib Gemeda, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, NYU School of Medicine
Leon McDougle, M.D., MPH
Ohio State University
Adrian Jones, M.D.
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Recruitment, Loyola Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Randolph Canterbury, M.D.
Dean of Admissions, University of Virgina Medical School
Margaret Calloway, M.D.
Associate Dean for Recruitment and Admissions, Uniformed Services University
10:00 am - 11:00 am Dean Panel - Session 2
Gabriel Garcia, M.D.
Associate Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford University School of Medicine
Mark Henderson, M.D.
Dean of Admissions, UC Davis School of Medicine
Carlyle Miller, M.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Equal Opportunity, Weill Cornell Medical College
Jack Fuhrer, M.D.
Dean of Admissions, Stonybrook University Medical Center
Brooke Birdsong
Dean of Admissions, KCUMB
11:00 am - 11:45 am Workshops - Session 1 (Sunday workshop details)
11:45 am - 12:40 pm Workshops - Session 2 (Sunday workshop details)
01:40 pm - 02:35 pm Workshops - Session 3 (Sunday workshop details)
02:45 pm - 03:30 pm Workshops - Session 4 (Sunday workshop details)
12:40 pm - 01:40 pm Lunch (Library Quad)
12:40 pm - 02:00 pm Medical School Fair
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm Closing Remarks and Raffle

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