Friday

 3:00 –   4:00pm : APA Legislative Affairs and APA Disaster Relief/Outreach Efforts

                              Gem Daus, Juliet Choi
 4:00 –   5:00pm: Perspectives of APA medical professions

                             Come learn about experiences of APA physicians from various

                             health sectors: community, government, private practice, and academia.

                              Paul Jung, Jhemon Lee

Saturday

Community and Public Health

   9:30–10:20    Let's Not Talk About It:  Mental Illness and Perspectives

                                  Derrick Hamaoko, MD, Director of Psychiatry, USUHS

10:30--11:20    Hepatitis B in APA Community 

                             Dr. Hann, MD

10:30--11:20   Challenges Facing Multicultural Families

                            Linda Mohseni, RN, BSN, MSN
                            Maj Abdol M. Hajiaghamohseni,, USAF, NC

    2:00-2:50     International Adoption Pediatrics

                                  Nina Scribanu, MD, International Adoptions Health Resource

    3:00-3:50    Domestic Violence in AA Community

                                 Marianne Yoshioka, MD, Ass. Prof. of Prof Pract. Columbia School of Social Work

    4:00-5:00    HIV/AIDS in APA Community

                                 Victor Inada, MD, APICHA, New York City

Military Medicine

10:30--11:20   Humanitarian Efforts

                            LTC Michael D. Lewis, MD, MPH, MBA, FACPM

                            Conrad Divis, CAPT (retired), US Navy, former Commanding Officer of the USNS Mercy.

    2:00--2:50   Mass Casualty Workshop

                                 Col. Beadling, MD, Department of MEM, USUHS

    4:00--4:50    Ethics in Practices Medicine Today

                                 Maj Chetan Kharod, MD, Department of MEM, USUHS

                               The Mass Casualty Workshop is a hands-on workshop, so space is limited. 

                                Sign-ups will be at Breakfast on Saturday, October 7th.

Hot Topics

 9:30--10:20   APA Medical Students: Stereotypes and Educational Profiling

                          B. Li, MD, Founder of APAMSA

 9:30-10:20    NIH/HHMI Research and Grant Opportunities

                                Melanie Daub, Grants Marketing Comm. Spc.

10:30-11:20   Public Health Policy and Debate

                                Erwin Tan, MD

                          Michael Suk, MD

   2:00--2:50   Cultural Competency and Diversity in Medicine

                          Arnab Mukherjea, MPH

   3:00--3:50   Acupuncture

   4:00--4:50   Comparing Ayurvedic Medicine and TCM to Modern Medicine

                                Bhaswati Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

Clinical Workshops

  9:30--10:20  Suture Lab

                          CAPT Cynthia Macri, MD, FACOG

  9:30--10:20  Acupuncture

10:30--11:20  Pregnant Patient Simulator

                          MAJ Asato, MD, FACOG

10:30-11:20   Feeling Well: Finding Balance through Ayurvedic Nutrition

                                Bhaswati Bhattacharya, MD, PhD