Speakers

This year we have invited some of the top leaders in medicine. Speakers will cover the following topics:

• Emphasize primary care screening and treatment of disease
• Educate diseases / processes with increased burden on APA communities: hepatitis B, laryngeal cancer, stomach cancer, diabetes, blindness
• Understand diseases / processes neglected in APA communities: HIV / mental diseases
• Explore issues in healthcare disparities
• Exposure to international medicine, healthcare policy
  Gain surgical / medical skills
  

Keynote Speaker: Mike Honda

Keynote Speaker: Robert Wah

Banquet Speaker: Anand Parekh

Robert Wah American Medical Association	Tao T Le University of Louisville	William Hsu Joslin Diabetes Center	Mike Honda Congressman - California's 15th congressional disctrict (Silicon Valley)
David Lee Presbyterian Hospital	Anil Rustgi University of Pennsylvania	Mihir Meghani Kaiser Permanente	Hie-Won Hann Jefferson
Weijing Sun University of Pennsylvania	Walter Tsou American Public Health Association	Anand Parekh U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Ann Honebrink Pennsylvania Hospital
Vivian Lee New York University	Al and Jane Nakatani	Barbara Haber Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia	Prithvi S. Sankar University of Pennsylvania
Jun James Mao University of Pennsylvania	Mahmoud Ghaderi Drexel	June Chu University of Pennsylvania

Focus 1: Learning to Lead

• Tao T. Le - Series Editor, FIRST AID books. Section Chief, Adult Allergy & Immunology, University of Louisville
• Vivian Lee – New York University, vice president, vice dean
• Anil Rustgi – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Chief of Gastroenterology
• David Lee – Presbyterian Hospital, Chief of Urology
• Walter Tsou – American Public Health Association, former president
• Mihir Meghani - Kaiser Permanente

Focus 2: Exploring Healthcare Disparities and Neglect

• Hepatitis B: Hie-Won Hann, Jefferson
• Barbara Haber, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Diabetes: William Hsu, Joslin Diabetes Center
  
• HIV: Al and Jane Nakatani, Honor Thy Children, Asian & Pacific Islander
• Mental Health: June Chu, University of Pennsylvania
• Osteoprosis: Ann Honebrink, Pennsylvania Hospital
• Cancer: Weijing Sun, University of Pennsylvania
• Laryngeal cancer: Mahmoud Ghaderi

Focus 3: Alternative and Integrated Medicine

• Acupuncture: Jun Mao, University of Pennsylvania
• Philadelphia School of Reiki

Focus 4: Skills Workshop

• Ophthalmology workshop
• Osteopathic manipulations
• Medical Chinese
• Real-life ER workshop in simulation center
• Board Review / First Aid workshop
  

Focus 5: Premedical Workshops

• Admission panel
• Interview workshop
• Medical student panel
• MCAT workshop