2007 National Conference Announcements

Congratulations to Susan Hung (UCSF), Lauren Luk (UCSF), Emily Tsai (Stanford) for organizing the 2007 National Conference in San Francisco!!

OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEDICAL STUDENTS ATTENDED THE 14TH ANNUAL APAMSA (ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION) NATIONAL CONFERENCE.

San Francisco, CA – The University of California San Francisco and Stanford hosted APAMSA’s 14th annual national conference on October 26th – 28th.   The theme of this year’s conference, “Bridging Culture, Taking Action, “ aimed to address a physician’s challenge of  reaching beyond the conventional roles of culture and society in ways that can translate awareness into concrete action. 
 
Two keynote speaker, Drs. Roland C. Lowe and Chao Hung Lee offered their insights on the medical field. Dr. Roland C. Lowe is the first Asian American President of the California Medical Association and a lifelong community clinician in San Francisco Chinatown.  Dr. Chao Hung Lee is a distinguished professor of Molecular Biology at Indiana University School of Medicine who shared his insights into the Taiwanese tradition of fortune telling and its relationship with the practice of health care.  

The conference showcased 19 workshops and presentations covering public health topics and pressing issues concerning the APA community. Also featured was a presentation by Kathy Lee, the National President of APAMSA who worked with Steven Lau (UCSD) and Sanjeev Vaishnavi (WashU) to conduct one of the largest ever multi institutional national medical education studies examining non-cognitive predictors of medical students’ clinical clerkship grades.  Primary findings revealed independent associations between lower clerkship grades and Asian and URM ethnicity, male gender, older age, and being less assertive and more reticent. Kathy Lee explored such implications for the API student, as well as strategies that could allow students to face such challenges.

2006-2007 NATIONAL OFFICERS HONORED:

President:  Kathy Lee (WashU)
Senior Membership Vice President:  Tony Wang (UMKC)
Junior Membership Vice President:  Chris Tang (UCLA)
Junior Membership Vice President:  David Wang (Pitt)
Senior Trustee:  Claude Nguyen (MCW)
Junior Trustee:  Son Ho (USF)
Chief Financial Officer:  Beverly Chen (UMKC)
Secretary:  Steven Lau (UCSD)
Bone Marrow Chair:  Dillenia Reyes (UMDNJ-RWJ)
Hepatitis B Chair:  Hangyul Chung (UMich)
Hepatitis B Conference Chair:  Anthony Chuang (Drexel)
National Education Officer:  Grace M Wang (Hopkins)  and Joel Ou (Northwestern)
Mental Health Coordinator:  Jason Cheng (UMich)
National Program Director:  Annie Lee (Northwestern)
South Asian Liasons:  Gaurav Shukla (Pitt)  and Sanjeev Vaishnavi (WashU)
Media Relations:  Richard Lau (Einstein)
Webmaster:  Lin Naing (UCLA)
Public Relations:  Jamie Ahn (Pitt)
2007 National Conference Chairs:  Susan Hung (UCSF), Lauren Luk (UCSF), Emily Tsai (Stanford)

REGIONAL OFFICERS HONORED:

Region I:  Marianne Chen (BU), Winston W. Chung (BU)
Region II: Brett J. Smith (UMDNJ-RWJ), Christopher Chin (Mount Sinai)
Region III :  Christopher P. Chen (Penn), K. Jim Hsieh (Jefferson)
Region IV :  Anh Phu Nguyen (USF), Anjali S. Shah (Vanderbilt)
Region V:  James Lee (Wayne State), Anu Mital (Cincinnati)
Region VI: Linda H. Nguyen (Midwestern), Fannie Lau (UMKC)
Region VII: Elaine S. Lee (UCSF), Lyly Cao Minh (UCLA)
Region VIII:  Shihao Zhang (LSU), Linda Yang (Baylor)

REGIONAL CONFERENCE CHAIRS HONORED:

Region II:  Christopher Chin (Mount Sinai), Brett Smith (UMDNJ-RWJ)
Region III (Hopkins):  Jonathan Tzu, Grace Wang
Region V (Umich):  Patricia Ple Plakon, Wenfei Xie, Hangyul Chung
Region VI (Midwestern): Linda Nguyen, Quynh Hoa Le, Bharti Chaudhari, Rita Punjabi
Region VIII (LSU-Shreveport):  Shihao Zhang, Nga Huynh, David Manning

2008 NATIONAL CONFERENCE SITE CHOSEN:  PHILADELPHIA

Hosting Schools:  University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University College of Medicine
Jefferson Medical College, Temple University, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine

Executive Chairs:  Mike Guo (Penn), Andrew Liu (Penn), Betty Chung (UMDNJ-SOM)
Co-Chairs: Jie Xu (Penn), Hien Nguyen (Temple), Myra Hu (Jefferson), Andrew Lee (Drexel), Anita Yang (PCOM), and Yein Lee (UMDNJ-SOM).
Treasurer:  Frank Tsai (Temple)

NEW OFFICERS ELECTED

National Board:

President-elect (term starting Feb 1, 2008): Grace Wang, Johns Hopkins University
Membership Vice President:  Jeffrey Hsu, UCLA
Membership Vice President:  Beverly Chen, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Senior Trustee:  Son Ho, USF COM
Junior Trustee:  Emily Tsai, Stanford University
Chief Financial Officer:  Pinakpani Roy, University of South Floridat
Secretary:  Carol Cao, Albert Einstein COM
National Education Officer:  Eugenie Shieh, Johns Hopkins University
National Education Officer:  Shelly Choo, Johns Hopkins University
National Bone Marrow Director:  Dillenia Reyes, UMDNJ RWJMS
National Hepatitis B Chair: David Chao, Michigan St. University
National Hepatitis B Chair:  Jonathan Moy, Tufts University     
National Program Director:  Susan Hung, UCSF
South Asian Liaison:  Ammar Chaudhry, USF COM
South Asian Liaison:  Gorav Kalra, Washington University in St. Louis
South Asian Liaison:  Danish Ahmad, USF COM
Media Relations: Richard Lau, Albert Einstein COM
Webmaster:  Lin Naing, UCLA
Public Relations:  Lauren Luk, UCSF
Premed Director:  John Kanaan, USF COM
Premed Director:  Sophia Peng, UCLA undergrad
Creative Director: TD Nguyen, UMKC
Creative Director: Sherry Liu, UMKC

Regional Directors:
I:  Lucinda Leung (Dartmouth-Brown), Marie Nguyen (Dartmouth)
II :  Melanie Liu  (Mt. Sinai), Alexander Le (AECOM)
III:  Myra Hu (Jefferson), Andrew Lee (Drexel), Frank Tsai (Temple)
IV:  Ammar Chaudhry (USF)
V:  Ted John (Michigan), Jeanie Wang (NEOUCOM)
VI:  Linda Nguyen (Midwestern), Farhan Katchi (Wash U)
VII:  Ruo Peng Zhu (Stanford) Harim Kevin Kim (U. Washington)
VIII:  Jennifer Lai (UT San Antonio), Hillary Patuwo (Baylor)