The annual Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association Conference (APAMSA) for New York/New Jersey will be held at Mount Sinai School of Medicine on Saturday, April 5, 2008. The theme for this year's event will be "Asian and Pacific Islander Pediatric Health".

The conference will feature:

• Speakers on international pediatric work and mental health
• Interactive human simulator demonstration
• Interactive Traditional Chinese Medicine workshop
• Lunch and dinner buffet
• After-party with fellow medical students in Manhattan

This event should be a great experience for anyone who is interested in pediatrics, global health, or Asian/Pacific American health issues. This year’s speakers (see the registration site below for a full list) will be discussing their work in a variety of areas, ranging from health care for orphans in Vietnam and China to local mental health issues. The interactive workshops will be fun and exciting: you will have the chance to "resuscitate" a high-tech dummy (inject "drugs", defibrillate, take its pulse!) during the human simulator demonstration and have acupuncture performed on you (or even perform it yourself!) during the TCM workshop.

Normal registration costs $20.99 and will be available until Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 11:55 pm. You may register online at the following site:

http://apamsa2008.eventbrite.com/

Please check the above site periodically for updates as the conference draws closer. Feel free to email Alexander Le (ale@aecom.yu.edu) and Melanie Liu (melanieliu329@gmail.com), the APAMSA Regional Directors for NY/NJ with any questions concerning registration or the conference in general.

We hope to see you in NYC this April!