2022 National Conference
ROOTS: Preserving Our History and Cultivating a Brighter Future.
DATE: January 7-9, 2021
LOCATION: In-person hosted by The Ohio State University (1739 N High St. Columbus, OH 43210)
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: https://www.apamsa-nc2022.org/
REGISTER HERE
Recap
On behalf of National APAMSA and the OSU APAMSA chapter, thank you for attending the 28th Annual APAMSA National Conference. Thank you for your time, energy, and especially your understanding as we’ve navigated changes to the conference in the midst of the developing pandemic. We hope that this conference has allowed you to celebrate our heritage, learn innovative ways to engage with our community, and connect with our APAMSA family!
To recap our day together: On January 8th, we had our 2022 APAMSA National Conference at the Ohio State University. With over 300 registrants and 20 speakers/panelists, we’ve explored a whole host of topics, from tips for premed students to challenges we face as an AANHPI health professionals. Our theme this year, “Roots: Preserving Our History and Cultivating a Brighter Future”, highlights the turmoil we have faced throughout the challenging periods of a pandemic and reflects on the disproportionate impact that it has had on the AANHPI community, including targeted racism and assaults. However, we want to use this time to celebrate our heritage and use the lessons from our most difficult moments to move forward towards a brighter future.
Our first keynote address was given by Dr. Linton Yee, whose work as an Associate Dean for Admissions at the Duke University School of Medicine seeks to improve admissions strategies and ensure a fair, unbiased, and inclusive medical student admissions process. In his address, Dr. Yee highlighted the microaggressions and prejudice inflicted upon our AANHPI medical community and the importance of AANHPI representation in academic medicine. We continued our day with many wonderful speakers and panelists, including Dr. Gregory Lam & Dr. Anita Somani, who spoke about advocacy and getting involved with legislation as healthcare professionals, Dr. Andrew Keaster, who taught us to provide respectful values-based patient centered care for our transgender community, and Dr. Peter Lu, whose session on tips in finding and performing our research inspired us to identify our passion. Although this is a short, limited recap, we are incredibly grateful for all of our speakers and panelists who made the effort to impart their wisdom to our attendees.
Our research session had an unprecedented number of submissions and presentations, with more than fifty posters to learn from! Our APAMSA members are so accomplished, and will continue to be. You can read more about the abstracts at the poster session, and see who won research awards below!
The alumni and pre-medical programming served to connect our residents and physicians and future medical student colleagues. Our alumni were able to connect with each other in-person during our alumni mixer, while our pre-medical attendees were able to get tips on applying to medical school, practice mock-mini interviews, and ask questions to our medical student panel!
We also had our closing keynote speaker, Dr. O.N. Ray Bignall II, whose work as the Director of Kidney Health Advocacy addresses the social determinants of child health, kidney disease, and transplantation through community-based scholarship, engagement, and advocacy. As a 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health by the National Minority Quality Forum and the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust, Dr. Bignall spoke about five key points for survival as a minority in medicine and inspired us to continue building our culture and community of support throughout these challenging times.
Lastly, we ended the day with awards, raffles, and the results of our National Board elections. CONGRATULATIONS to all of the chapters and individuals who received an award for their passion and dedication to our AANHPI community. You can view Chapter and National Individual Awards (Youtube Link) recipients, the President’s Award for Distinguished Service (Youtube Link) recipients, raffle prize winners and the incoming 2022-2023 National Board below.
Thank you again to all of you, our attendees and our APAMSA National Conference Directors, 2021-2022 National Board, and OSU chapter. Although we miss the National Conference already, we are looking forward to the next time we will all meet again in 2023 and hopefully again, in-person. Till then, please stay safe, healthy, happy, and keep celebrating our ROOTS and our GROWTH.
Sincerely,
Your 2022 APAMSA National Conference Team
Conference Details
On behalf of the Ohio State University College of Medicine, we are excited to invite you to APAMSA’s 28th Annual National Conference on January 7th-9th, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio.
This year, the National Conference theme is “ROOTS: Preserving Our History and Cultivating a Brighter Future.” As we continue to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic, we reflect on the disproportionate impact that it has had on the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Desi American (AANHPIDA) community, including targeted racism and assaults. The APAMSA National Conference this year will serve as an important opportunity to celebrate our heritage and use the lessons from our most difficult moments to move forward towards a brighter future.
We have invited an amazing group of speakers and panelists who strive to inspire a new generation of advocates for the AANHPIDA community and patients across the nation. It will be a unique opportunity to hear and learn from the experiences of these wonderful leaders who have a passion toward serving the AANHPIDA community.
We are excited for what is in store for this conference, and we encourage everyone to attend! Whether you are a pre-health student just beginning your journey, a health professional student pursuing your dream, or a community member that is passionate about learning more about the AANHPIDA community, please consider joining us for our conference! Looking forward to meeting you in January!
– 2022 APAMSA National Conference Directors
Keynote Speakers
Linton Yee, MD
As Associate Dean for Admissions, Dr. Yee provides administrative oversight for the medical student admissions process and works to develop new initiatives to improve admissions strategies and initiatives. He works closely with the Assistant Dean of Admissions and Admissions Committee members to ensure a fair, unbiased, and inclusive admissions process. Dr. Yee is responsible for assuring ongoing compliance with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) standards and elements related to admissions as well as maintaining relationships with local, regional and national pre-med organizations, participating in student recruitment activities, and assisting with pipeline program development.
Dr. Yee is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine. He was the interim co-associate dean of admissions in 2017 and had been the vice chair and chair of the School of Medicine’s Admission Committee prior to that. In addition, he was the clinical course director for the Body and Disease class in the School of Medicine from 2009 to 2019. He is also the Asian Pacific American Student Association (APAMSA) faculty advisor and leader of the student faculty show band.
Dr. Yee graduated from the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and did his residency in pediatrics at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Before joining Duke in 2007, he worked at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, and at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California.
O. N. Ray Bignall II, MD, FAAP, FASN
O. N. Ray Bignall II, MD, FAAP, FASN is Director of Kidney Health Advocacy and Community Engagement in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. A graduate of Howard University and Meharry Medical College, Dr. Bignall completed his general pediatrics residency, clinical fellowship in nephrology, and NIH post-doctoral research fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
As a physician-advocate, Dr. Bignall’s work addresses the social determinants of child health, kidney disease, and transplantation through community-based scholarship, engagement, and advocacy. He is an appointed Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN); the Inaugural Chair of the ASN’s Health Care Justice Committee; and serves as a member of the Council on Medical Legislation for the National Medical Association. Dr. Bignall is a recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Award; a John E Lewy Fund Advocacy Scholar of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology; and was named a 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health by
the National Minority Quality Forum and the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust.
Lisa Moscoso, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, WUStL
Opening
Jessica Guh, M.D.
Family Medicine Obstetrics, Seattle WA
Closing
Eriko Onishi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, OHSU
Topic: Care and Cultural Diversity at the End of Life
Joe Pangelinan, PhD
Director of Cultural Awareness and Diversity in WUStL Department of Medicine
Topic: Academic careers in medicine, Under-Representation of APA/AAPI in upper management in medicine
Gordon Hall, PhD
Associate Director of Research in the Center on Diversity and Community & Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
Topic: APA/AAPI Mental Health
Mary Anne Jackson, M.D.
Dean, Professor – University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine
Topic: Infectious Disease
Angela Zhang
Medical Student at the Warren Alpert Medical School
Topic: APAMSA Anti-Racism Workshop
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Contact Us
Questions? Email us at conference@apamsa.org.
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2021 Region 4 Conference
Overcoming Barriers
DATE: November 13, 2021
TIME: 9:00 AM EST – 2:00 PM EST
LOCATION: Online.
REGISTER: HERE
N/A
Contact Us
Questions? Contact our Regional Directors.
2021 Region 6 and 9 Conference
At the Table: Stories of Our Past, Present, and Future
DATE: October 30, 2021
TIME: 12:00 PM PST – 4:00 PM PST | 2:00 PM CST – 6:00 PM CST
FOR MORE INFORMATION: randomplace.org
Contact Us
Questions? Contact our Regional Directors.
2021 Region 7 Conference
Take ACTION: AANHPI Collaborations to Improve Our Neighborhoods
DATE: November 20, 2021
TIME: 10:00 AM PST – 4:00 PM PST
LOCATION: Virtual
N/A
Contact Us
Questions? Contact our Regional Directors.
2021 Hepatitis Conference
Agents of Change: Celebrating Resilience, Addressing Inequalities, and Marching Forward
DATE: November 13, 2021
TIME: 9:00 AM PST – 3:30 PM PST | 11:00 AM CST – 5:30 PM CST
LOCATION: Online.
REGISTER: www.apamsahepconference.com/registration
We are pleased to invite you to the 15th Annual National APAMSA Hepatitis Conference.
Each year, we strive to collectively engage in the global fight against hepatitis B and C and to raise awareness about health disparities and their impact within the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) population.
The objectives of the conference are to raise awareness about the impact of hepatitis B and C on the AANHPI community, to encourage future health care providers to advocate for policy changes to address the current health disparities that the AANHPI community face, to provide opportunities for current health profession students to network with prominent leaders in hepatology and to provide a venue for students to present their research on topics related to GI/hepatology.
Ke-qin Hu, M.D., FAASLD
Director of Hepatology Services and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Anna Suk-Fong Lok, M.D., DSc (Hon), FAASLD, AGAF
Director of the Hepatology Program and Assistant Dean for Clinical Research
Mehlika Toy, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist and Instructor at Stanford University, School of Medicine
Moon S. Chen, Jr. Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, UC Davis School of Medicine and the Associate Director, Community Outreach/Engagement for the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Samuel So, MD
Lui Hac Minh Professor and Professor of Surgery at Stanford University
Ponni Perumalswami, M.D.
Associate Professor Medicine in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System
9:00 PST
Morning Speakers
9:10 PST
Keynote Speaker
10:00 PST
Speaker One
10:40 PST
Speaker Two
11:20 PST
Speaker Three
12:00 PST
Mentorship Luncheon
1:35 PST
Research Presentations
2:15 PST
Breakout Workshops
3:15 PST
Closing Remarks
3:30 PST
Social
Contact Us
Questions? Visit https://www.apamsahepconference.com/
2021 Region 1-3 (Eastern Regional) Conference
Confronting Racism, COVID, and Health Disparities
DATE: October 9, 2021
TIME: 10:30 AM EST – 4:00 PM EST
LOCATION: Online
N/A
Contact Us
Questions? Contact our Regional Directors.
2021 National Conference
Agents of Change: Celebrating Resilience, Addressing Inequalities, and Marching Forward
DATE: January 22-24, 2021
LOCATION: Virtual at University of California, San Francisco
We are pleased to invite you to the 2021 APAMSA National Conference. Our conference theme this year is Agents of CHΔNGE: Celebrating Resilience, Addressing Inequities, and Marching Forward. Our conference will address not only the health challenges faced by the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, but also be tailored to current issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and AAPI solidarity and advocacy. This conference is open to all community members. We hope you will join us! For more info: https://www.2021apamsaconference.org/
Contact conference@apamsa.org for questions/concerns.
Early Bird: For individuals that register before 10/17 and attend the conference in full, 3 individuals will be randomly selected and receive an Amazon gift card as raffle prizes.
We are pleased to invite you to the first-ever combined region VI & VIII Asian and Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) conference: “Shaping Y(our) Future: Diversity and Advocacy in 2020”.
The members of APAMSA have witnessed many conferences and workshops that addressed the unique educational, leadership, healthcare, and cultural barriers that members of the APIA community face in their daily lives. This conference aims to understand what our impact might look like after just scratching the surface. With medicine becoming increasingly progressive with modern technology, it is important that APAMSA follow suit in our own unique way.
The theme should lead attendees to discover intersectionalities they are passionate about and to be inspired by their peers and mentors on the possible new advancements in the field. This regional conference rallies our energetic membership to refine and guide their ability to take positive actions in our community. While the past has countless stories, advice, and memories that can never be replaced the future holds so much potential to reshape a better world than we were introduced to.
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Lisa Moscoso, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, WUStL
Opening
Jessica Guh, M.D.
Family Medicine Obstetrics, Seattle WA
Closing
Eriko Onishi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, OHSU
Topic: Care and Cultural Diversity at the End of Life
Joe Pangelinan, PhD
Director of Cultural Awareness and Diversity in WUStL Department of Medicine
Topic: Academic careers in medicine, Under-Representation of APA/AAPI in upper management in medicine
Gordon Hall, PhD
Associate Director of Research in the Center on Diversity and Community & Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
Topic: APA/AAPI Mental Health
Mary Anne Jackson, M.D.
Dean, Professor – University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine
Topic: Infectious Disease
Angela Zhang
Medical Student at the Warren Alpert Medical School
Topic: APAMSA Anti-Racism Workshop
N/A
Contact Us
Questions? Email us at membership@apamsa.org.
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Conference Recap
2020 has truly been a year of Change— from planning an in-person conference at UCSF to going completely virtual, the National Conference has been an undeniably unique experience. With over 550 attendee registrations, our conference connected hundreds of passionate Asian American medical students, physicians/residents, healthcare professionals, pre-health students, and community members. Without you, our attendees, and APAMSA Directors, the National Conference would not have happened at all. Again, we thank everyone so much from the bottom of hearts.
We opened with our keynote speakers, Dr. Helen Chu and Dr. Leana Wen, who enchanted our audience with their personal experiences and genuine advice for the next generation of future Asian American physicians. The day continued with multiple workshops, such as Mental Health Illness in Asian Americans with Dr. Francis Lu, Dr. Descartes Li, Dr. Hendry Ton and Finding Your Voice as an Asian American Medical Professional with Dr. Sean Wu, that focused on the critical need for Asian American leadership in tackling health disparities. And as we are trying to find our APIA identity and solidarity, Dr. Alok Patel’s workshop, Media As Your Public Health Megaphone, and Dr. Monica Hahn and Dr. Michelle Lough’s workshop, Practicing Anti-Racism, emphasized how the medical community interacts with the public and echoed sentiments of tackling social justice issues. Although this is a short, limited recap, we are eternally grateful for all of our speakers and panelists who made the effort to impart their wisdom to our attendees.
Our highlights of the Research Poster Presentations, Big/Lil Meetup, Mentoring Mixer, etc. gathered us together to celebrate scientific breakthroughs and enjoy each other’s company. Check out all our wonderful research posters on our website link (click the Research tab). The Alumni and Pre-Medical Programming served to connect our residents and physicians and future medical student colleagues. The Alumni Anti-Racism Talk explored the importance of our duty as physicians to actively combat racism in our practice and daily lives. Pre-medical students learned how to open their own APAMSA Chapters and how to ace their medical school applications and interviews.
Lastly, the Annual Elections, Raffle, and Social ended the National Conference in a wholesome way by bringing us together one last time. Congratulations to all the chapters and individuals who were acknowledged for their commitment and passion. Enjoy the APAMSA Chapter Awards Video link and Senior Service Award Video link (videos made by Linh Vu). The full list of awardees and our new APAMSA National Board are below. Thank you again to all of you, our attendees and our APAMSA National Conference Directors, National Board, and UCSF Chapter. Although we miss the National Conference already, we are looking forward to the next time we will all meet again in 2022 and hopefully in-person.
Till then, please stay safe, healthy, and happy and keep on being Agents of Change.
Lastly, the Annual Elections, Raffle, and Social ended the National Conference in a wholesome way by bringing us
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2020 APAMSA Region 4 & 5 Virtual Conference
Shaping Y(our) Future
DATE: October 24, 2020
TIME: 8:30 PST – 2:00 PST | 10:30 CST – 4:00 CST
LOCATION: Online. Free.
Early Bird: For individuals that register before 10/17 and attend the conference in full, 3 individuals will be randomly selected and receive an Amazon gift card as raffle prizes.
We are pleased to invite you to the first-ever combined region VI & VIII Asian and Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) conference: “Shaping Y(our) Future: Diversity and Advocacy in 2020”.
The members of APAMSA have witnessed many conferences and workshops that addressed the unique educational, leadership, healthcare, and cultural barriers that members of the APIA community face in their daily lives. This conference aims to understand what our impact might look like after just scratching the surface. With medicine becoming increasingly progressive with modern technology, it is important that APAMSA follow suit in our own unique way.
The theme should lead attendees to discover intersectionalities they are passionate about and to be inspired by their peers and mentors on the possible new advancements in the field. This regional conference rallies our energetic membership to refine and guide their ability to take positive actions in our community. While the past has countless stories, advice, and memories that can never be replaced the future holds so much potential to reshape a better world than we were introduced to.
Lisa Moscoso, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, WUStL
Opening
Jessica Guh, M.D.
Family Medicine Obstetrics, Seattle WA
Closing
Eriko Onishi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, OHSU
Topic: Care and Cultural Diversity at the End of Life
Joe Pangelinan, PhD
Director of Cultural Awareness and Diversity in WUStL Department of Medicine
Topic: Academic careers in medicine, Under-Representation of APA/AAPI in upper management in medicine
Gordon Hall, PhD
Associate Director of Research in the Center on Diversity and Community & Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
Topic: APA/AAPI Mental Health
Mary Anne Jackson, M.D.
Dean, Professor – University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine
Topic: Infectious Disease
Angela Zhang
Medical Student at the Warren Alpert Medical School
Topic: APAMSA Anti-Racism Workshop
8:30 PST | 10:30 CST
Pre-Registration
9:00 PST | 11:00 CST
Opening Speaker: Lisa Moscoso, MD, PhD
10:00 PST | 12:15 CST
Break
10:15 PST | 12:15 CST
Break Out Session 1
11:00 PST | 1:00 CST
Lunch Break
12:00 PST | 2:00 CST
Residency Panel
1:00 PST | 3:00 CST
Break
1:15 PST | 3:15 CST
Break Out Session 2
2:00 PST | 4:00 CST
Closing
Contact Us
Questions? Email us at region6@apamsa.org or region8@apamsa.org.