Health Care Advocacy Summer Camp
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Please RSVP if you would like to attend.
Capital District Physicians For A National Health Program will host a one day Health Care Advocacy Summer Camp on July 15, 2006 at Albany Medical College. We hope to provide area physicians and medical students, along with interested citizens and community leaders, with training and techniques in helping to accelerate the transition to a Medicare For All health care system.
The camp is being organized and led by Katherine Baerwald, PNHP chapter member and second year medical student at the Albany Medical College. Schedule of events --
9 am Saturday July 15th
Albany Medical College
Huyck Auditorium
Registration, with light refreshment provided
9:45 am – Keynote: “Who Needs Insurance Companies Anyway” – presented by Leonard Rodberg, PhD, Treasurer of the Metro NY Chapter of PNHP, founding member of PNHP
45 min slide presentation
45 min Q&A
Leonard Rodberg received a PhD in theoretical physics from MIT in 1957. He began his health care reform activities in 1974 when he led the development of the Dellums Health Service Act. Along with his late wife Joanne Lukomnik, he was one of the founders of Physicians for a National Health Program. He has served on the Board of the NY Metro Chapter of PNHP for a number of years and has been Treasurer and chair of the Finance Committee of the Chapter for the past four years. He is Co-Editor of the Chapter's Forum Reports and Issue Papers and Co-Coordinator of the Chapter's Health Reform Study Group. He teaches Urban Studies at Queens College and directs the Infoshare Community Data Service .
11:15 am - break and informal networking
Noon – Working Lunch (provided): Presentation: Ten Challenges In American Medicine – presented by Erick Cheung, third year medical student at Albany Medical College and leader of the National Organization of Student Representatives.
1:00-4:00 pm – Four sessions, with one break at 2:30
Topic A: Local advocacy and activism: Andrew Coates, MD, Secretary, Capital District PNHP
Topic B: Organizing Students and Physicians at the state level: Withrop C. Dillaway, MD, PNHP New Jersey Chapter
Topic C: The AMSA Vision: Networking With Students: Vanessa Calderon, American Medical Student Association Jack Rutlege Fellow and National Chair for Universal Healthcare
Topic D: The State of Healthcare Reform in New York: Mark Dunlea, Associate Director of the Hunger Action Network of New York State
4:00-5:00 pm – Panel Discussion including all Camp presenters, moderated by Andrew Coates
Suggested Contribution = $25. Free for medical students, students, PNHP members with scholarships available.
Registration Deadline – July 8, 2006. Please email us to reserve your spot today.
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Please RSVP if you would like to attend.
Capital District Physicians For A National Health Program will host a one day Health Care Advocacy Summer Camp on July 15, 2006 at Albany Medical College. We hope to provide area physicians and medical students, along with interested citizens and community leaders, with training and techniques in helping to accelerate the transition to a Medicare For All health care system.
The camp is being organized and led by Katherine Baerwald, PNHP chapter member and second year medical student at the Albany Medical College. Schedule of events --
9 am Saturday July 15th
Albany Medical College
Huyck Auditorium
Registration, with light refreshment provided
9:45 am – Keynote: “Who Needs Insurance Companies Anyway” – presented by Leonard Rodberg, PhD, Treasurer of the Metro NY Chapter of PNHP, founding member of PNHP
45 min slide presentation
45 min Q&A
Leonard Rodberg received a PhD in theoretical physics from MIT in 1957. He began his health care reform activities in 1974 when he led the development of the Dellums Health Service Act. Along with his late wife Joanne Lukomnik, he was one of the founders of Physicians for a National Health Program. He has served on the Board of the NY Metro Chapter of PNHP for a number of years and has been Treasurer and chair of the Finance Committee of the Chapter for the past four years. He is Co-Editor of the Chapter's Forum Reports and Issue Papers and Co-Coordinator of the Chapter's Health Reform Study Group. He teaches Urban Studies at Queens College and directs the Infoshare Community Data Service .
11:15 am - break and informal networking
Noon – Working Lunch (provided): Presentation: Ten Challenges In American Medicine – presented by Erick Cheung, third year medical student at Albany Medical College and leader of the National Organization of Student Representatives.
1:00-4:00 pm – Four sessions, with one break at 2:30
Topic A: Local advocacy and activism: Andrew Coates, MD, Secretary, Capital District PNHP
Topic B: Organizing Students and Physicians at the state level: Withrop C. Dillaway, MD, PNHP New Jersey Chapter
Topic C: The AMSA Vision: Networking With Students: Vanessa Calderon, American Medical Student Association Jack Rutlege Fellow and National Chair for Universal Healthcare
Topic D: The State of Healthcare Reform in New York: Mark Dunlea, Associate Director of the Hunger Action Network of New York State
4:00-5:00 pm – Panel Discussion including all Camp presenters, moderated by Andrew Coates
Suggested Contribution = $25. Free for medical students, students, PNHP members with scholarships available.
Registration Deadline – July 8, 2006. Please email us to reserve your spot today.
Read in full
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