Previous Meetings
September 2009
Research Infrastructure/RCMI & Related Programs at the National Institutes of Health
Sidney McNairy, Jr, PhD, Dsc
RCMI/BBRC Core Labs, Capabilities and Research Impact
Robert A. Kirken, PhD
Obesity, Diabetes and Immunity
Kristine M. Garza, PhD
Chagas Disease
Igor C. Almeida, PhD
Adolescent Vulnerability to Tobacco Use
Laura E. O’Dell, PhD
Disparities in Border Health Care
Martha A. Medrano, MD, MPH
The Gateway Program
Howard Hiatt, MD
April 2009
Steps to Build Healthier Communities
Carmen Rita Nevarez, MD, MPH
Hispanics & Health Disparities Summit Series & Health Reform
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH
Guiding Disadvantaged Youth Toward the Health Professions
Katherine A. Flores, MD
Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC)
Charles Vega, MD
Increasing the Number of Latinos in Health Professions
Jessica M. Núñez de Ybarra, MD, MPH
Health Disparities
America Bracho, MD, MPH, CDE
RecreationRx.org
Chris Searles, MD, FAAFP
Unique Collaborations
Len Fromer, MD, FAAFP
Articles
Un Poquito
Warren J. Ferguson
Talking to Latinos About Diabetes Using Words They Understand
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Language Access Services for Latinos with Limited English Proficiency: Lessons Learned from Hablamos Juntos
Shinyi Wu, PhD, M. Susan Ridgely, JD, José J. Escarce, MD, PhD, and Leo S. Morales, MD, PhD
Do Primary Care Physicians Treating Minority Patients Report Problems Delivering High-Quality Care?
James D. Reschovsky and Ann S. O’Malley
The Characteristics And Performance Of Hospitals That Care For Elderly Hispanic Americans
Ashish K. Jha, E. John Orav, Jie Zheng and Arnold M. Epstein
October 2008
The Commonwealth Fund: Program on Health Care Disparities
Susan E. Hernandez, MPA
Anne C. Beal, MD, MPH
Social Determinants of Health and Social Determinants of Equity
Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD
Reducing Health Care Disparities in California
Ignatius Bau, Program Director, The California Endowment
April 2008
Efforts to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare
John M. Montgomery, MD, MPH, FAAFP, CPE, CHIE
Vice President, Professional Relations
BlueCross BlueShield of Florida
Focusing on Native American Health Care Disparities
Adriann Begay, MD
Medical Officer, Indian Health Service
American Indian/Alaska Native Workforce Diversity: Best Practices and Solutions
Terry Maresca, MD
Director, Native American Center of Excellence
University of Washington School of Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor, Family Medicine
When No Data is Misinterpreted as No Problem
Maile Taualii, Scientific Director
Urban Indian Health Institute
Seattle Indian Health Board
October 2007
Addressing Health Care Disparities: Recommended Goal, Guiding Principles, and Key Strategies for Comprehensive Policies
The Commission to End Health Care Disparities
Biomonitoring & Disparities: Strategies to Accelerate a Disparity Reducing Advance
Clement Bezold, PhD, Institute for Alternative Futures
Collecting Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language Data in Small Physician Practices
Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD, HRET
Mara Youdelman, JD, NHeLP
Christian Krautkramer, Boston University
Kevin Van Dyke, HRET
Federal Response: Elimination of Racial and Ethnic Health Care Disparities
Office of Minority Health (OMH), National Institute of Health(NIH), and AHRQ
Mildred Hunter, MSW, MPH (OMH)
Ileana Herrell, PhD (NIH)
Health Disparities: A State View
Eric Whitaker, MD, MPH former director, IL Department of Public Health
Local Efforts to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Care Disparities
Stephen A. Martin, Jr, PhD, MPH, Chief Operating Officer, Cook County Department of Public Health
March 2007
March 2007 Meeting Summary
Panel discussions were held on the first day of the meeting that addressed the history of health care disparities, advocacy and universal coverage. Massachusetts Medical Society discussed the work that has been done within the state, information was provided on the role of universal access to health care in reducing health care disparities. Representative Peter Koutoujian provided a detailed description of how other states can create commissions and task forces. The program was highlighted by the Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, MD, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, President Emeritus of Morehouse School of Medicine, and chair of the Sullivan Alliance who discussed how increasing diversity in the health professions will reduce racial and ethnic health care disparities. Jeffrey Drazen, M.D., editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, discussed the role of peer-reviewed medical journal and the media in addressing racial and ethnic disparities and focused on how general research can play a role in helping the physician community care for patients from diverse backgrounds and how that research can be applied to different patient populations.
Sullivan Commission/Sullivan Alliance
Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, MD, former US Secretary of Health and Human Services, President-Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine, Chair, Sullivan Alliance
Disparity Reducing Advances Project (The DRA Project)
Clement Bezold, PhD, Institute for Alternative Futures
Racial Disparities in Health: Interpreting the Research
Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSc, Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital
September 2006
September 2006 Meeting Summary
The first day of the meeting focused on Commission business. Educational forums were held on the second day of the meeting focusing on pay for performance, dietary sodium reduction, and pharmacogenetics, health care disparities and personalized medicine. The Commission also approved the 2007-2008 strategic plan.
Physician’s Quagmire: Salt Consumption and Chronic Kidney Disease
Sandra Gadson, MD, Co-Chair, Commission to End Health Care Disparities
Political & Clinical Basis of Health Disparities Realistic Solutions
Randall W. Maxey MD, PhD, Co-chair Emeritus “The Commission”, President Alliance of Minority Medical Associations, Past President National Medical Association
Disparities in Pharmaceutical Therapy: A major contributor to unequal treatment of ethnic and racial minorities
Richard Levy PhD
Robert Like, MD, MS
Randall Maxey, MD, PhD
Pay for Performance and Health Care Disparities
John M. Montgomery, MD, MPH, FAAFP, CPE, CHIE, Vice President, Senior Care Solutions and Professional Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Member Plan of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Pay for Performance and its potential Impact on Health Care Disparities
Valentine J. Burroughs, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, North General Hospital, CAFA Chair, National Medical Association
March 2006
March 2006 Meeting Summary
The first day of the meeting focused on Commission business with the second day focused on the patient/physician listening session held at Howard University where minority patients and physicians provided testimonies on their non-financial experiences in the health care system and offered suggestions for what physician groups can do to help eliminate disparities
