EXCITING UPDATE: US SURGEON GENERAL DR. REGINA BENJAMIN CONFIRMED AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT AAPCHO GALA!

AAPCHO is pleased to announce that United States Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin will be the keynote speaker at AAPCHO’s “Cultivating Traditions of Wellness” Gala!

GALA KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A

Dr. Benjamin is the 18th Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service. She is the Founder and CEO of the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Alabama, which aims to provide primary care to people of any age regardless of their financial situation. She previously served as Chair of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, and as the Associate Dean for Rural Health at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. Among other honors, Dr. Benjamin received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights in 1998.

Tickets for AAPCHO’s “Cultivating Traditions of Wellness” Gala will be available at the door.  To RSVP, please email events@aapcho.org.

 

ANNOUNCING AAPCHO’S SPECIAL GUESTS!

AAPCHO is pleased to announce the following special guests will join our Technical Assistance Conference and Gala events “Cultivating Traditions of Wellness: Building Sustainable Health Care Homes.

. GALA SPECIAL GUEST ……GALA AWARDS          CONFERENCE SPEAKER …… …………SPEAKER………………..PRESENTER…………………………

Representative Mike Honda

Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao

Dr. Kyu Rhee, Chief Public Health Officer, HRSA

 

EARLY BIRD EXTENDED TO JANUARY 29!

AAPCHO is pleased to announce its 2010 Technical Assistance Conference and Gala, Cultivating Traditions of Wellness: Building Sustainable Health Care Homes. We hope that you will join us for a day of shared learning and an exciting gala to follow.

Take advantage of this opportunity to listen and learn as experts share their knowledge of the evolving health care home model, its proven best practices from across the country, and this model’s central role in health reform.  The conference will feature a rich mix of plenary sessions, technical assistance, information sharing and opportunities to network and mingle with your colleagues, friends, partners, and future partners.

CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Howard Koh,

Assistant Secretary for Health,

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

AAPCHO is also pleased to announce that Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will be the keynote speaker at this event. Dr. Koh, who among other things is the former Commissioner of Public Health in Massachusetts, was the highest-ranking Asian American to serve in this capacity in DHHS.

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