Health Professions Leadership Capitol Hill Day - April 17, 2002

Hill Day participants listen to Meharry Medical College President John Maupin, DDS.

Jim Martin, MD, a family physician from UT-San Antonio, speaks during the breakfast meeting.

Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) (center), discusses the health professions programs with Richard Krugman, MD, Dean of University of Colorado School of Medicine and Dr. Maupin.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) (center) meets with representatives of various health professions disciplines.

(L-R) David Calkins (Society of General Internal Medicine), Melissa Brodeur (Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses), Sen. Leahy, Betty Rambur (American Association of Colleges of Nursing), and Paula Friedman (American Dental Education Association).

Participants await the arrival of a Member of Congress.

(L-R) Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.), Myla Moss, David Calkins, and Paula Friedman

David Asprey, Rachel Wallace, and Jeff Webb discuss funding for the programs with Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa).

David Asprey, representing the American Academy of Physician Assistants, and Rachel Wallace, representing the American Academy of Pediatrics, with Rep. Leach.