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Group on Student Affairs-Minority Affairs Section (GSA-MAS) Annual Meeting Program

Friday, October 31, 2008

11:00 - 2:00 p

MAS Coordinating Committee (Closed)

National Chair: Cynthia E. Boyd, MD, MBA, FACP
Associate Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
Director, Medical Staff Operations, Rush University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College

National Chair Elect: Maria L. Soto-Greene, MD
Vice Dean and Professor
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School


Grand Hyatt San Antonio - Lone Star E

Saturday, November 1, 2008

11:00 - 12:45 p

GSA-MAS Combined Regional Meeting

National Chair: Cynthia E. Boyd, MD, MBA, FACP
Associate Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
Director, Medical Staff Operations, Rush University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College

National Chair Elect: Maria L. Soto-Greene, MD
Vice Dean and Professor
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School

National Past Chair: Marvin (Ted) Williams, PhD
Associate Vice President for Diversity and Equal Opportunity
Associate Dean for Diversity Initiatives and Minority Affairs
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of South Florida College of Medicine

Central Region Chair: Gloria V. Hawkins, PhD
Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Central Region Chair Elect: Wanda D. Lipscomb, PhD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Diversity and Outreach
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Northeast Region Chair: Gary C. Butts, MD
Associate Dean for Diversity Programs, Policy and Community Affairs
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University

Northeast Region Chair Elect: Carlyle H. Miller, MD
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Equal Opportunity Programs
Cornell University Weill Medical College

Southern Region Chair: Karen A. Lewis
Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management,
Student Services and Registrar
Meharry Medical College

Southern Region Chair Elect: Brenda A. Latham-Sadler, MD
Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Assistant Dean for Student Services
Director of Diversity and Development Initiatives
Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Western Region Chair: Linda K. Don, MEd
Assistant Dean, Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Western Region Chair Elect: Valerie Romero-Leggott, MD
Vice President for Diversity, Health Sciences Center
Associate Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of New Mexico School of Medicine


Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Room 217 C/D

 

Schedule for Recruiters

 

Noon - 3:00 p

MAS Minority Student Medical Career Awareness Workshops and Recruitment Fair
Setup for Recruiters and Interactive Medical and Health Activities


Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Hall D

3:30 - 4:30p

MAS Minority Student Medical Career Awareness Workshops and Recruitment Fair
Networking Session with Advisors, Guidance Counselors, and Administrators

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Hall D

4:30 - 6:30p

MAS Minority Student Medical Career Awareness Workshops and Recruitment Fair
Recruitment Fair

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Hall D

6:30p

Recruitment Fair Ends

 

 
 

Schedule for College Students and Parents

 

12:30 - 5:00

Registration

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Tower View Registration Area

 

1:30 - 2:45 p

MAS/OSR/DPP Session for the Minority Student Medical Career Awareness Workshops and Recruitment Fair
College Students and Parents Meet and Greet Current Medical Students

Moderators:
Dominique Arce
OSR Student
Meharry Medical College

Nathan T. Chomilo
OSR Student
University of Mennesota Medical School

OSR will meet with premedical students and their parents during an informal sessionwhere the attendees can ask and receive first hand information about the medcal school experience.

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center -- Room 217 C/D

3:00 - 4:30p

MAS Minority Student Medical Career Awareness Workshops and Recruitment Fair
College Students and Parents Workshop


Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Room 217 A/B

4:30 - 6:30 p

MAS Minority Student Medical Career Awareness Workshops and Recruitment Fair
Recruitment Fair


Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Hall D

6:30 p

Recruitment Fair Ends

 

 
 

Schedule for Prehealth Advisor, Guidance Counselors, and School Administrators

 

12:30 - 5:00p

Registration

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Tower View Registration Area

 

2:00 - 3:30p

MAS Minority Student Medical Career Awareness Workshops and Recruitment Fair
Prehealth Advisors, Guidance Counselors, and School Administrators Workshop

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Room 216 A

3:30 - 4:30 p

MAS Minority Student Medical Career Awareness Workshops and Recruitment Fair
Networking Session with Minority Affairs and Admissions Officers

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Hall D

4:30 - 6:30 p

MAS Minority Student Medical Career Awareness Workshops and Recruitment Fair
Recruitment Fair


Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Hall D

6:30 p

Recruitment Fair Ends

 

 

Sunday, November 2, 2008

7:00 - 8:15 a

AspiringDocs.org/GSA-MAS/OCOMM Session

Developing Data-Driven Strategies to Achieve Racial and Ethnic Medical Student Diversity

How are medical schools striving to achieve racial and ethnic diversity today? How can data best be used to inform and further these efforts? This session will explore how AAMC researchers developed the Applicant Yield Database, a creative and elegant analysis of several different databases that identifies the actual and potential minority student medical school applicant yields of all U.S. undergraduate colleges and universities. These data became the foundation for AspiringDocs.org, the association's national campaign to increase minority interest and enrollment in medicine. Similarly, AAMC members are using data to improve and advanced their minority recruitment programs. Hear from AAMC AYD authors and association members about how you can use data to strategically enhance your institution's diversity efforts.

Speakers:
Gwen Garrison, PhD
Director, Student and Applicant Studies
AAMC

Paula K. Davis, MA
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Diversity
Schools of the Health Sciences
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences

Chenits Pettigrew Jr., PhD
Assistant Dean for Admissions, Financial Aid and Diversity
Office of Diversity Affairs
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Leon Jones, MD
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Room 205

8:30 - 10:30 a

MAS National Business Meeting

National Chair: Cynthia E. Boyd, MD, MBA, FACP
Associate Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
Director, Medical Staff Operations, Rush University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College

National Chair Elect: Maria L. Soto-Greene, MD
Vice Dean and Professor
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Room 214 B

4:00 - 5:15 p

AAMC Focus Session
Herbert W. Nickens Lecture

Advancing Gender and Ethnic Diversity in Biomedical Leadershop: A Personal Perspective

Moderator:
Charles Terrell, EdD
Chief Diversity Officer
AAMC

Speaker:
The 2008 Herbert W. Nickens Award Recipient

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Room 214 C/D

Monday, November 3, 2008

10:30 - 11:45 a

 

AAMC Focus Session
Diversity Across the Physician Education Continum

The subject of diversity and the ways in which it is defined and included in medical education continues to present opportunities for rich discussion. Topics in the curriculum around diversity range from cultural competency to genetic medicine. Diversity involves sociological variables such as age, ethnicity, and gender. Do medical school faculty have the requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes to navigate sensitive topics such as stereotypes, prejudices, and health care disparities in the medical school curriculum? What role models do students and residents have to guide them in learning about diversity? How are the elements of diversity manifest in the students, residents, and faculty? What types of needs assessments or evaluations are conducted? How are results used? How is the hidden curriculum addressed? How can holistic review contribute to a more diverse medical school population?

These and other questions will be addressed during this session. The session will be highly interactive and organized around case studies to be presented by panelists and discussed by the audience, with time for comments, observations, and questions among panelists and audience members.

Moderator:
Jeannette E. South-Paul, MD
Andrew W. Mathieson University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine
University of Pittsburgh

Panelists:
Ron Garcia, PhD
Assistant Dean for Minority Affairs
Director Center of Excellence and Health Careers Opportunity Program
Stanford University School of Medicine

Tawara D. Goode, MA
Assistant Professor and Director
National Center for Cultural Competence Center
for Child and Human Development
Georgetown University Medical Center

Resident Respondent:
Tanika M. Pinn, MD
Sports Medicine Fellow
University of Tennessee Medical College at Knoxville

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Room 214 C/D

3:00 - 4:30 p

MAS Program

Opening and Welcoming Remarks
Speakers:
Cynthia E. Boyd, MD, MBA, FACP
Carol Aschenbrener, MD

GSA-MAS Awards
Presented by Carol Aschenbrener, MD

GSA-MAS Service Award

GSA-MAS Special Recognition Award

GSA-MAS Institutional Leadership Diversity Award

Herbert W. Nickens Awards
Presented by Carol Aschenbrener, MD

Herbert W. Nickens Award

Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship Award

Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship Awards

Keynote Speaker:
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Professor of Medicine
Meharry Medical College

Creating a Better Tomorrow: Diversity in the Health Professions Matter: The Untold Story of Meharry Medical College

Closing Remarks:
Cynthia E. Boyd, MD, MBA, FACP
Charles Terrell, EdD


Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Room 217 D

5:00 - 6:30 p

GSA-MAS Town Hall Meeting on the Establishment of a new AAMC Affinity Group on Diversity and Inclusion

Town Hall Meeting on the establishment of a new AAMC Affinity Group on Diversity and Inclusion A new AAMC affinity group will address issues related to diversity policies, programs, and practices that shape the medical education environment for medical students, faculty, staff, and other members of the academic medical community. Approved in principle in February 2008, the Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI) will serve as the national forum to help academic institutions understand the benefits of diversity in medicine and the biomedical sciences, with two ultimate goals of providing quality care to the underserved and eliminating health disparities. The GDI will focus on advancing diversity in four key areas of medicine: health care, research, education and leadership.

Moderators:
Cynthia E. Boyd, MD, MBA, FACP
Associate Vice-President, Chief Compliance Officer
Director, Medical Staff Operations, Rush University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College

Maria L. Soto-Greene, MD
Vice Dean and Professor
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Room 217 D

6:30 - 8:30 p

Diversity Policy and Programs Reception (Closed)

 

 

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

10:00 - Noon

Diversity Research Forum

The focus of this year's Diversity Research Forum session is on making the case for faculty diversity in academic medicine and strategies for their recruitment, retention, and promotion. Various scholars will present on the following topics: the benefits of faculty diversity, barriers and challenges faced by racial and ethnic minority faculty, effective strategies for supporting minority faculty, building faculty resiliency, and successful mentoring programs.

Moderator and Speaker:
Denice Cora-Bramble, MD, MBA
Executive Director
Goldberg Center for Community Pediatrics
Children's National Medical Center

Speakers:
Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD, MSPH, MBA
Associate Vice President Health Sciences
Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology)
Professor of Preventive Medicine & Public Health
Creighton University School of Medicine

Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor, Section of General Internal Medicine
Assistant Director, RWJ Clinical Scholars Program
Yale University School of Medicine

 

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center - Room 214 B

Please review the GSA Annual Meeting Program for other GSA-MAS Sessions.

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