Sponsored by: Loyola Medical Center & Loyola University Chicago
- September 8, 2012
- 9am to 1:30 p.m.
- Loyola Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine Tobin Hall (lst floor)
Maywood, Illinois
- Continental breakfast and lunch included
- Cost:
General fee: $75; Alumni & Adjunct faculty: $50; Field Instructor, Advisory Members, Non-Loyola Students & Loyola Students seeking CEUs: $25; Loyola Students with valid ID: $10
- 4.5 CEUs available
This Forum /CEU workshop offers an in-depth exploration of the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordability Healthcare Act on Health Disparities. Topics include:
- History of Health Disparities in Chicago by, Keynote: David Ansel MD, MPH
- Racial Disparities in Health: the Present and Future by, Richard Cooper, MD
- Trinity Health System and Community Health by, Dan Hale, JD
- Overview of the Healthcare Act Dru Bhattacharya JD MPH LLM
- Panel Discussion and lunch moderator Dru Bhattacharya JD MPH LLM
The keynote presenter is David Ansell, MD, MPH. Dr. Ansel is an Internal Medicine physician who currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He was appointed to the eleven member board of directors of the Cook County Health System in 2008 where he is chairperson of the Quality and Patient Safety Committee. He continues his service to the medically underserved in his volunteer activities at the Community Health Clinic, a free clinic in Chicago, and with his medical relief work annually in the Dominican Republic. He was part of a Chicago-based effort that provided medical relief after the Haiti earthquake and made two trips to Haiti in 2010. He is the author of the book County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospital. Ansell has an interest in issues related to access to health care and health disparity education.
For registration and details please visit: http://www.luc.edu/socialwork/resources/upcoming_events.shtml
