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CBC Health Braintrust
Members
The Hon. G.K. Butterfield
The Hon. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
The Hon. Corrine Brown
The Hon. Julia Carson
The Hon. Donna Christian-Christensen
The Hon. Yvette Clarke
The Hon. William Lacy Clay, Jr.
The Hon. Emanuel Cleaver II

The Hon. James E. Clyburn
The Hon. John Conyers, Jr.
The Hon. Elijah E. Cummings
The Hon. Artur Davis
The Hon. Danny K. Davis
The Hon. Keith Ellison
The Hon. Chaka Fattah
The Hon. Al Green
The Hon. Alcee L. Hastings
The Hon. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
The Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee
The Hon. William J. Jefferson
The Hon. Hank Johnson
The Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson

The Hon. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
The Hon. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
The Hon. Barbara Lee
The Hon. John Lewis
The Hon. Kendrick B. Meek
The Hon. Gregory W. Meeks
The Hon. Juanita Millender-McDonald
The Hon. Gwendolynne Moore
The Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton
The Hon. Barack Obama
The Hon. Donald M. Payne
The Hon. Charles B. Rangel
The Hon. Bobby L. Rush
The Hon. David Scott
The Hon. Robert C. Scott
The Hon. Bennie Thompson
The Hon. Edolphus Towns
The Hon. Maxine Waters
The Hon. Diane E. Watson
The Hon. Melvin L. Watt
The Hon. Albert Russell Wynn


2008 Congressional Black Caucus
Spring Health Braintrust


Celebrating April 2008 -- Minority Health Month


in cooperation with

 
Day One: April 14, 2008
Opening Plenary: Health Care Costs and Health Disparities

Opening Session - April 14, 2008
Click Here to View Opening Session



Dr. Gary Puckrein
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Minority Quality Forum
NMQF Atlas Prevention Initiative
http://www.nmqf.org//
 
 

Opening address:
Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen, Chair
Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust
Dr. Christensen highlights the
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 20007 (HR 3014)



Terris A. King, Deputy Director
Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

 

 
Joint Community and Policy Breakout Session
Health Care Costs and Patient Variations

Panel I - April 14, 2008
Click Here to View Opening Day Panel I



Doug Badger,
Partner and Senior Fellow
The Nickles Group and the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
 

Darrell J. Gaskin, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Economics,
Department of African/American Studies
University of Maryland
     

Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
Resident Fellow
American Enterprise Institute
 

Peter R. Orszag, PhD
Office of the Director
Congressional Budget Office
     
 

The Booker T. Washington Awards Luncheon
 

Luncheon - April 14, 2008
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Master of Ceremonies


Roy Lee Jefferson
Former NFL Pittsburgh Steeler,
Washington Redskin and Indianapolis Colt


Presenter: Booker T. Washington Award


Richard J. Umbdenstock
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Hospital Association (AHA)



Recipient: Booker T. Washington Award


Karen Hacker, MD
Executive Director, Institute for Community Health
Cambridge Health Alliance


Introduction: Keynote Speaker


Freda Lewis-Hall, M.D. F.A.P.A.
Sr. Vice President, US Pharmaceuticals Medical Affairs
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company


Keynote Address


Jack Lewin, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer, CEO
American College of Cardiology


Presenter: Bernado Alberto Houssay Award


Joseph B. Kelly
Vice President Policy and Government Affairs
Eli Lilly Company


 

Recipient: Bernado Alberto Houssay Award
(Click here for background on Bernardo Alberto Houssay)


James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine.
http://web.msm.edu/


 
Recipients: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Award
 


James Fletcher Goodmon Chairman of the Board,
A.J. Fletcher Foundation

 

Barbara Lyons Goodmon President,
A.J. Fletcher Foundation
     
 
Day Two: April 15, 2008 >>
 
 
For more information, call Office of Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen, Chair, CBC Health Braintrust, at 202-225-1790
 
 

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