2007 Annual Conference
Agenda
MORNING SESSION

Conference Moderator
Heather Brumberg, MD, MPH, FAAP

8 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Opens

9 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Michael H. Gewitz, MD, FAAP
Leonard J. Newman, MD, FAAP

9:10 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
State of the Hudson Valley Region
Moderator:
Heather Brumberg, MD, MPH, FAAP

Panelists:
Howard Blanchette, MD, FACOG
Edmund F. LaGamma, MD, FAAP View Presentation
Cheryl Hunter-Grant, LMSW View Presentation
Caren Fairweather, MPS View Presentation
Jean Hudson, MD, MPH View Presentation

10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Keynote Address
The Impact of Access to Care on Perinatal Health – A National Perspective
Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS
17th US Surgeon General, 2002 – 2006
President of the Canyon Ranch Institute

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Questions & Answers

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Guest Speaker
Access to Health Care in New York State
Assemblyman Richard Gottfried
75th Assembly District, NYS Assembly
Chair, NYS Assembly Committee on Health

AFTERNOON SESSION

12:15 p.m. – 1 p.m.
LUNCH • NETWORKING, EXHIBITS

1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Guest Speaker
New York State Vision for Women and Children’s Health Care - View Presentation
Foster Gesten, MD
Medical Director, Office of Health Insurance Programs (OHIP)
NYS Department of Health

2 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Access to Perinatal Services: Consumer, Provider and Business Perspectives

Moderator:
Robert Amler, MD, FAAP, FACPM
Dean, New York Medical College, School of Public Health

Panelists:

Paul F. Macielak, Esq, President and CEO New York Health Plan Association

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, 88th Assembly District, NYS Assembly

Andrew D. Racine, MD, PhD, FAAP, Vice President of Chapter 3, District II of the AAP

Elizabeth H. Swain, MA, CEO, Community Health Care Association of New York State

Joseph J. Lynett, JD, Associate, Jackson Lewis – Workplace Perspectives on Perinatal Care

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks
Cheryl Hunter-Grant, LMSW