Agenda

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Apr 11, 2024

Apr 11 7:30 AM–
4:00 PM EST

Colloquium Registration
(See event page)

Apr 11 8:30 AM–
9:30 AM EST

Welcome Breakfast (Continental Breakfast)
(See event page)

Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill

Apr 11 9:15 AM–
9:25 AM EST

Welcome & Opening Remarks
(See event page)

Joy D. Calloway, M.B.A., MHSA
Executive Director
National Medical Association

Yolanda Lawson, M.D.
124th President
National Medical Association

Apr 11 9:25 AM–
9:45 AM EST

White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness & Response Policy
(See event page)

Maj. Gen (ret) Paul Friedrichs, M.D.
Deputy Assistant to the President
Director

Apr 11 9:45 AM–
10:00 AM EST

Ensuring Americans have Access to the ACA Enhanced Tax Credits
(See event page)

Justine Handelman
Founder and President
Handelman Strategies, LLC

Apr 11 10:00 AM–
11:15 AM EST

Legislative Advocacy Workshop for Capitol Hill – Session 1
(See event page)

Capitol Hill 101 – Info on navigating the Hill

Facilitator/Moderator:

Ebony Caldwell, M.D., M.P.H.
APA Jeanne Spurlock Health Policy Fellow
Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02)

Panelists:

Leah Hill
Legislative Director
Sen. Cory Booker

Chris Cox
Chief of Staff
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke

Brian Greer
Partner
Empire Consulting Group

Iyanla Kollock
Legislative Assistant
Cong. Nikema Williams (GA-05)

Kyler Gilkey
Legislative Assistant
Cong. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37)

Apr 11 11:15 AM–
11:30 AM EST

Legislative Advocacy Workshop for Capitol Hill – Session 2
(See event page)

NMA Advocacy Teams’ Huddle for Congressional Office Meeting

Advocacy Teams will consist of  4 or 5 physician members per assigned congressional office (#per team depending on #of members registered for Hill Day visits.)

Apr 11 12:10 PM–
12:11 PM EST

Departure for Capitol Hill
(See event page)

Doctors going to the Hill are requested to bring/wear their White Coats

Apr 11 12:30 PM–
12:45 PM EST

Photo Session – Capitol Hill
(See event page)

Apr 11 12:45 PM–
1:45 PM EST

Lunch on your own on Capitol Hill
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Longworth Cafeteria – Basement Level
Rayburn Cafeteria – Basement Level

Apr 11 2:00 PM–
5:00 PM EST

Congressional Office Visits
(See event page)

Apr 11 5:30 PM–
7:30 PM EST

NMA Legislative Reception on Capitol Hill
(See event page)

2044 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

Brief Program to include the following presentations:

President’s Award for Outstanding Congressional Leadership

Awardees:

  • Cong. Yvette Clarke
  • Cong. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE)
  • Cong. Robin Kelly (IL-02)

President’s Award for Outstanding Congressional Staffer

Awardee:

  • Chonya Johnson
    Chief of Staff
    Cong. Troy Carter (LA-02)

Apr 12, 2024

Apr 12 7:00 AM–
8:00 AM EST

Breakfast and Networking with Exhibitors
(See event page)

Apr 12 7:00 AM–
5:00 PM EST

Colloquium Registration
(See event page)

Apr 12 7:55 AM–
8:00 AM EST

Greetings from ANMA and SNMA
(See event page)

Mrs. Maria Bright
President
Auxiliary to the National Medical Association

Ja’Nia McPhatter
President
Student National Medical Association

Apr 12 8:00 AM–
8:20 AM EST

Welcome Remarks
(See event page)

Hon. Robert White
DC Councilman
DC City Council
Washington, DC

Ayanna Bennett, M.D., MSPH
Director
DC Department of Health
Washington, DC

Apr 12 8:20 AM–
9:20 AM EST

340B Drug Pricing Program Panel
(See event page)

Moderator:

Christina Epperson, M.P.H.
Health Policy Manager
National Medical Association

Panel:

Maureen Testoni, J.D.
President & CEO
340B Health

Thomas Johnson
Executive Director
ASAP 340B

Vacheria Keys, J.D.
Director, Regulatory Affairs
National Association of Community Health Centers

Bruce Siegel
President & CEO
America’s Essential Hospitals

Tony Jackson, Pharm.D., M.B.A.
Assistant Vice President, Pharmacy Services
Scripps Health System
Member of the Association of Black Hospital Pharmacists

Mike Ybarra, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
PhRMA

Apr 12 9:20 AM–
9:50 AM EST

The Centers for Disease Control
(See event page)

Leandris Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A.
Acting Director
CDC’s Office of Health Equity (OHE)

Apr 12 9:50 AM–
10:20 AM EST

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health & Human Services
(See event page)

Thomas Mason, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer

Apr 12 10:20 AM–
10:35 AM EST

Break and Network with Exhibitors
(See event page)

Apr 12 10:35 AM–
11:00 AM EST

FDA Office of Minority Health & Health Equity
(See event page)

Christine S. Lee, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Acting Associate Commissioner for Minority Health
Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity

Apr 12 11:00 AM–
11:25 AM EST

National Institutes of Health
(See event page)

Honorable Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D.
Director
National Institute on Minority Health
National Institutes of Health

Apr 12 11:30 AM–
12:10 PM EST

Fireside Chat with U.S. Surgeon General
(See event page)

Yolanda Lawson, M.D.
124th President
National Medical Association

Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A.
United States Surgeon General
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Apr 12 12:10 PM–
12:50 PM EST

Food Is Medicine: The Role of Nutrition in Reducing Chronic Disease
(See event page)

Moderator

Marie L. Borum, M.D., Ed.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Gastroenterology
GW Medical Faculty Associates

Panel

Janet De Jesus, M.S., R.D.
Nutrition Advisor
HHS ODPHP

Eve Stoody, Ph.D.
Director, Nutrition Guidance & Analysis Division
USDA FNS, CNPP

Sakeenah Shabazz
Sr. Policy Advisor
Food and Nutrition Service
USDA

Apr 12 12:50 PM–
1:15 PM EST

The State of DEI: Why Does It Matter?
(See event page)

Derrick Johnson
President & CEO
NAACP

Apr 12 1:15 PM–
1:40 PM EST

Lunch is Served
(See event page)

Apr 12 1:40 PM–
2:30 PM EST

Working Lunch – Removing Cost Barriers to Prostate Cancer Screening
(See event page)

Overview & Framing the Problem (20 Min.)

Walter Rayford, Ph.D., M.D., M.B.A.
The Urology Group
Memphis, TN

2821/H.R. 1826 – Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-Risk Insured Men Act

Honorable Troy Carter
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC

Apr 12 2:30 PM–
3:30 PM EST

How Routinizing Clinical Screenings Can Eliminate HIV & COVID Stigma
(See event page)

Maranda C. Ward, Ed.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Director of Equity, Clinical Research & Leadership
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
George Washington University

Apr 12 2:30 PM–
6:30 PM EST

NMA Board of Trustees Meeting
(See event page)

Apr 12 7:00 PM–
9:00 PM EST

Welcome Reception
(See event page)

Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill

Apr 13, 2024

Apr 13 7:00 AM–
5:00 PM EST

Colloquium Registration
(See event page)

Apr 13 7:30 AM–
8:00 AM EST

Breakfast Networking with Exhibitors
(See event page)

Apr 13 8:00 AM–
8:05 AM EST

Welcome
(See event page)

Yolanda Lawson, M.D.
124th President
National Medical Association

Apr 13 8:05 AM–
8:30 AM EST

What’s on the Ballot for Black Americans
(See event page)

Voting Advocacy & Policy

Keesha Middlemass, Ph.D.
Fellow – Governance Studies, Race, Prosperity & Inclusion Initiative
The Brookings Institute

Apr 13 8:30 AM–
9:00 AM EST

The Black Vote: Voting to Eliminate Health Disparities
(See event page)

Moderator:

Aliya Bhatia
Executive Director
Vot-ER

Panelist:

Councilman Zachary Parker
DC Council – Ward 5

Victoria (Tori) Wenger, J.D.
Skadden Fellow
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.

Apr 13 9:00 AM–
10:00 AM EST

The Reproductive Care Continuum: Ensuring Access to Care to Improve Maternal & Child Health Outcomes
(See event page)

Moderator:

Yolanda Lawson, M.D.
124th President
National Medical Association

Panel:

Phyllis Dickerson
CEO
AA Mayors Association

Jacqueline Ayers
Sr. Vice President
Policy, Campaigns and Advocacy
Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Apr 13 10:00 AM–
10:15 AM EST

Break and Networking with Exhibitors
(See event page)

Apr 13 10:15 AM–
10:45 AM EST

Data for Black Lives: A Year to Leapfrog Health Disparities
(See event page)

Renata Rawlings-Goss, Ph.D.
Executive Director
South Big Data Innovation Hub

Apr 13 10:45 AM–
11:25 AM EST

Collaborations to Advance Health Equity thru Policy Alignment
(See event page)

Moderator:

Yolanda Lawson, M.D.
124th President
National Medical Association

Panel:

Willie Underwood, III, M.D., M.Sc., M.P.H.
Chair, Board of Trustees
American Medical Association

Aletha Maybank, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Health Equity Officer, SVP
American Medical Association

Apr 13 11:25 AM–
12:00 PM EST

Lunch is Served
(See event page)

Apr 13 12:00 PM–
1:00 PM EST

Interrupting the Tobacco Legacy in Black Communities: Freeing Future Generations from the Plow
(See event page)

Moderator

Roland Martin
Journalist
Roland Martin Unfiltered

Panel

Kymberle Sterling, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean for Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion for Faculty &      Talent Development
School of Public Health
Rutgers University

Pebbles Fagan, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor
Director, Center for the Study of Tobacco
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
Director of Research, Office of Health Initiatives and Disparities Research
Department of Surgery
Associate Director, Cancer Prevention and Control
College of Medicine and Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Mignonne Guy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies
Director, HEAL-VA Lab
Founder & Co-Chair, Committee on Racial Equity (CORE)
Faculty Investigator, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products
Virginia Commonwealth University 

Kenny Ray
Director, Programs
The Center for Black Health Equity

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Apr 13 1:00 PM–
1:45 PM EST

Understanding Prescription Drug Advisory Boards
(See event page)

Desmond Banks, Ph.D.
Health Fellow
National Black Caucus of State Legislators

Kenneth H. Schell, Pharm.D., R.Ph.
Faculty
Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
UC San Diego

Brad Stewart
Chairman of the Board
Maryland Tech Council

Apr 13 1:45 PM–
2:30 PM EST

Healthcare Workforce Viability
(See event page)

Yolanda Lawson, MD, 124th President, Moderator

Advocacy for Undergraduate Medical Education:

Danielle Turnipseed, J.D., MHSA, M.P.P.
Chief Public Policy Officer
Association of American Medical Colleges

Graduate Education:

Pilar Ortega, M.D., M.G.M.
Vice President
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Accreditation of Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

The Future:  The Promise of HBCU Medical Schools:

Yvens Laborde, M.D.
Medical Director
Global Health Education and Public Health
Ochsner Health

Apr 13 2:30 PM–
2:45 PM EST

Break & Networking
(See event page)

Apr 13 2:45 PM–
4:30 PM EST

The Convening – Moving the Needle on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
(See event page)

The State of DEI:  Why does it Matter?

Facilitator:

Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Executive Director
National Collaborative for Health Equity

African American Professional Organizations Roundtable

  • Derrick Johnson
    President & CEO
    NAACP
  • SNMA (Student NMA)
    Ja’Nia McPhatter
  • NPhA (Natl Pharm. Association)
    Dr. Frank North
    President
  • NBNA (National Black Nurses)
    Dr. Sheldon Fields
  • NDA (National Dental Association)
    Dr. Nicole Cheek
  • SBAS (Society of Black Academic Surgeons)
    Dr. John Stewart
  • ABPSI (Assoc. Black Psychologists)
    Dr. Sharon Bethea
  • NABPT (Natl Assoc. Black Physical Therapist)
    Ms. DeAndrea Bullock
  • NBA (Natl. Bar Association)
    Mr. Wiley Adams – President-Elect
  • NOBIDAN (Natl Organ. Blacks in Dietetics & Nutrition)
    Dr. Janet Reid Hector
  • NAHSE (Natl Assoc. Health Services Exec.)
    Dr. Lisa Mallory – CEO

Convening Organization’s Outlook on DEI, Workforce (Unionization), and Health Disparities

Closing Remarks

Yolanda Lawson, M.D.
124th President

Apr 13 4:45 PM–
6:30 PM EST

Corporate Circle Roundtable
(See event page)

Invitation Only

Apr 13 7:00 PM–
7:30 PM EST

Reception Meet/Greet
(See event page)

Apr 13 7:30 PM–
9:30 PM EST

Gary C. Dennis, M.D. 25th Annual Health Policy Awards Dinner
(See event page)

Louis Stokes Health Advocacy Award

Kirk D. Myers (Posthumously)
Founder and CEO
Abounding Prosperity, Inc.

Video Remarks
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX)

Accepting on behalf of Mr. Myers:
Tamara Stephney, CEO
Abounding Prosperity, Inc.

James M. Whittico, Jr., M.D. Community Advocate Award

Sandra B. Nichols, M.D., MHCDS, M.S.
Founder & CEO
“The Samaritan Health Project”
Former Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
UnitedHealth Group
Former Chairwoman, Board of Directors
National Medical Fellowships

NMA President’s Distinguished Achievement Award

Mr. Colin Kaepernick
Founder
Know Your Rights Campaign

Charles M. Blow
Author, Journalist and Commentator

 Fireside Chat – The Quest for Health Justice

Charles Blow
Columnist & CNN Contributor

Yolanda Lawson, M.D.
124th President, NMA

Apr 14, 2024

Apr 14 8:30 AM–
9:00 AM EST

Breakfast
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Apr 14 9:00 AM–
1:00 PM EST

Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates
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