Community / Urban Health
Lecture Series Schedule
2009-2010
September 18, 2009
Lisa Alexander, EdD, MPH, PA
Assistant Dean for Community-Based Partnerships
" Equity Issues & the Health Care Safety Net in Washington, DC"
PowerPoint
October 21, 2009
Donald Weaver, MD, Matthew Mintz, MD & Jacqueline Barnett, PA, MSHS
"Dispelling the Myths of Primary Care"
November 20, 2009
Yoland Haywood, MD
Assistant Dean and Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine
""The Emergency Room as the Default Primary Care Provider"
2008-2009
September 15, 2008
Mary Carol Jennings
AMSA Jack Rutledge Legislative Director
" Health Care For Everyone? *Health Care Reform & the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election"
October 17, 2008
Kirsten Thompson, PA
"Population Health Issues in Washington, DC."
November 17, 2008
Lisa Alexander, PA, MPH, EdD, Assistant Dean for Community-Based Partnerships
"Trends Worth Watching in Primary Care"
February 9, 2009 - Community Health Night:
History of Health Reform in DC
Sharon Baskerville, Chief Executive Officer
DC Primary Care Association
Family Medicine in an Urban Safety Net Clinic
Dr. Andrea Anderson
Unity Health Care
Impact of Community Health Centers in Reducing Health Disparities
John Sawyer
Director of Federal Affairs
National Association of Community Health Centers
Back to the Future: Do Home Visits Really Work?
Dr. Ernest Brown
Unity Health Care’s Home Visiting Program
2007-2008
October 12, 2007
John Sawyer
Assistant Director of the National Association for
Community Health Centers
“Primary Care at Safety Net Clinics”
October 17, 2007
Lisa Alexander, EdD, MPH, PA
Assistant Dean for Community-Based
Partnerships
" DC Healthcare Safety Net: Does it Catch Everyone?"
November 14, 2007
Ann O'Malley, MD, MPH, Senior Health Researcher at the
Center for Studying Health System Change
"Trends in Primary Care and How it Affects Community Health"
January 25, 2008
Matthew D. Levy, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Community Pediatrics Georgetown University Hospital/MedStar Health
"Community Pedicatrics in Washington DC- Challenges and Solutions"
February 20, 2008
Lisa Alexander, PA, EdD, MPH,
Assistant Dean for Community-Based Partnerships
"
A Panel Discussion on presentations by Dan Hawking "
2006-2007
September 29, 2006
Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP
Medical Director, Baltimore Medical Systems, Inc.
"Managing the Safety Net of Medicine"
October 13, 2006
Rhonique Harris, MD, MHA
Medical Director, Mobile Health Programs, Children's National Medical Center
"Community Health on the Move"
October 18, 2006,
Seiji Hayashi, MD, Director
GW Community-Oriented Primary Care Program
" Providing Care for Culturally Diverse Communities: The COPC Approach"
January 26, 2007
Kirsten Thomsen, PA-C
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Care Sciences, GWUMC
"Public Policy Issues Post Katrina
February 26, 2007
Helen Burstin, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, National Quality Forum
" Clinical Prevention in the Community and Missed Opportunities Related to Disparities"
March 21, 2007
Lisa Alexander, EdD, MPH, PA
Randi Abramson, MD
"A Day in the Life of a Safety Net Medical Clinic"
April 13, 2007
Olga Acosta-Price, PhD
"Assessing the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Needs of Washington, DC"