23rd National Conference on Primary Health Care Access: Program of Plenary Sessions (Monday, April 16, 2012)
Last Updated on April 16, 2022 by Lee Burnett, DO, FAAFP
Conference Theme: “Realities and Illusions”

Monday, April 16, 2012
6:30 AM – 8:00 AM Working breakfast in preassigned groups
Vivace Restaurant – Lobby Level (conference registrants only)
8:15 AM – 12:00 PM First Plenary session
8:15 AM Welcome
Jay W. Lee, MD; Memorial Hospital Long Beach, California
8:20 AM Opening Statement of First Plenary Session by Session Moderator:
Marc E. Babitz, MD; Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City
8:25 AM First Roundtable: “Realities and Illusions: A Discussion of National Health Policy, PPACA and Health Care Insurance Reform 2011-2012”
Joshua Freeman, MD, University of Kansas, Kansas City
Hector Flores, MD, White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles
9:00 AM Audience Questions and Comments:
Lead Question: Cynthia G. Olsen, MD, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
9:10 AM Special Presentation: “The Primary Care Crisis”
John P. Geyman, MD, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle
9:35 AM Audience Questions and Comments:
Lead Question: Rick Flinders, MD, Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, California
9:45 AM: Second Special Presentation: “Reconceptualizing the Primary Care Relationship”
Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, California
10:10 AM Audience Questions and Comments
Lead Question: James Herman, MD, MSPH, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey
10:20 AM Break
10:30 AM The Twenty-second G. Gayle Stephens Lecture
Gary L. LeRoy, MD, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
11:00 AM Audience Questions and Comments
Lead Question: Charles Q. North, MD, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
11:10 Thought Provocateur #1: Reflections on Health Care Reform and Public Health
Richard D. Clover, MD, University of Louisville, Kentucky
11:30 Lead Question: Jimmy Hara, MD, Kaiser Permanente Family Medicine, Los Angeles
11:40 Realities and Illusions: Plenary Roundtable and Discussion by the Conference as a Whole on the Days’ Themes:
Mark E. Clasen, MD, Ph.D., Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Allan Wilke, MD, Ross University, Dominica, West Indies
12:00 Adjournment