23rd National Conference on Primary Health Care Access: Program of Plenary Sessions (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)
Last Updated on April 16, 2022 by Lee Burnett, DO, FAAFP
Conference Theme: “Realities and Illusions”
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
6:30 AM – 8:00 AM Working breakfasts in preassigned groups
Vivace Restaurant – Lobby Level (conference registrants only)

8:10 AM – 12:00 PM Second Plenary Session
Opening Statement of the Second Plenary Session by Session Moderator: Joshua Freeman, MD
8:20 AM: First Plenary Panel – “Student Interest in Famlly Medicine and Primary Care”
Perry A. Pugno, MD, MPH, CPE, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas
Reactors: Jimmy Hara, MD, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles
Thomas J. Hansen, MD, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
9:00 AM: Audience Questions and Comments:
Lead Question: Robert Ross, MD, M.Sc.Ed. Oregon Health Sciences University, Klamath Falls
9:10 AM: Second Plenary Panel – “Integrating the Teaching of Primary Care Medicine with Public Health”
Charles Q. North, MD, MS, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Sally Bachofer, MD, MS, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
9:30 AM: Audience Questions and Comments:
Lead Question: Richard D. Clover, MD, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
9:35 AM Special Presentation: “Perspectives on Primary Health Care Access”
J. Jerry Rodos, DO, DSc, Midwestern University, Matteson, Illinois
9:50 AM Audience Questions and Comments:
Lead Question: Kevin Haughton, MD, Providence Health Systems, Olympia, Washington
9:55 AM Break
10:05 AM The Primary Care Physician Pipeline, Part 1: “Medical School Positions, Primary Care Residency Positions, and Unmet Need”
William H. Burnett, Coastal Research Group, Granite Bay, California
Anna Peck, Student Doctor Network and studentdoctor.net, Iowa City, Iowa
To Be Announced
10:20 AM Audience Questions and Comments
Lead Question: Marc E. Babitz, MD, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City
10:25 AM: The Primary Care Physician Pipeline Part 2:
“Geographic Decentralization of Medical Education into Community Health Centers: A.T. Still University College of Osteopathic Medicine”
Mitchell Kasovac, DO, A. T. Still University, Mesa, Arizona
Frederic N. Schwartz, DO, A. T. Still University, Mesa, Arizona
10:45 AM: Audience Questions and Comments:
Lead Question: J. Scott Christman, Adventist Health Systems, Roseville, California
10:50 AM: The Primary Care Physician Pipeline, Part 3: “The Role of Graduates of Caribbean Medical Schools in Regional Physician Workforce Plans”
Peter Broderick, MD, M.Ed., Valley Consortium for Medical Education, Modesto, California
Lead Question: Allan Wilke, MD, Ross University, Dominica, West Indies
11:10 AM: The Nineteenth Charles E. Odegaard Lecture
James M. Herman, MD, MSPH, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania
11:40 AM: Audience Questions and Comments:
Lead Question: William H. Burnett, Coastal Research Group, Granite Bay, California
11:45 AM: Thought Provocateur #2 “Questioning the Present Health Care System through American Art”
Cynthia Olsen, MD, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
12:00 Adjournment of the Second Plenary Session