Northeast Region Policy Forum
Saturday, September 22nd, 2018
8:30am – 12:00pm
New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029
Crisis in our Communities: Opioid Addiction & Immigrant Children Separated from Families
AGENDA
8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration/Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:10 am Welcome
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, FACP, President, National Hispanic Health Foundation, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association, Washington DC
9:10 am – 9:45 am Opioid Addiction and Overdose
Michelle Soto, MD, Vice President, Medical Services, START Treatment and Recovery Centers, Brooklyn NY
9:45 am – 10:00 am Break
10:15 am –11:40 am Immigrant Children separated from families: Health Impacts & Legal Challenges – Panel discussion
Mitchell Katz, MD, President & CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals.
Alan Shapiro, MD, Medical Director, Co-founder of Terra Firma, Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Senior Medical Director for Community Pediatric Programs. (Invited)
Cristina Muñiz de la Peña, PhD, Mental Health Director, Co-founder of Terra Firma at Montefiore Medical Center and the Children’s Health Fund. (Invited)
Max W. Hadler, MPH, MA, Senior Health Policy Manager, The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)
11:40am – 12:00 pm Networking
Continuing Medical Education Credit will be available