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© 2014 Latino Medical Student Association
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Winter Newsletter 2013-14
Welcome Reader! The Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) follows in the tradition of numerous student groups in advocating for the rights of under-served patient populations. Our Newsletter serves as a forum for discussion of regional topics as we continue to grow in medical schools across the nation. The LMSA Newsletter contains contributions from each region, including articles highlighting our regional and national activities as well as regional news.
We invite you to join our united front as we all shout in one unified voice “¡Adelante!”
In this issue...National: Conference ..................... 2National: Dr. Smarts ...................... 3National: HSHPS Update .............. 4National: NHMA ........................... 5National: Policy News .................... 7LMSA Midwest .............................. 8LMSA Northeast .......................... 10LMSA Southwest ......................... 11LMSA Southeast .......................... 12LMSA West .................................. 15Meet the Editors .......................... 18
National President Alvaro GalvisNational Vice-president Amanda Hernandez
Executive Director Ruben Font, Jr. MDSecretary Alissa Conde
Parliamentarian Samantha PeñaPublic Relations Committee
ChairPamela Castro
Membership Cochair Sonia MoralesMembership Cochair Camilo AcuñaPublication Cochair Felipe CameroPublication Cochair Abner A. Murray
Premed liaison Ray MendezLatino Healthcare Day Chair Laura Ramirez-Caban
AMA Liaison (sitting) Pamela Della ValleAMA Liaison (past) Nicolas Barcelo
Policy Cochair Orlando Sola
Policy Cochair Ankeeta MehtaScholarship Chair Angela HippeliFund raising Chair Jose Cruz
National Conference Coordinator
Jose Cruz
Immediate Past President Emma Olivera, MDMidwest Copresident Alex CortezMidwest Copresident Thalia Torres
Northeast Cochair Amanda HernandezNortheast Cochair Crystal Castaneda
Southeast Copresident Felix M. ChineaSoutheast Copresident Elizabeth BatchelorSouthwest Copresident Giselle DutcherSouthwest Copresident Humberto Mendoza
West Northern CEO Uriel CastanedaWest Southern CEO Cynthia Mendez
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National: Dr. Smarts Volume IX, Issue II 3
National: Dr. Smartsby Omar Taher
Dear LMSA Member – Welcome to DrSmarts the first incentivized learning platform for Pre Med and Medical Students. We had a fun year at DrSmarts. We launched the site back in March and we’ve continued to improve it every day thanks to your feedback. Since our launch, a lot has happened.• We’ve doled out over thousands of dollars in rewards and scholarships• Increased number of questions in our qBank• Our members are in 133 accredited US Medical Schools• Hundreds of dollars have been earned for our charity partners. Most importantly, we listened to what you had to say and we introduced new features:• Ability to review of old questions• Added new reference books from our friends at OUP• Launched our Language Lab, with over 39 languages for you to chose from• Added more Redemption options in our Reward Center• And we have exciting new things planned for 2014 with New Features coming soon. As a result of the positive feedback we’ve been getting, we are also adding more communities to DrSmarts:• MCAT - Available Now!• Osteopathic Medicine (DO)• Veterinary Medicine• Nursing So please tell or refer your friends, colleagues, family to join DrSmarts. For every referral you get rewarded. Remember to select the LMSA as your the beneficiary of our Learn to Give program. With every question you answer correctly, the LMSA earns money. Don’t forget to add - LMSA - under the referral code when you register. Also, Make sure to update your profile with your school name? We’ve got some exciting collegiate competitions coming up so make sure your university gets the credit it deserves for your learning DrSmarts is a proud sponsor of the 2014 AMSA Convention. We’d love to see you there. For more information, please visit http://amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/Events/Convention.aspx. On a final note, please share your thoughts and feedback on the site. We built this for you, so we need to hear what you think? Send us comments at [email protected] At DrSmarts, we are committed to incentivizing students for learning. We believe its time we really invest in our future – and actually do it. Remember, DrSmarts is FREE for validated medical students, so there is no risk! Its true! Join Today at www.drsmarts.com
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2014 Graduate Fellowship Training Program (GFTP) Application Period OPENApplications for HSHPS’s 2014 Graduate Fellowship Training Program (GFTP) are now AVAILABLE (http://www.hshps.org/programs/gftp). GFTP offers paid and unpaid fellowship opportunities for students and recent graduates interested in working on Hispanic and other minority health research. Fellows are placed within government agencies and academic institutions throughout the United States and Latin America.
This year fellows will be placed at one of six locations:
• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)• HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)• HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)• HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH)• HHS/Office of Minority Health (OMH)• Community Health at Drexel University, School of Public Health
The deadline for applications is April 1st.
SAVE THE DATE! Professional Development Workshop: Data SystemsHSHPS will be hosting its second professional development workshop focused on data systems on July 24 – 25, 2014, at HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.
This two-day workshop strengthens scholars’ skills and knowledge in Hispanic health research by preparing them to perform analytical studies of state and national datasets. These datasets will contribute to Hispanic health care research and provision of adequate health care to Hispanics and other underserved populations.
Visit HSHPS’s Professional Development Workshop: Data Systems webpage (http://www.hshps.org/programs/Professional-Development/Data-Systems-2014) for more information.
Graduate Fellowship Training Program 2014
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National: NHMA Volume IX, Issue II 5
National: NHMAby Elena Rios, MD, MSPH President & CEO
NHMA California Leadership Fellowship, supported by the California Wellness Foundation, selects 10 physicians for public service leadership training in Sacramento, CA in May and in Washington, DC next spring. We hope to continue the effort that has been a tremendous success, nominating and appointing Hispanic physicians to federal government positions that provide input to health care decisions impacting Latino health care programs and policies.NHMA Council of Residents Mentoring Program, supported by the Office of Minority Health at US DHHS—sign-up and contact John Aguilar at [email protected] today to meet at the NHMA Conference.NHMA Mentoring and Leadership Program for Medical Students and Public Health Students— the 50 Mentees are all supported by the GE Foundation to participate in a special meeting with NHMA physicians at our Annual Conference - these are our future community health leaders!NHMA 2014 – NHMA 18th Annual Conference Update March 28-30, 2014Register at www.nhmamd.org for hotel, conference, and if you are interested in sponsoring, exhibits, ads in the conference program or stipends for more medical students to be brought to join our NHMA 2014 Annual Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington DC March 28-30, 2014.• Thursday. Mar. 27 —NHMA Board of Directors meeting and hearing from new Technology
Project for Hispanic Health Apps ideas -New NHHF Board Technology Committee to meet on Thursday evening with key physicians and technology leaders.
• Friday, Mar. 28—NHMA takes physicians and medical students to Capitol Hill to meet Senate and Congress staff on key policies to eliminate health disparities, increase telemedicine, ACA prevention, and more! Also, Friday morning, HIV/AIDS Breakfast Symposium followed by Exhibit Hall to meet companies and federal government about career options and information for your patients.
Opening Session 1 PM with CMS Leader and presidents from the AMA, AAP, AAFP, ACP, NMA, AAIP, NCAPIP, NHMA, AAMC on the ACA impact on Hispanic patients, followed by NHMA Leadership Fellows Class of 2013 policy presentations on Prevention with Cultural Competence Management and Diversity at HHS. Then workshops, then Interest Group Meetings, planning the NHMA Fall Region Forums, Council of Residents and the NHMA GE Foundation Mentoring Programs, LMSA meeting and NHMA Council of Young Physician meeting.LMSA Student Policy Section at the NHMA Annual ConferencePlease join students and residents as we discuss policy issues relevant to Latino populations, learn the basics of health policy and contribute towards development of LMSA’s policy platform at the Student Policy Section. Students and residents will have additional opportunities to network and access mentoring resources from the NHMA community. For more information please visit www.lmsa.net/policy or contact the LMSA National Policy Chairs Orlando Sola ([email protected]) and Ankeeta Mehta ([email protected]). See “National: Policy News” on page 7.Saturday, Mar. 29- starts with Cancer Treatment Centers of America Breakfast Symposium followed
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onby the Plenary on the ACA Accountable Care Organization and Pt Centered Medical Home with speakers from Wellpoint, Texas Blue Cross, NY Presbyterian Cornell Medical Center. Luncheon Speech will be the new EPA Administrator followed by workshops on medical education, mental health and primary care training, private practice survival techniques – contracts, bank loans, ICD Coding, and technology and social media, and research on Hispanics with chronic disease, obesity and nutrition, and more! Saturday Evening Awards Gala -- Keynote Speaker: Dr. Garth Graham, Aetna Foundation President; Awards to Congressmen Xavier Becerra, Raul Ruiz, Henry Waxman, and Congresswoman Ross Lehtinen, Dr. France Cordova, Wellpoint, Dr. Richard Izquierdo, Dr. Nellie Correa, and more.Sunday, Mar. 30 - NHMA Leadership Institute – join the panel of leaders from the White House, Office of Personnel Management, Korn Ferry executive search firm, Office of Minority Health at US DHHS, and FDA inform you on the preparation for careers on Boards and Commissions for Federal government or for corporate boards, hospital boards and more leadership positions.We will end with a special Media Training—so again, REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE TODAY! www.nhmamd.orgMedical Educators, Researchers, Private Clinicians in practices, clinics, hospitals and Public Health experts in local, State and Federal government positions—join the NHMA network and learn expert and current medical management, prevention, mental health and research as well as new best practices to maintain your important health care delivery programs, medical practices for Hispanic populations.MEMBERSHIP UPDATENHMA Fellow – Dr. Alicia Fernandez of UCSF faculty named to Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute – we are proud to nominate one of our own to this important national research organization, part of the ACA.NHMA Fellow – Dr. Jose Luna, CEO of Centro San Vicente Community Health Center in El Paso, Texas, participated with the White House enrolment event in El Paso that was a pilot activity for the Latino Outreach events to enrol more uninsured in the Marketplaces of the ACA for affordable health care insurance. Other physicians provided to White House for future events for LATINO ENROLMENT WEEK – February 24-28, 2014.Dr. Jorge Girotti represents NHMA to the Latino Medical Student Association Midwest Conference to educate premedical students on how to prepare to apply to medical school and to introduce medical students to the NHMA Organization.
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Perspectives...Addressing LGBTQ Health Care Disparities in the Latino Population –
Promoting Clinical Excellence and Diversity within the Physician Workforce
Latinos in the United States face significant obstacles in accessing and navigating the American health care system, leading to poor outcomes in many acute and chronic diseases. Our heterogeneity, with wide variations in self-defined race, regional cultural norms and socioeconomic status,
has lead to minority subgroups within the Latino social structure that face additional discrimination due to their perceived race, immigration status and sexual orientation. For example, the national rate of HIV amongst African-American and Latino men is 25%, while that of African-American and
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National: Policy News Volume IX, Issue II 7
National: Policy NewsStudent Policy Section
at theNational Hispanic Medical Association
Annual ConferenceWhen: March 27th-30thWhere: Marriot-Wardman Hotel, Washington D.C.
For questions/concerns please contact the LMSA Policy Chairs at: [email protected], [email protected]
Featured events: LMSA First Annual Congress of Delegates Presented Resolutions: 1. Defining Access to Health Care 2. Defining the Physician-Patient Relationship 3. Diversity in Medicine 4. Defining the Need for Health Literacy
Capitol Hill Visits: Meet your Congressional representative to discuss health policy topics relevant to the Latino medical community.
Student and Resident Policy Workshops: 1. Health Policy 101: Reviews current NHMA initiatives and provides tips on discussing policy topics with congressional representatives 2. The LMSA Resolution Process: A review of the ins-and-outs of the LMSA Policy development process. 3. Health Policy Basics: How to develop your policy idea into an actionable item. Geared specifically for students and residents.
To visit the Virtual Reference Committee, where you can review, and comment on, resolutions submitted to the 2014 LMSA Congress of Delegates, please visit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3k0BLh-fVhKMzQ2Vl9YZ21CVU0/edit?usp=sharing For more information on LMSA Policy please visit our website at WWW.LMSA.NET/POLICY
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Regional UpdatesWhat’s happening around the Midwest!• The Midwest has begun talking with national leadership in preparation for the 2015 LMSA
National Conference, which will be held in the Midwest region next year. • At our regional conference we had a strong pool of candidates for next year’s executive board. We
would like to thank Thalia Torres, Samantha Peña, Alexis Guzman and Ceasar Arturo for their hard work and service this year and we welcome Abner Murray, Mia Williams, Angelica Alonso and Elaine Coldren to next year’s leadership team!
• We recently awarded a chapter grant to the University of Michigan to support their Mitchell Family Health Resource Fair! This will be a partnership with Mitchell Elementary school, with the ultimate goal of providing information on health concerns of interest in underserved communities. This is our second year of the formal grant program and we hope that it serves to assist other chapters in serving their local communities.
• This year we awarded our first $1000 LMSA Midwest scholarship to Angelica Alonso. We were pleased to award Angelica with this scholarship because of her desire to serve the Latino
community and her exemplarily leadership and service work.
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LMSA Midwest Volume IX, Issue II 9 audiences of high school, undergraduate and medical students. Workshops for high school students included a health care team panel with various health care professionals, a tour of the anatomy lab at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, and a motivating talk on how to get the most out of experiences in pre-medical education. Undergraduate students attended workshops that provided information on the application process to medical school, discussed osteopathic medicine and how to succeed in medical school. Medical student workshops spanned a variety of topics from clinically relevant matters such as the importance of shared language in primary care visits and cultural competency in transplantation to health care delivery and health policy including an update on the Affordable Care Act, sharing of experience doing orthopedic mission work in other countries, and a medical school’s experience of accepting DREAMer students. Finally, the conference incorporated hands-on suturing and endoscopy workshops. We are extremely thankful for the AGA and ASGE who hosted the two endoscopy workshops in which students learned how to perform an endoscopy using real endoscopes on pig stomachs!
In the afternoon, there was also an exhibitor fair with medical schools, residency programs, and hospitals reached out to students. The research symposium this year was a great success with submission of approximately twenty poster presentations. Dinner on Saturday was held at Reza’s Restaurant, a Mediterranean restaurant close in location to the conference site. Many attended the dinner and enjoyed networking, relaxing, and eating a great meal at the end of the day.
On Sunday, the community service event took place at St. Pius Church in the Pilsen
neighborhood of Chicago. A health fair and blood drive was held, where approximately 50 students volunteered. Community members who had recently attended mass or were at the church for other social events attended the health fair and received a health screening. In addition, a blood drive held by Heartland Blood Centers received a steady flow of donators throughout the day.
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Hosted by Weill Cornell Medical College March 1st, 2014 Highlights:
• Over 300 conference attendees came to Weill Cornell, including high school students, undergraduates, medical students, residents, attending physicians, volunteers, exhibitors, and speakers.
• 50 volunteers from across Weill Cornell (MD, MD-PhD and PA students).
• 26 speakers from New York Presbyterian, Weill Cornell, various NYC & Boston medical schools presented at the conference workshop sessions.
• Over $15,000 raised from donations and sponsorships!Check out more photos at http://lmsa-ne.org/
Regional UpdatesWhat’s happening around the Northeast!Please welcome our newly elected LMSA Northeast 2014-2015 Regional Board!• Co-Chairs: Diana López, Harvard Medical School
Jeffrey Uribe, Temple University School of Medicine• Co-Chair Elects: Gricelda Gómez, Harvard Medical School
Cindy Parra, Weill Cornell Medical College• Secretary: Aurian García González, University of Massachusetts Medical School• Treasurer: Raúl Martínez, Weill Cornell Medical College• Membership Chair: Blake LeGrand, MSSM• Media Chair: Juan Carlos López, Cooper Medical School• Policy Chair: Camilo Acuña, NYU School of Medicine• Conference Co-Chairs: Seva Khambadkone, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Sandra López, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine• Parliamentarian: Jeans Santana, SUNY Downstate School of Medicine
Abriendo La PUERTA: Latin@s Promoting Unity, Education, & Rights Through Awareness!
—2014-2015 Regional Board
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Regional UpdatesWhat’s happening around the Southwest!Baylor College of Medicine
• April 25-27, 2014 – We will be co-hosting with the UT Houston Medical School the LMSA National Conference, which will bring over 400 Latino medical students from across the nation to the TMC and we will be hosting various workshops to better develop their skills.
University of Texas Medical School at Houston• Jan. 17, 2014 – LMSA chapter of UT Houston hosted a lunch lecture by Dr. Jorge
Romaguera, the Deputy Chairman of the Lymphoma/Myeloma Department at MD Anderson. Dr. Romaguera talked to the students about his background growing up and attending medical school in Puerto Rico. He talked about what students can expect in a field that has become so interdisciplinary and how to excel as Hispanic physicians.
• Feb. 1, 2014 – The LMSA chapter of UTHSC volunteered at the “Creating Change” National Conference that took place in Houston. The “Creating Change” is an important conference that helps raise awareness for LGBGT communities. Members of the UT Houston LMSA chapter
went as volunteers to monitor talks that ranged from healthcare to political issues.
Medical Students at the Houston Hispanic Forum
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by Joaquin Villegas, UT-HSC at Houston (MSII)
The medical students at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston woke up early on February 8th, 2014 to help set up a booth at the George R. Brown Convention Center. This booth was part of a local effort by the city of Houston, TX to help educate the rising Hispanic
community about the importance of achieving high educational goals. Amid the many booths for undergraduates schools and financial aid seminars, the Latino Medical
Student Association stood by and helped answer questions of many interested Hispanic pre-medical students that had questions about the application process or how to better prepare their applications for the upcoming application cycle.
Some of the students that wandered by the booth, especially those who were still in high school, were intimidated at first by the medical students in white coats. However, their fears soon dissipated once they realized we were part of their community and were even aware about the many challenges that are pervasive specifically for Hispanic students – such as high education costs or having to go far away from your family for school.
Overall, the event was a success in helping young Hispanic high school and undergraduate students realize that medicine is a highly rewarding field that is no longer out of reach for the Hispanic community.
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Our regional conference “Hablamos Español: Understanding the Diversity behind one Language” was held Feb. 7th-9th at the UNC School of Medicine Friday Center, which was
a huge success. Friday events for high school students included a welcome and keynote address from Dr. Andrew Behnke of NC State as well as a student panel and presentations from local colleges and universities, and workshops including admissions test prep and financial aid continued on through Saturday. Saturday programming for premedical and medical students began with a very engaging keynote address from Dr. James H. Johnson and included workshops and panels throughout the day that included hands-on simulation labs as well as multiple Latino health issues including LGBTQ concerns, Latina women in medicine, geriatric populations, a poster competition, a residency, med school, and vendor expo, and other workshops.
The evening finished with a duke dinner gala with over 140 attendees from various Duke departments as well as students, faculty, and residents. A keynote address was given by Duke Dean Nancy Andrews (with a welcome in English and Spanish! Bless her!). Our conference culminated on Sunday with a community service project: a community screening health fair at Iglesia Episcopal El Buen Pastor in Durham; this also included an address from Dr. Rosemary Fernandez Stein. Overall more than 100 attendees came to the conference this year and feedback has been pouring in about what an educational and impactful experience it was for attendees.
Regional UpdatesWhat’s happening around the Southeast!• We also started a regional community service award called Manos Cariñosas, which is given each
year to an outstanding member of the Latino community who has demonstrated a long-standing service towards health equity, advocacy, and improvement and also is a member of the hosting institution for that year’s conference. Our first ever recipient was Rebecca Reyes, coordinator of the Latino Health Project at Duke University SOM, and she was presented with the award at our Duke dinner gala in February.
• Our 2015 regional conference will be taking place at San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in Puerto Rico.
• We have our first ever MedDay event coming up at Miami Dade Honors College on Saturday
2014 Regional ConferenceChapel Hill, NC
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March 15th in conjunction with our premed organization, LMSA PLUS. It is geared toward premedical students in the Southeast Region, though anyone is welcome. It will
include various workshops and panels on medical school admissions, life as a medical student, test prep, and hands on workshops. If you would like attend or have any questions please e-mail our undergraduate representative, Maria Montero, at [email protected].
• Our annual regional scholarship winner this year, award of $500, is Oscar Alejandro Garcia from San Juan Bautista School of medicine in Puerto Rico. He is of Mexican descent and is currently an MS2 at SJB where he has already demonstrated a strong commitment to service through organizations including Fundación Infantil Ronald McDonald, volunteering as a mentor at Escuela República de Costa Rica High School in Caguas, PR, working to improve oral health, and being involved in many other organizations during his time as a medical student. He currently plans to apply to residency in Pediatrics and continue working with underserved Latino communities throughout his career.
• We are continuing to work with mentorship organizations to form a larger mentor network throughout the southeast region.
—Manos Cariñosas award recipient Rebecca Reyes Center
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The MMSAP engages medical students in the field of hematology by providing participants with a stipend to complete an eight- to 12-week research experience in the lab of an ASH member. This program is open to minority medical students from the United States or Canada who are enrolled in a DO, MD, or MD/PhD program.
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Latino men who are gay is 80%. Members of the Latino Medical Student Association, in conjunction with the National Hispanic Medical Association and the Hispanic Serving Health Professional Schools, are now working on a policy platform that will highlight the travails of the Latino LGBTQ population and promote medical curricula that includes important topics in LGBTQ health care. With these efforts we hope to develop a culturally sensitive physician workforce that can address the health care disparities of LGBTQ patients within the
Latino community.
Orlando Sola, MPHBNGAP Fellow
LMSA Policy Chair
John Paul Sanchez MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Emergency
DepartmentChairperson, Einstein LGBT
Steering CommitteePrincipal Investigator, Building
the Next Generation of Academic Physicians Initiative
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MedicineChair, Council of Young
Physicians, National Hispanic Medical Association
Joshua Valverde Jr.Medical Candidate, 2016
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LMSA Westby TC Robbins and Rene Garcia - UCSD School of Medicine
On Saturday, November 9, 2013, UCSD medical students, pharmacy students, undergraduates, interpreters, physicians and pharmacists traveled over 50 miles to the farms outside of Fallbrook, CA to increase access to health services for one of the most underserved and
marginalized populations in San Diego county: migrant farmworkers. The health fair was organized by the Border Health Project, a student-run organization at UCSD’s School of Medicine.
The Border Health Project was founded in 2006 under the principal that everyone deserves access to basic health services and resources. Although the group had been inactive in recent years, second-year medical students Rene Garcia and TC Robbins collaborated with volunteer faculty member Dr. Miguel Casillas, original BHP founder Dr. Shirin Alonzo, pharmacist Dr. Eduardo Fricovksy, and staff members and health educators from Vista Community Clinic, to revive the project this fall.
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Regional UpdatesWhat’s happening around the West!30th Annual Western Regional Conference at UC Davis School of Medicine - March 22nd 2014We are gearing up for our 30th annual regional conference. We are expecting + 500 attendees including pre medical students, high school students and medical students from across the West region of the United States. There will be a blood drive bus available during the conference. Making reservations now to get the hotel discount by March 14th!
Information at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/30th-annual-lmsa-western-regional-conference-tickets-9460852665
Mentorship Day at Western University - LMSA Winter leadership meeting - January 25th 2014. Pomona, CaliforniaWe joined efforts with University of Western College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in their 2nd annual mentorship day. There were over 100+ pre medical students who attended and learned from the workshops to apply to medical school. We held our regular business meeting with 10 out of 15 chapters and we passed resolutions to organize the chapters where meetings will take place in the following five years.
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Migrant workers living in San Diego face many challenges in accessing medical care, including lack of transportation, financial barriers, and fear of deportation. On November 9, 58 workers and their family members attended the BHP health fair to be screened for high blood glucose, cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure. The workers were then guided to health education tables to learn more from medical students about topics that were personally relevant to them, including hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, occupational health, and sexual health.
Patients who were identified as “high-risk” based on their screening values or acute problems were seen by volunteer doctors, and were then referred to Vista Community Clinic staff who made them appointments for the following week. The attendees were also given reusable bags with toothbrushes, toothpaste, condoms, mouthwash, deodorant, working gloves, socks, and first-aid kits, in addition to clothing from UCSD’s clothing drive.
Support for the Border Health Project is provided by the PACE Program Underserved Community Grant, PRIME-Health Equity, the UCSD Office of Student Affairs, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, community dentists, and many other donors. If you are interested in learning more about BHP, please contact [email protected] or [email protected].
Cinthya Felix and Dr Amanda Perez scholarship. At the University of Western meeting, we awarded 5 scholarships to pre medical undergraduates and post bacc students. We also awarded one scholarship to a high school senior. To see our scholarship winners’ profiles click here: http://lmsa.net/west/what-we-do/scholarships/cinthya-felix-scholarship/winners/ Winter LMSA newsletter release - We have released our newly LMSA Winter newsletter. Including a story from an undocumented student on his road to become a surgeon, a chapter’s effort to bring health to migrant farmworkers, a school’s trip to Cuba, and other wonderful stories. You can see it at: http://lmsa.net/west/what-we-do/newsletter/
International Mission trip opportunities section at LMSA website: Newly featured section in our website. Anyone interested in participating in international medical mission trips can go to our website and learn from opportunities where our previous LMSA members have crossed US borders to provide medical care to the undeserved communities. http://lmsa.net/west/what-we-do/medical-missions/
Intern of VP policyApplicants were accepted to support West regional VP of Policy in marketing, recruiting and fundraising
initiatives for the LMSA West regional and national policy events. One intern was elected.
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Dr. Kathy Flores appointed to participate with the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Inter-Professional Education Summit in April to focus on community efforts for new training programs about Hispanic patients.Dr. Elena Rios appointed to the National Multicultural Advisory Council for WELLPOINT to develop Hispanic patient and physician outreach that will be needed as ACA increases more Hispanic participation. And meets with the Sacramento CA Leaders at the Office of Statewide Health Planning Foundation, the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, the new California State Health Department Office of Health Equity to discuss leadership of physicians in California and working with NHMA.
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Felipe Camero, OMSIII Michigan State University, DO/MPH Candidate-Senior Publication Co-Chair LMSA and main editor of newsletterBorn and raised in Bogota Colombia, I came to the US when I was 16 years old. Upon graduating from high school, I enlisted in the US Navy as a hospital corpsman which exposed me to medicine worldwide. After my military service, I did my undergrad at the University of South Florida were I was a Spanish interpreter at the Universities free clinic as well as worked with veteran patients at the veterans hospital. Upon my acceptance to MSU, I continue my commitment to Latino Community by being a Spanish coordinator in the medical missions to Peru and Guatemala, participating in an elective to Costa Rica and became a health fair coordinator for MSU’s community integrative medicine group as well as served as a lead researcher in an HIV project to the Dominican Republic.
Pamela Castro, OMS III Michigan State University,DO/MPH Candidate-Public Relations Committee Chair LMSA and picture/story editor of newsletter.Born and raised in Lima, Peru, I came to the US to attend college. I graduated from the Florida State University with a business degree and did my premedical education at the University of South Florida. During my undergraduate studies, I actively participated with Latino Healthcare issues by managing a free healthcare clinic for the under served. Upon my acceptance to medical school, I continued my passion to help the Hispanic community by serving as a Spanish coordinator in medical missions to Peru and Guatemala, the main student coordinator to a Costa Rica medical elective, an executive board member of the Lansing Latino Health Alliance, participated in a public health project in Huaraz, Peru and acted as lead researcher in an HIV Project to the Dominican Republic.
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Abner Antonio Murray, MSTP III Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine MD/ Ph. D. CandidatePublication Co-Chair LMSA and co-editor of newsletterI was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and raised in Miami, Florida. I graduated from Florida International University (FIU) with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. As a MARC U-STAR and Ronald E. McNair Fellow at FIU, I conducted research on the translational initiation strategies of mammalian Orthoreoviruses. In addition, I functioned as the outreach and events coordinator, at Missionary Ministry “Anchor of Salvation” International, a nonprofit organization based in Miami, Florida. I was involved in organizing over 30 medical mission trips to Central, South America, and the Caribbean where medical and counseling services were provided free of cost to the most indigent Latin American communities. In 2011, I enrolled in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Currently, I am beginning my Ph. D. in molecular virology at the Case Western Reserve University Center for AIDS Research.
Have your research abstract or journal article published at our 2014 LMSA Journal and attend our National Conference at Baylor College of Medicine- Houston-Texas from April 24-27
General Guidelines for Submission: 1. Research Abstracts have a 500 word limit. Exceptions may be granted at
publication committee’s discretion. 2. Abstracts should have introduction, methodology, results, and conclusion
information in the main body. They do not have to be organized this way but must have the content.
3. There are no word limits for journal articles. There is a two to three graph limit. Journals might be asked to be reduced at publications committee discretion. Exceptions for graph limit can be granted on a case to case basis.
4. Abstracts and Journals accepted will have an opportunity to present their research poster at our national conference
5. All material is peer reviewed by our publication committee and executive medical director
Submissions or other question can be directed to Publication Co-Chair: Felipe Camero- [email protected]