Upcoming Events
Giving a talk or holding an event you think other CaPA members would be interested in? Are you a faculty member or a medical student at a California medical school and would like to help with the campus CaPA committee? Would you like to host a CaPA house party? Our email is capa13@sbcglobal.net or give us a call at (510) 665-8523. Many thanks!
OCTOBER
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 6:30pm
University of California, San Francisco Residents Meeting
Home of Amy Whittle, 133 Parnassus Avenue between Shrader and Cole Street, San Francisco.
CaPA Board Member Dr. Barry Massie will give an informal presentation on the prospects for universal health care in the United States for UCSF residents. Dinner will be served and a small contribution is requested.
Contact: Amy Whittle at (917)673-0330 or whittleae@gmail.com for more information.
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 7pm
San Francisco Health Care Meeting
Home of Drs. Kirsta Farey and Vishu Lingappa, 626 Pacheco St., San Francisco
CaPA is proud to be co-sponsoring this important meeting, which will feature a talk by PNHP Senior Policy and “Quote of the Day” author Dr. Don McCanne entitled “Why America’s Health is at Risk from the Insurance Industry.”
Contact: Don Bechler at (415) 695-7891 or dbechler@value.net for more information.
Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 8:15am
Western LAMPAC Fall 2007 Conference, Monterey, California
CaPA Vice President Dr. Claudia Chaufan will address the “Labor and Management Focus on the Workforce” conference on the topic of single payer health care systems.
Contact: Art Murray at artmurray@sbcglobal.net for more information.
Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 8am
Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California CaPA Member Dr. Nancy Greep will speak about the current state of health care reform to residents and fellows at USC Pathology.
Contact: Sue Ellen at (323) 865-3270 for more information.
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 4:00pm - 9:30pm
Chico City Council Chambers, 411 Main St. Chico, CA.
PNHP Senior Health Policy Fellow, and Quote of the Day author Dr. Don McCanne will be the featured speaker for this event, entitled “How To Fix Our Broken Health Care System.” The schedule will include a 4pm press conference, a 5pm physician and clinician informational meeting, and a 7:30pm to 9:30pm public forum. The physicians meeting will be at a private residence in Chico and the public forum will be at the Chico City Council Chambers at 411 Main St. Chico, CA. The formation of a local CaPA chapter will be discussed at the earlier meeting.
Contact: Paul O’Rourke-Babb at (530) 966-1730 or (530) 321-9646 for more information.
Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 12:00pm-1:00pm
David Geffen School of Medicine,CHS 63-105
University of California, Los Angeles
CaPA board member Dr. Susan Wu will speak to a group of UCLA medical students about health care reform and SB 840 and AB 8.
Contact: Joshua Elder at joshuaelder@ucla.edu or 570-807-8164 for more information.
Monday, 22 October 2007, 12:15pm
Groverman Hall, Petaluma Valley Hospital
CaPA President Dr. John Shearer will give a Grand Rounds presentation entitled “Update on Health Care Reform” at Petaluma Valley Hospital.
Contact: Lynn Head at (707) 778-2863 for more information.
Monday, 22 October 2007, 4:15pm
Panofsky Auditorium, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park CA.
CaPA Treasurer Dr. Jim Kahn will break down single payer systems during a colloquium and question-and-answer session entitled “Single Payer vs. Incremental Health Care Reform: How Do We Decide?” Refreshments will be served at 3:45pm.
Contact: Gregory Loew at (650) 926-2799 for more information.
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 12pm
Horton Plaza, San Diego
CaPA Board Member Dr. Jeoffry Gordon will present “End the War in Iraq: Fund Healthcare Not Warfare,” at a rally sponsored in part by the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice.
NOVEMBER
Friday, 2 November and Saturday, 3 November 2007
Washington D.C.
Physicians for a National Health Program Leadership Training and Annual Meeting.
More information and tentative agenda available at http://pnhp.org/about/annual_meeting_leadership_training.php.