Public Health + Access to Care
Sponsored by The Texas Medical Association
Registration is free! Register for the conference online at www.texmed.org/Border or RSVP to david.wilhelm@texmed.org
Questions about the conference? Contact david.wilhelm@texmed.org
Our Goal: To bring together health care leaders from across Texas and Mexico to provide a platform for discussion, and to develop solutions to the unique challenges to providing care along the border.
Agenda
Thursday, Aug. 11
6 – 8 pm
Welcome reception
Hotel Indigo El Paso Downtown, Patio outside the CIRCA 1963 Bar, 5th Floor
Friday, Aug. 12
9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso, Medical Education Building (MEB) Room #1100
Conference panels:
• Workforce
• Public Health
• Cross Border Health Care Issues
Featured speakers include:
• The Honorable Veronica Escobar
• John Hellerstedt, MD, Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services
• Dr. Maria Julia Marinissen, Ph.D., M.Sc., Health Attaché, Acting Executive Director, U.S. Section, U.S. – Mexico Border Health Commission
• Gary Floyd, MD, TMA President
