Committee on Training Physicians for Public Health Careers: Meeting One
Keck Center of the National Academies, Room 201
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Agenda for Public Session
Thursday, April 27, 2006
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Welcome, Introductions, and Review of the Agenda
Richard B. Johnston, Committee Chair
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Presentations from Sponsoring Agencies. Each sponsor will take about 10 minutes to describe what it hopes will emerge from the study.
10:15 a.m.
Tanya Pagan Raggio, MD, MPH, FAAP, Director, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration
10:30 a.m.
Michael E. Whitcomb, MD, Senior Vice President, Division of Medical Education, Association of American Medical Colleges
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Discussion of Committee Charge
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion. Each panelist will give a 20-minute presentation that addresses the following three questions:
- What is a public health physician?
- What does a physician need to know or be able to do to be designated a public health physician?
- How does the training program prepare physicians to fulfill their roles in public health?
11:15 a.m.
Denise Koo, MD, MPH, Director, Career Development Division, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
11:35 a.m.
George K. Anderson, MD, MPH, FACPM
Past President, American College of Preventive Medicine
Executive Director, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS)
11:55 a.m.
Harrison C. Spencer, MD, MPH, President and CEO, Association of Schools of Public Health
12:30 p.m.
LUNCH
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion Continued
1:30 p.m.
Anthony L. Schlaff, MD, MPH, Director, Master Degree Program in Public Health, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
1:50 p.m.
Arvind Goyal, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM, President, American Association of Public Health Physicians
2:10 p.m.
Louis Rowitz, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Public Health Leadership Network
2:30 p.m.
Discussion
3:15 p.m.
Open Testimony
3:30 p.m.
Public Session Adjourns