Upcoming Opportunities from NEPO for Physician and Medical Student Involvement June 20, 2016 CMA, Medical Student NEPO, Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations 0 The Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations (NEPO), a cornerstone program of the CMA Foundation consisting of over 50 ethnic physician organizations across California has several upcoming opportunities for physician and medical student involvement. To keep physicians and the public up-to-date on what issues are important to NEPO, the NEPO blog “Finding NEPO” was launched in March. The blog is currently available at www.thecmafoundation.org/FindingNEPO and features posts from prominent California physicians about the health issues impacting minority communities. If you know of a physician interested in authoring a blog piece, please refer them to Kyla Aquino Irving (kairving@thecmafoundation.org). NEPO has also been busy preparing for the 2016 Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Summit. The summit will be held September 16th-18th at the Newport Beach Marriot Hotel and Spa in Newport Beach, California. The NEPO BHC Summit is a unique and exciting educational event for physicians, public health professionals, and community leaders. Featured speakers for the summit include: Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner; Rishi Manchanda MD, Founder of HealthBegins and author of The Upstream Doctor; Karen Smith MD, MPH, Director of the California Department of Public Health; and, George Halvorson, Chair of the First 5 Commission. In addition to the wonderful keynote and breakout presentations, the Summit will also feature the presentation of the Ethnic Physician Leadership Award and the Frank E. Staggers, Sr. MD Outstanding Ethnic Physician Organization Award. Nomination forms are due July 15th and available at www.thecmafoundation.com/Get-Involved/Leadership-Awards. There will also be an opportunity for medical students to present their research through the Medical Student Poster Presentations. The 2016 Call for Abstracts is open to prospective medical student presenters until July 31st. Please share these opportunities with colleagues throughout California. Register today for the 2016 NEPO BHC Summit. Earlybird registration ($199) ends on July 15th. You may register to attend at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-building-healthy-communities-summit-tickets-18979769000. Comments are closed.
