The 7th Conference on Health Care of the Chinese in North America
| Host: | The Chinese American Medical Society Cornell University Medical College |
| Date: | July 1 – 3, 1994 (Friday to Sunday) |
| Location: | New York City |
| Conference Chair: | David T.W. Chiu, MD |
| Administrative Committee: | Hsueh-Hwa Wang, MD (Chairman), Sun-Hoo Foo, MD, and Marcus Loo, MD |
| Scientific Program Committee: | John Li, MD (Chairman), Victor Chang, MD, and David Weng, MD |
| National Steering Committee: | Harry Lee, MD (Chairman) |
Special Lectures
- Health Status of Chinese Americans: Challenges and Opportunities
Moon S. Chen, Jr., Ph.D., MP.H., Professor of Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University and Editor-in-Chief, Asian American and Pacific Islander Journal of Health - Viewpoint on Healthcare Reform: Asian Americans’ Access to Healthcare
Tessie Guillermo, Executive Director, Asian and Pacific Islander American, Health Forum, San Francisco, California - Recent Advances in the Understanding of the Causes and Therapy of Essential Hypertension
Peter KT Pang, Ph.D., Quen Sau-Nam Memorial Lecture, Professor of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Symposium I. Gastro-intestinal and Genito-urinary Problems
- Update on Hepatitis B: Role of Hepatitis B Virus Mutations In Liver Disease
Anna SF Lok, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tulane University Medical School - A New Bacterium, H. pylori, in Gastric Diseases and Cancer
Angie Man-Chi Eng, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastro-enterology, Cornell University Medical College - Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment of Impotence
Tom F. Lue, MD, Professor of Urology, University of California, San Francisco
Symposium II. Transcultural Medicine/End Results of Treatment
- A Comprehensive Effect of Diet Upon Chronic Degenerative Diseases
T.C. Campbell, Ph.D., Jacob Gould Schurman, Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York - Experience of the Chinatown Health Clinic in Serving an Indigent Population
Grace Wang, MD, Medical Director, Chinatown Health Clinic, New York City - Hip Fracture in Chinese Elderly, Risks and Impact on Mortality
Catherine Eng, MD, Medical Director, On Lok Senior Health Services, San Francisco, California
Symposium III. Ophthalmologic Problems
- Management of Diabetic Retinopathy
Elaine L. Chuang, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, Washington - Refractive Surgery
Helen Wu, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, Massachussetts - Glaucoma in the Chinese – Not the Same as in Caucasians
Raymond Fong, MD, Assistant Attending, Cataract Service, Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, New York City
Symposium IV. Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Recognizing Domestic Violence and Battering of Women
Mary Ann Lee, MD, Deputy Director of Community Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY - Treating Chinese Psychiatric Patients
James C.Y. Chou, MD, Research Psychiatrist, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY - Recent Advances in the Development of Therapeutics to Reduce Brain Damage After Stroke
Chung Y. Hsu, MD, PhD, Professor and Head, Cerebrovascular Disease Section, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO - Neurostimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
Wen-Hsien Wu, MD, Professor and Head, Department of Anesthesiology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Symposium V. Respiratory Disorders
- Diaphragmatic Function in “COPD”
Norma Braun, MD., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, College of P & S, Columbia University, New York, NY - Update on the Microbiology and Immunology of Tuberculosis
John Ho, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Cornell University Medical College - Recent Advances in the Understanding and Management of Asthma
Thomas King, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College
Symposium VI. Alternative Medicine
- A New Class of Anti-HIV Agents from Medicinal Plants
Sylvia Lee-Huang, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY - Clinical Toxicity of Herbal Medicine in Taiwan
Jou-Fang Deng, MD, Director, Division of Clinical Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Veteran’s General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan - Chinese Herbal/Patent Medicine: Concerns and Approaches
Elaine Kang-Yum, R.Ph., CSPI, Poison Information Specialist, Hudson Valley Regional Poison Center, Nyack, NY - A Scientific Explanation of Acupuncture Mechanisms of Action
Alfred T.C. Peng, MD, Chairman of Anesthesiology, St. Peter’s Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
Abstracts – Epidemiology
- Long-term Follow-up of Smoking Cessation Program for Chinese Adults
Fred. B. Hom, MD, and Kenneth D. Chen, MD, San Francisco, CA - Epidemiology of Cerebrovascular Disease Among Chinese-Canadians
Joseph Chu, MD, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada - Early Childhood Development in Chinese Immigrant Families: The Effect of Multiple Languages and Developmental Stimulation
Julia Chang-Lin, MD, C.D. Courtlandt, B.P., Droyer, A. Flerman, R. Lin and W. Jiu, Department of Pediatrics, New York University, School of Medicine, New York, NY - Utilization Review of Chinatown Health Clinic (CHC) for a One Week Period
Victor Chang, MD, Virginia Tong, Lawrence Chan, Grace Wang, MD, and John Li, MD, VA Medical Center at East Orange, NJ/UMDNJ-NJMS, Newark, NJ and Chinatown Health Clinic, New York, NY
Abstracts – Community Health
- Thalassemia and Glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency in Southeast Asian Immigrants
Elaine S.K. Choi, MD, Feng S. Yu, Nadine Wu, Roslinda J. Ott, and Philip R. Daoust, South Cove Health Center, New England Medical Center, Tufts University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA - Hepatitis B Infection in a Chinese Pediatric Population in New York City
Loretta Au, MD, A.L. Mendelsohn, and G.M. Wang, MD, New York University Medical Center and Chinatown Health Clinic, New York, NY - Results of Community Health Screening in New York City Chinatown
Howard Huey, DO, Cecilla Ma, RN, Hop-Yee Mung, RN, Susan Lau, MPH, Chinese Community Partnership for Health Project, New York Downtown Hospital, New York, NY - The Value of Eye-Health Screening in the Asian Community
Shiu Y. Kwok, MD, PhD, Wendy Kwok, and Richard Chong, OD, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, and University of California School of Optometry, Berkeley, CA - Breast Cancer Screening Results for a Large Chinese Community
Pauline G. Hecht, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, New York Downtown Hospital, New York, NY - Hemifield Pattern Electroretinogram in Normal and Glaucoma Patients
Vincent A. Wong and S.L. Graham, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada - Chinese Patent Medicine as a Potential Source of Mercury Poisoning
Elaine Kang-Yum, R.Ph. and Stanley H. Oransky, MD, Hudson Valley Poison Control Center, Nyack, NY - Predictors of Binge Drinking in Undergraduate Asian Americans
Edward Ma, H. Chung, MD, J. Hull, PhD, J. Mueller, PhD and J. Mahler, MD, Cornell University and the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY
Abstracts – Case Reports
- A Case of Classical Kaposi Sarcoma
Gam Poy Lee, MD, Auckland, New Zealand - Kikuchi-Fujimoto’s Disease
Daisy Saw, MD, Carla Spinucci, MD, C.C. Han, MD, Vivek Sahgal, MD, Ricado Tuazon, MD, Richard Alexis, MD and John Li, MD, Departments of Pathology and Infectious Disease, New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, and Department of Pathology, The Long Island College Hospital, New York, NY
Abstracts – Advances in Therapy
- Effective Inhibition of Platelet Deposition by cGMP-Mediated Agents vs Aspirin and Nifedipine at Sites of Vascular Injury in Rats
Peter J.S. Chiu, PhD, S. Vemulapalli, S. Kurowski and M.W. Leach, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ - Use of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) in Leukopenic Renal Transplant Recipients
John C. Wang, MD, B. Gordon, JB. Cheigh, R.R. Riggio, KH. Stenzel and M. Suthanthiran, The Rogosin Institute and the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY - Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Cancer by Radiation Therapy
James Wong, MD, and C.C. Wang, MD, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - New Instruments for Treating Canalicular Stenosis, A Common Affliction of Chinese Americans
Hampson A. Sisler, MD, FACS, Department of Oculoplastic Surgery, New York Downtown Hospital and Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, NY
Abstracts – Healthcare Issues
- Establishing an International Chinese Heart Health Network
York N. Hsiang, MD, Kenneth Ng, W.H. Kwan and Michael Wong, Chinese Canadian Medical Societies (B.C. and Ontario), Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. and Yukon, and American Heart Association - Healthy Chinese Cuisine
William C. Lowe, MD, Short Hills, NJ - Nutritional and Cultural Aspects of the Chinese Diet
Janet Gibbons, RD and Christina Kim, RD, New York Downtown Hospital, New York, NY - Responses by Chinese Physicians to Changes in Health Care Delivery
Kelvin P. Quan, JD, MPH, Attorney at Law, San Mateo, CA