1996 – 8th Conference

The 8th Conference on Health Care of the Chinese in North America

 

Host:	Chinese Canadian Medical Society (B.C.) Federation of Chinese American and Chinese Canadian Medical Societies
Date:	August 22 – 25, 1996 (Thursday to Sunday)
Location:	Vancouver
Committee Chair:	Dr. Terence Chang
Academic Programming:	Dr. Anthony Fung and Dr. York Hsiang
Social Programming:	Dr. Thomas Wong
Support Committee:	Dr. Ross Chang, Dr. Clifford Chan-Yan, Dr. Francis Ho, Dr. Robert Jin, Dr. Howard Liang, and Dr. Steven Ma

 

 

• Chinese Diet and Cancer Prevention
  Chung S. Yang, Laboratory for Cancer Research, College of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Pulmonary Tuberculosis – The Asian Tiger Returns
  Dr. Susan Kwan, IMBBS, FRCP(C), FRCP(E), ACCP, Vancouver, Canada
• The Molecular Basis of Prostate Cancer
  Leland W.K. Chung, PhD, Department of Urology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA
• Renal Transplantation for Chinese-Canadians in British Columbia
  Dr. Anthony Chiu
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – An Increasing Disease
  James S.T. Yao, MD, PhD, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
• Chelation Therapy: for Atherosclerosis
  Clifford Chan-Yan, MD
• Current Status of Cancer in Taiwan
  Dr. King-Jen Chang
• Pathogenesis and Treatments of Anxiety-Depressive Spectrum Disorder in the Chinese
  Dr. Allan Wong
• Healthcare In the U.S.A.
  E. Paul Kirk, MD, Professor and Chairman, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health Sciences University
• Practice Patterns and Outcomes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in an Elderly Asian American Population: A Community Hospital Study
  Elisa K. Ong, Gordon L. Fung, MD, Collin P. Quock, MD, Chinese Hospital, San Francisco, California
• Usage Patterns of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture Among Patients Who Consult a Family Physician in Vancouver, B.C.
  Leo Kwan-Ho Wong, BSc, Perpetua Jue, MBBS, Augustine Lam, MD, William Yeung, MD CCFP, Yuen Cham-Wah, MBBS, Richard Birtwhistle, MD, MSc, CCFP
• Difference In Stroke Risk Factors Among Hospitalized Patients with Cerebral Infarction and Cerebral Hemorrhage: A Comparison Between Patients in New York Downtown Hospital (New York Chinatown) and Those Contained in the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study
  Sun-Hoo Foo, MD, Linda Tao, MD, Nelson J. Auyoung, MD, Yu Yao, MD, Freda Go, MD, Dr. Halqing Qi Qi
• Unlicensed Physicians and False Advertisements: The New York City Experience of a Growing Public Health Menace
  Sun-Hoo Foo, MD, Raymond Fong, MD
• Papillary Cystic Tumor of the Pancreas in Children – A Condition Relatively Common in Asians
  Alex Ky, MD, Ted Gerstle, MD, Ricardo Superina, MD, HSC Department of Surgery
• Meeting the Need of Health Education in the Era of Managed Care
  Angela Sun, MPH, Edward A. Chow, MD
• Preliminary Results of a Randomized Trial Comparing Laser Interstitial Thermotherapy and Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
  Drs. Seck L. Chan, Raymond Fay, Robert Kahn, Ira Sharlip, San Francisco, California
• Successful Fertilization and Pregnancy Using Testicular Sperm for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injections (ICSI)
  Seck L. Chan, Frank L. Barnes, Christo Zouves, H. Rodriguez, A. Botes, F. Miller, H. Sammowitz and Geoff Sher, Pacific Fertility Medical Center, San Francisco, California. (Presentation to be made by Dr. Seck L. Chan)
• Feeding Your Baby – The First Year, Development of a Low Literacy Infant Feeding Resource Package
  Helen Yeung, RDN, Vicki Boere, RDN, Vancouver Health Department, c/o South Health Unit, 6405 Knight Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5P 2V9
• Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation for P-Thalassemia Major
  John K. Wu, Ronald A. Anderson, Yigal Kaikov, Sheila L. Pritchard, Jeffrey H. Davis, Paul C. Rogers, Ka-Wah Chan, Division of Hematology Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, UBC & B.C.’s Children’ Hospital, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
• Asian PAP Smear Clinic – A Strategy to Address Cultural Barriers in Cervical Cancer Screening
  Lorna Sent, M.B.Ch.B., Lois Yelland, B.Sc., M.D., M.H.Sc., Penny Ballem, M.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), Rhonda Low, B.Sc.(Hons), M.D., C.C.F.P., Anne M. Vogel, M.D.C.M., M.H.Sc.
• Kidney Transplantation in Asian Americans: New York Experience
  John C.L. Wang, MD, PhD, New York, New York
• Amblyopia in Asian American School Children
  Eileen W. Poon, OD, Wendy Kwok, Shiu Y. Kwok, MD, PhD, San Francisco
• Phacoemulsification With Foldable Silicon Intraocular Lens In Filtered Glaucoma Eyes: The Chinese Experience
  Shaozhen Li, MD, Yizhi Liu, MD, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Shiu Y. Kwok, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
• Does Acupuncture Have a Place In Our Medical Field?
  Dr. Chin Kwo, Montreal
• Cholecystohepatic Malformation
  Grant G. Moy, MD FACS
• New Concepts in the Management of “Repetitive Stress Injury” and “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome” by a New Treatment Modality Using the Low Power Laser
  Edmund Wong, DDS, Garrett Lee, MD, Norman Choy, DDS, Dean T. Mason, MD, (San Francisco)
• Safety and Efficacy of Treatment of Common Migrainous Headaches Applying the Low Power Laser by the Principles and Methods of Wong
  Garrett Lee, MD, Edmund Wong, DDS, Norman Choy, DDS, Dean T. Mason, MD (San Francisco)