1998 – 9th Conference

The 9th Conference on Health Care of the Chinese in North America

 

Host:	Chinese American Medical Society of Southern California Pacific Alliance Medical Center
Date:	August 20 – 23, 1998 (Thursday to Sunday)
Location:	Los Angeles
Executive Committee:	Tit Sang Li, MD (Chair), Firmin Ho, MD, George Ma, MD, U. Soe Myint, MD, Shi-Yin Wong, MD, and Christina Kan, MS, Director
Administrative Committee:	George Ma, MD (Chair), Huo Chen, MD, T.G. Chow, MD, and Hin-Chiu Hung, MD

 

 

Cultural Diversity in Patient Care

• Pharmacological and Therapeutic Considerations
  Yui-Wing Francis Lam, PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
• Legal Implications in Patient Care
  Stewart Kwoh, JD, President and Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
• Psycho-Social Issues That Will Affect Patient Care
  Edmond Hsin-Tung Pi, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Southern California

 

Infectious Diseases/Ophthalmology

• Avian Flu: Influenza A (H5N1) Virus – The Hong Kong Experience and Beyond
  Shiu-Hung Lee, MD, Professor of Community Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
  Antonino Catanzaro, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
• Eye Diseases in Asians
  Tom Chang, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia

 

Cardiovascular Disease

• Genetics and Genomics: Novel Approaches in Cardiovascular Medicine
  Victor J. Dzau, MD., Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
• Brain Attack: New Concepts
  Mark Fisher, M.D., Professor of Neurology, University of Southern California
• A Renaissance in Interventional Cardiology
  Steven L. Goldberg, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

 

Gastrointestinal Disease

• The Helicobacter pylori Story: Peptic Ulcer, Intestinal Metaplasia and Gastric Cancer
  Loren Laine, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California
• Pancreatic and Biliary Disorders in Asians
  Simon K. Lo, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
• Hepatitis B and C in Asians
  Anna S. F. Lok, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of Clinical Hepatology and Liver Transplant Program,University of Michigan

 

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

• Pathogenesis and Current Medical Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  Myron J. Tong, PhD, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California
• Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The New Millennium
  Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery Dumont Chair in Transplantation Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles

 

Oncology – Lymphoma in Asians

• Asian Lymphoma Menace
  Raymond Hin-Suen Liang, MD, Professor of Medicine, Chief of Hematology/Oncology, University of Hong Kong
• Treatment of Lymphoma, American Perspective
  Peter J. Rosen, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

 

Infectious Disease

• AIDS: Current Strategies – Is a Cure in Sight?
  David Ho, MD, Rockefeller Center, Rockefeller University, Time Magazine Man of the Year 1996

 

Oncology – Bone Marrow Transplant

• Bone Marrow Transplant and HLA Typing in the Asian Population
  Auayporn Nademanee, MD, Associate Clinical Director, Department of Hematology/BMT, City of Hope National Medical Center
• A3M-Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches: Improving the Odds for a Life
  Sharon Sugiyama, Project Director, Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches