The 10th Conference on Health Care of the Chinese in North America

 

Host: Association of Chinese Community Physicians, San Francisco
Chinese American Physicians Society, East Bay, Oakland
Chinese Community Health Care Association, San Francisco
Chinese Hospital Association, San Francisco
Chinese Hospital Medical Staff, San Francisco
Date: June 30 – July 1, 2000 (Friday/Saturday)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Conference Committee: Gregory Fung, MD (Chairman), David Der, MD, and Edward Y.C. Chan, MD
Administrative Committee: George Ma, MD (Chair), Huo Chen, MD, T.G. Chow, MD, and Hin-Chiu Hung, MD

 

 

Morning Session 1

 

Abstract Session I – Breast Cancer/PAP Smear Screening

 

Abstract Session II – Neurology/Psycho-Social

 

Abstract Session III – Healthy Heart/Cancer Support

 

Abstract Session IV – Ophthalmology

 

Abstract Session V – General Medicine

 

Panel 1 – Incorporating TCM Into Practice

 

Panel 2 – Cultural Competency in Caring for Chinese/Asian Patients

 

Panel 3 – Spectrum of Rheumatologic Diseases in the Chinese Population

 

Panel 4 – Alzheimer’s Disease and the Chinese Population

  • Alzheimer’s Disease: Overview
    Donna L. Masterman, MD, Associate Professor and Director, University of California Los Angeles Alzheimer’s Disease Center Clinical Drug Trials Program (Los Angeles)
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia in Chinese Patients
    Tiffany T. Chow, MD, Director, University of California Los Angeles Frontotemporal Dementia Clinic, Reed Neurological Research Center (Los Angeles)
  • Community Resources
    Mariann DiMinno, RN, MA, Clinical Nurse IV & Research Coordinator, Parkinson’s Disease Clinic and Research Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco (San Francisco)

 

Panel 5 – Chinese Children with Disabilities

 

Afternoon Session 1 – Treating Patients in an Integrated CAMS Clinic Setting: The Northern California Experience

 

Chinese Hospital Annual Award Lecture

 

Morning Session 2

 

Panel 6 – Women’s Health Issues

  • Herbal Therapy for Women
    Victoria Rand, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (San Francisco)

 

Panel 7 – Erectile Dysfunction and Prostatism

 

Panel 8 – Pediatric Issues in Chinese Patients

 

Panel 9 – Ocular Diseases in Chinese Patients

 

Panel 10 – Psychosocial Issues in the Chinese Population

 

Panel 11 – Nursing Care of the Chinese Patient