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  • Know What Counts DC - FREE Public Forum

  • Tuesday, March 2, 2010 | Noon - 3 p.m.

    U.S. House of Representatives, Rayburn Building, Rooms B339 and B340

    We look forward to seeing you at the House of Representatives today, Tuesday, March 2, from noon until 3 p.m. for “The Path to Health Care Equity: Identifying and Solving Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Health Care in the New Century.

    The program, hosted by SCAI and cosponsored with the Association of Black Cardiologists, Mended Hearts, and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, will be held in Rooms B339 and B340 of the House of Representatives Rayburn Building. The Rayburn Building is located at South Capitol Street and Independence Avenue. Please use the Independence Avenue Entrance, and proceed through the security line. Capitol Police or SCAI staff will direct you to rooms B339 and B340.

    Please have proper photo identification with you.


    WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

    • Patients
    • Healthcare providers
    • Policymakers

    HOW DO THESE DISPARITIES, PARTICULARLY IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE, AFFECT PATIENTS?

    • Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S.
    • Women under the age of 50 are twice as likely to die from a heart attack as men in their same age group.
    • African American women ages 55-64 are twice as likely as white women to have a heart attack and 35 percent more likely to suffer from heart disease.
    • In 2006, nearly 47 percent of African American women, and nearly 45 percent of African American males had CVD.

  • AGENDA

    Noon-12:10
    Opening Remarks

    12:10-12:20
    Keynote address: Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
    "The Changing Paradigm of U.S. Health Care: The Need to Address Prevention and Health Care Disparity"
    12:20-12:30
    Q&A with Senator Cardin
    12:30-12:45
    Patient Testimonials from WomenHeart and Mended Hearts
    Moderated by Dr. Roquell Wyche
    12:45-1:15 
    Innovation and Cost at a Crossroads: The Challenge for Health Care Reform

    The Heart Attack Reality: Dr. Mark Turco
    The Paradox of Prevention: Dr. Allan Taylor (tentative)
    The Impact of Race and Gender: Marcos Pesquera (tentative)

    1:15-1:45
    Dr. Brian Smedley
    "The New World of Resource Allocation: The Need to Find Cost-Effective Approaches to Health Care"
    1:45-2:30
    Panel Discussion, moderated by Dr. Ron Waksman (tentative)

    2:30-2:45
    Concluding Remarks

    Sponsored by: 

    *Funded, in part, by educational grants from Abbott Vascular and Medtronic CardioVascular

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  • Location



    House of Representatives
    Rayburn Building, Rooms B339 and B340

  • Program Director

    Mark Turco, M.D., FSCAI, FACC
    Director, Center for Cardiac and Vascular Research, Washington Adventist Hospital

  • Faculty

    Marcos Pesquera, MPH
    Executive Director of Center for Health Care Disparity, Adventist Health Care, Inc.
    Rockville, MD

    Brian Smedley, Ph.D.
    Vice President and Director, Health Policy Institute Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
    Washington, DC

    Allen J. Taylor, M.D., FACC, FAHA
    Director of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Lipid/Prevention Clinic, Department of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center
    Washington, DC

    Ron Waksman, M.D., FACC
    Associate Director of Division of Cardiology, Director of Experimental Angioplasty and Emerging Technologies, Washington Hospital Center
    Washington, DC

    Roquell Wyche, M.D.
    Washington Hospital Center
    Washington, DC