From: The Honorable Beto O’Rourke
Sent By:
marc.rehmann@mail.house.gov
Date: 8/31/2016

I hope you and your colleagues can join me for the 2016 Border Health Conference, which will be held September 7 in HVC-201B from 8:00 am – 12:30 pm. This year’s panels will include the topics of veterans health care, access to care for the underserved and rising public health emergency issues, such as Zika. I have pasted this year’s agenda below.

Sincerely,

Beto O’Rourke

11th Annual Border Health Conference

September 7, 2016: 8:00am – 12:30pm

House Visitors Center Room 201B

Continental Breakfast Will Be Served

8:00 am                 Welcome and opening remarks

• Manuel Acosta, MD/Luis Benavides, MD
• The Honorable Beto O’Rourke
• The Honorable Will Hurd
• The Honorable Henry Cuellar

9:00 am Panel #1:   Veterans Administration

• Moderator: David Mansfield, MD – President, El Paso County Medical Society
• Jennifer Lee, MD – Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Services
• Gene Migliaccio, DrPH – Deputy Chief Business Officer for Purchased Care

10:15 am Panel #2:   HHS and Access to Care

• Moderator: Carlos Cardenas, MD – President Elect, Texas Medical Association
• Barbara Jiménez – Director, Central & South Regions County of San Diego-Health & Human Services Agency
• John Hawkins – Senior Vice President Advocacy & Public Policy, Texas Hospital Association

11:30 am Panel #3:   Public Health and Emergent Diseases

• Moderator: Luis Benavides, MD – Vice-Chairman, Border Health Caucus
• Katrin Kohl, MD  – Deputy Director of the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine from the National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
• Gilbert Handal, MD – Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Marta Cuellar Chair Child Advocacy – President Elect-El Paso County Medical Society
• Eddie Olivares, Chief Administrative Officer, Hidalgo County Health and Human Services