If you have an interest and no pressing conflicts, two important briefings by the CME Coalition (www.cmecoalition.org) to consider attending:
CME Cancer Policy Briefing
On September 27, from 12:00 – 1:00 in the Rayburn House Office Building “Gold Room” (Room 2168), the Coalition will be presenting a program entitled “Continuing Medical Education: A Focus on Breast Cancer Breakthroughs.” This panel will comprise thought leaders in the fields of CME and breast cancer treatment, and will include:
Dr. Jonathan Sackier: Chief Medical Officer, Audax Health Solutions, Visiting Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia, Following positions at Cedars-Sinai and UCLA, he was named Professor of Surgery at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. where he founded the Washington Institute of Surgical Endoscopy.
Dr. Charles Balch: Professor of Surgery and Oncology and Dermatology, Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Former CEO of American Society of Clinical Oncology
Dr. Dana Simpler: Primary Care Practitioner, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, Has appeared in numerous print and broadcast media, locally, regionally and nationally as a health care thought leader.
And …
CME HIV Policy Briefing
On September 28, from 12:00 – 1:00 in the Senate Commerce Committee Hearing Room (Russell Senate Office Building Room 253), the Coalition will be presenting a program entitled “Continuing Medical Education: A Focus on HIV Breakthroughs.” This panel will comprise thought leaders in the fields of CME and HIV treatment, and will include:
Dr. Jonathan Sackier
Dr. John Bartlett: Professor and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins, Internationally renowned authority on AIDS and other infectious diseases and recipient of the prestigious 2005 Maxwell Finland Award for scientific achievement from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Alan Wasserman: The Eugene Meyer Professor of Medicine and the Chairman of the Department of Medicine at The GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates.
Space is limited, however, so kindly RSVP at by September 16th to rsvp@cmecoalition.org or call Shea McCarthy at (202) 688-0225.
