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General Session: Caring for Immigrant Patients
Date
March 30, 2019
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10:30am - 11:15am
Caring for Immigrant Patients
Recent policy developments highlight the need for health centers to understand the unique challenges faced by immigrant patients and their family members, and to implement strategies to support them. This session will provide an overview of recent policy developments, particularly around public charge, available tools and resources for both patients and health center staff as well as best practices in place in health centers to more effectively address health care and social service challenges.
11:15am - 12:00pm
Presentation of the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy’s 2019 Emerging Leader Awards
Speakers
Kimberly S. Chang, MD, MPH
Family Physician, Human Trafficking and Health Care Policy Fellow, Asian Health Services
Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University
Roxana Cruz, MD, FACP
Director, Medical and Clinical Affairs, Texas Association of Community Health Centers
Zara Marselian, MA, FACHE
President and CEO, La Maestra Community Health Center
Sonya Schwartz, JD
Senior Policy Attorney and Co-Chair, Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign, National Immigration Law Center
Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega, MS, LMHC
Outreach/Behavioral Health Coordinator, Quincy Community Health Center
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