Conferences

ACRE 2011 Meeting & Conference

July 22, 2011 – Uris Auditorium of Weill Cornell Medical College located at 1300 York Avenue (York Avenue and 69th Street), New York, New York.

Registration fees:

$25

  • Physicians
  • Students
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

$750

  • Industry / Agency Representatives

Note: Registration of Press is complimentary but mandatory.

 

Agenda and Speaker-Panelist List

7:00am - 8:00 am - Registration and Breakfast Reception

Welcome & Introduction 8:00 am - 8:30am

A Historical Account of the "Conflict of Interest" Mania

Tom Stossel, MD, American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

ACRE: Who, What, Future 8:30 am - 8:50 am

Michael Weber, MD, Professor of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

Issues in the Field of Education 8:50 am - 9:30am

Avi Markowitz, MD, Bill and Louise Bauer Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research, Professor and Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology

Break 9:30 am – 9:45 am

Academia/Industry Collaboration: Why is it under attack by politicians, deans and the media? 9:45 am -11:15 am

  • Moderated by: Henry Black, MD 
    • Pro Publica and Pew – Peter Pitts
    • Tabloid Medicine – Robert Goldberg
    • Managed Care and Government – Mike Gonzalez Campoy, MD
    • Motivation – Lance Stell, PhD

What This Means to Patients and What They Can Do 11:15 am – 12:00 p.m.

  • Moderated by: Montel Williams
    • Jennifer Byde Myers, Writer and Editor, Patient Advocate
    • Seth Ginsberg, Co-Founer an President, Global Healthy Living Foundation

Noon Break – Box Lunch 12:00pm – 12:45pm

What should industry do? 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm

  • Moderated by: Michael Weber, MD and Thomas Stossel, MD
    • George Chressanthis, PhD, Professor of Healthcare Management and Marketing, Fox School of Business,
    • Bruce Gingles – VP, Cook Medical Group
    • Charles McIntosh, MD, PhD, VP, Chief Medical Science & Technology Officer, Cook Medical Group

Why an F from AMSA is an A  1:45 –pm - 2:15 pm 

  • Moderated by: Michael Weber, MD and Thomas Stossel, MD
    • Jonathan Sackier, MD, Visiting Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia
    • Jason Fodeman, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, University of Connecticut

Washington and Innovation   2:15 pm - 2:45 pm

  • Moderated by: John Kamp, JD, PhD, Executive Director, Coalition for Health Care Communications
    • Andrew Rosenberg, JD, Partner, Thorn Run Partners, Director, CME Coalition

 Closing Remarks (2:45 –p.m. 3:00 p.m.)