2024 W. Montague Cobb Institute Health Disparities Symposium
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2024 W. Montague Cobb Institute Health Disparities Symposium
W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute & Howard University Hospital – Lester Henry Auditorium
2024 Health Disparities Symposium Agenda (Subject to change)
Saturday, January 27, 2024
7:00am – 1:00pm PM EST
7:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30am Welcome and Introductions
Randall Morgan MD
Mallory Williams MD FACS
7:45am History of the Cobb Symposium
Randall Morgan MD
8:10am History of the Department of Surgery
Edward Cornwell, III MD FACS
8:30am Break/Posters/Exhibits
8:45am Disparities in Surgical Outcomes Session (DOS)
Moderator: Terrence Fullum MD MBA FACS
Roger Mitchell MD
Title: Montague Cobb MD PhD-Physician Advocate
Objectives
1.Explain the importance of incorporating advocacy in the physician practice
2.Integrate advocacy into the physician practice
3.Consider the example of Dr. W Montague Cobb as a template for physician advocacy
Mallory Williams MD
Title: The Source of Self Regard: Howard University’s Pursuit of Health Equity
May Tee, MD
Title: Disparities in Surgical Oncology and Cancer Care
Objectives
1.Describe disparities in surgical oncology care
2.Identify barriers and facilitators to cancer screening
3.Discuss future initiatives to improve upon delivery of surgical oncology care
Akinyemi Oluwasegun MD
Title: Firearm Mortality Patterns in the US: A Half-Century Analysis
Objectives
1.Discuss the historical patterns and recent trends in firearm related deaths in the US, including suicides, homicides, and accidental fatalities
2.Gain insights into the key risk factors associated with different types of firearm mortality
3.Explore the need for comprehensive public health strategies, mental health support, and targeted preventive measures to address the escalating trend of firearm related deaths.
Gezzer Ortega MD
Title: Improving Access and Outcomes for Surgical Patient with Limited English Proficiency
Objectives
1.To understand the current challenges for patients with limited English Proficiency (LEP)
2.To provide insight into solutions to address health inequities for patients with LEP
3.To learn about opportunities to advocate and enhance policies for improving the care of patients with LEP
Quyen Chu MD FACS
Title: The Tale of Two Hospitals
Objectives
1.Recognize complex/advanced solid tumors
2.Understand that advance tumors occur in all socioeconomic stratum
3.Appreciate the challenges facing patients with advanced cancers
Kakra Hughes MD PhD
Title: Lingering Disparities in the Management of Peripheral Artery Disease
Objectives
1.Discuss disparities in black patients who are more likely to undergo amputation rather than limb-saving revascularization when compared to white patients
2.Discuss disparities in black patients who present with more severe vascular disease than whites when undergoing vascular procedures
3.Discuss the facts that Black patients are more likely to undergo amputation even at high volume vascular centers when compared to white patients
Terrence Fullum MD MBA FACS
Title: The Affordable Care Act (ACA): An Equalizer for Access to Bariatric Surgery
Objectives
1.To understand the health care disparities associated with Bariatric Surgery
2.To determine the impact of the ACA on access to Bariatric Surgery
3.To discuss the implications of the effect of the ACA on health care disparities
11:15am Break/Posters/Exhibits
11:30am Disparities in Medical Outcomes Session (NMA/All of Us Research)
12:45pm Summation
Mallory Williams MD FACS
Randall Morgan MD
1:00pm Box Lunch/Posters/Exhibits
