AGENDA AND SCHEDULE
3rd ANNUAL WEITZMAN SYMPOSIUM
MAY 15, 2008

8:30 am         
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am         
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Weitzman Symposium, to Wesleyan University, and to the City of Middletown
Mayor Sebastian Giuliano, Mayor City of Middletown
Frank Kuan, Director Community Relations, Wesleyan University
Mark Masselli, President/CEO, CHC Inc.

Introduction and Overview
Why “more of the same” in health care is simply not good enough
Margaret Flinter, Vice President/Clinical Director, CHC, Inc and Director, Weitzman Center

9:30 am-10:30 am
Session 1:  Healthcare Reform
Achieving Universal Access:  The “Healthy San Francisco Project” Experience
Dr. Mitch Katz, MD, MPH, Director of Health, City and County of San Francisco

Introduction and Discussion Facilitator:
Yvette Highsmith-Francis, Director, CHC of New Britain and Mary Lou Strom Primary Care Center, Enfield

10:30 am-11:30 am
Session 2:  Treating Opioid Addiction in Primary Care
Impact on the Patient, the Community and the Practice
Dr. David Fiellin, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; Dr. Marwan Haddad, MD, HIV Specialist, CHC, Inc.

Introduction and Discussion Facilitator:
Lou Brady, Director, CHC of Meriden

11:30 am -12:30 pm
Session 3:  Health Disparities
Can We Eliminate Health Disparities Through Quality and High Performance Health Systems?
Anne Beal, MD, MPH, Assistant Vice President, Program on Quality of Care for Underserved Populations, The Commonwealth Fund

Introduction and discussion facilitator:
Alejandro Melendez-Cooper, Director, CHC of New London and CHC of Groton

12:30 pm
Lunch

1:30 pm-2:30 pm 
Session 4:  The Next Generation
Training Tomorrow’s Health Professionals for Primary Care
Marie Smith, PharmD, Department Head and Clinical Professor, UConn School of Pharmacy; Dr. Margaret Drozdowski, DMD, Dental Director, CHC, Inc.; Anne Bavier, RN, PhD, Dean UConn School of Nursing; Bruce Gould, MD, Associate Dean for Primary Care, University of Connecticut, Margaret Flinter, APRN, Vice President/Clinical Director, CHC, Inc. and Director, Weitzman Center

Introduction and discussion facilitator:
Adele Gordon, Director, Dental Center of Stamford, Norwalk Smiles and CHC of Danbury

2:30pm-3:30pm
Session 5:   Electronic Health Records
Accelerating the Pace of Adoption: from Private Practice to Community Health Center to IPA
Dr. Kenneth L. Sacks, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Connecticut State Medical Society-IPA; Jack Reed, CEO, ProHealth; Shanti Carter, Project Director, CHC, Inc.

Introduction and discussion facilitator:
Daren Anderson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, CHC, Inc.

3:30 pm:
Wrap Up, Reflections, and Closing Remarks

4:00 pm