National healthcare advocate to speak in Huntsville — Three events
| Feb ’10 |
| 26 |
| 6:00 pm |
| Feb ’10 |
| 27 |
| 10:00 am |
North Alabama Healthcare for All presents …
Oliver Fein, MD
President, Physicians for a National Health Program
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow
Past Vice President of the American Public Health Association
All three events are FREE and open to the public
For more information: (256) 489-3884 Lahaynes@knology.net
1) Friday, Feb. 26, 6:00 p.m.
“Healthcare Reform 2010: Where Do We Go From Here?”
Physicians understand the urgent need for healthcare reform — for the good of patients, the profession and the U.S. economy. However, according to Dr. Fein, the present legislation in Congress is not going far enough AND is headed in the wrong direction. This talk, by a leading advocate of an expanded and improved Medicare for All (single payer) program, will describe what’s really happening with our healthcare system and where we need to go from here to reach universal, high quality coverage at an affordable cost for all. Audience Q&A will follow.
The presentation will include updates and responses to President Obama’s healthcare summit to be held in Washington, DC, on the day prior to this event.
Speaker: Oliver Fein, MD, president, Physicians for a National Health Program, (www.pnhp.org)
Location: Shelby Center for Science and Technology, UA Huntsville Campus. Room 107 Auditorium. (near intersection of Sparkman Drive and Lakeside http://www.uah.edu/map/color_map.pdf )
Co-sponsors: UA Huntsville Political Science Department and Alabama A&M University Political Science Department
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2) Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 – 11:30 a.m.
“Healthcare Justice: The Moral Imperative for Universal Healthcare from a Christian Perspective”
This event offers an overview of problems with the healthcare system, the status of reform legislation, and an affordable solution aimed at just and equitable healthcare for all. We begin by laying out an ethical framework for the discussion. Speakers then address various aspects of healthcare justice and the moral imperative they see as central to the Christian perspective. Audience Q&A will follow.
Location: Faith Presbyterian Church, 5003 Whitesburg Drive, Huntsville. Fellowship Hall. (near intersection of Airport and Whitesburg)
Speakers:
+ Oliver Fein, MD, president, Physicians for a National Health Program (New York, NY)
+ Arthur Sutherland, MD, board member, Tennessee Health Care Campaign, and national board member of PNHP (Memphis, TN)
+ Abi Carlisle-Wilke, M.Div., Senior Associate Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church (Huntsville, AL)
+ An additional local minister is being added to the panel.
Moderator: Rev. Frank Broyles, Interfaith Mission Service
Supported by: Interfaith Mission Service; Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Association; Greater Huntsville Interdenominational Fellowship.
Coffee, fruit and pastries will be available.
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3) Saturday, Feb. 27, 1 – 3 p.m.
“Point / Counterpoint: Fixing the American Health System”
Physicians from opposite ends of the policy spectrum will present their solutions to our health care crisis. Dr. Oliver Fein, president of PNHP, will present the case for expanding and improving Medicare to all. Dr. Allan Goldstein, Alabama delegate to the American Medical Association, will focus on quality of healthcare as a way to reduce costs, and the reforms necessary to reach that goal. Audience Q&A will follow.
Location: Crestwood Medical Center, One Hospital Drive, Huntsville. First floor auditorium. (near intersection of Airport and Whitesburg)
Speakers:
+ Oliver Fein, MD, president, Physicians for a National Health Program (New York, NY)
+ Allan Goldstein, MD, past president, Medical Society of the State of Alabama; current delegate to the American Medical Association representing Alabama. (Birmingham, AL)
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Speaker Biographies:
Oliver T. Fein, MD (New York, NY)
Dr. Fein is president of Physician for a National Health Program, a nonprofit organization of over 17,000 physicians who support single-payer national health insurance. He is a general internist who is active in clinical practice, he is also professor of clinical medicine and clinical public health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, where he serves as associate dean responsible for the Office of Affiliations and the Office of Global Health Education. Dr. Fein has advocated for an expanded role for primary care, for academic health centers in urban health care delivery systems, and for national health system reform. He was Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow during 1993-1994, when he worked in the office of Senate Democratic Majority Leader George Mitchell. He spent 17 years at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center developing community-based ambulatory care practices and the Division of General Medicine. He is chair of the New York State Chapter of PNHP and immediate past vice president of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Fein received the Elnora M. Rhodes Service award from the Society of General Internal Medicine in 1999; the Haven Emerson Award from the Public Health Association of New York City in 2001; and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships Program in 2008.
Allan R. Goldstein, MD (Birmingham, AL)
Dr. Goldstein is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a graduate of “The” Ohio State University School of Medicine. He has been in practice since 1972 and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases. He continues to have an active practice and serves as both a Primary Care Physician and a Consultant. He has been involved in organized medicine for over 30 years. He has served on the Board of the Jefferson County Medical Society and has been its President. He has served on the Board of Censors of The Medical Association of the State of Alabama, been a member of both the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Committee of Public Health and has been the President of The Medical Association of the State of Alabama. Presently, he is a Delegate to the AMA , representing Alabama. He is a patient advocate and supports quality and efficient care initiatives that will lead to reduced cost by decreasing the need for unscheduled visits, Emergency Department visits and hospitalization. He is a strong advocate for the patient-doctor relationship and for patient focused care.
Arthur J. Sutherland III, MD, FACC (Memphis, TN)
Dr. Sutherland is a retired physician and founder of the Sutherland Cardiology Clinic. He currently works with The Healthy Memphis Common Table which is addressing the obesity and diabetes epidemics in Memphis and the Mid-South. Improving health literacy and elimination of social and health related disparities are high priority agenda issues. Dr. Sutherland is also a member of the Memphis School of Servant Leadership and works with the Memphis Theological Seminary in its urban ministry program. He is currently serving as chairman of the Tennessee chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program and is on the national PNHP Board of Directors. In addition, he is on the state Board of Directors for the Tennessee Health Care Campaign. Both PNHP and THCC have been working for health care justice for over 20 years.
North Alabama Healthcare for All is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization promoting a healthcare system which provides quality healthcare at an affordable cost to all Americans. We believe healthcare is a human right.
The most effective and cost efficient way to accomplish healthcare for all is through an expanded and improved Medicare-for-all type system. (This is also called universal single payer healthcare, government-funded healthcare, or national health insurance.)
We are a chapter of the national organization Physicians for a National Health Program. Like our parent group, we are not just physicians — membership is open to anyone.
For more information or to sign up for our email list, go to www.NorthAlabamaHealthcareForAll.org
“Healthcare is a Human Right” – Oct. 20, 2009
“Healthcare is a Human Right”
Healthcare reform panel discussion about Medicare for All
Tuesday, Oct. 20 @ 6:30 PM
St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church
3020 Belafonte Ave., Huntsville
(see directions below)
FREE and open to the public
Physician Panel:
+ Wally Retan, MD, FACP – State coordinator, Health Care for Everyone–Alabama
+ Celia Lloyd-Turney, MD – Medical director, Choice Medicine, Huntsville
+ Pippa Abston, MD, PhD – Pediatrician and educator, Huntsville
Moderator: David Person – Host of WEUP Talk, 1700 AM
This discussion focuses on the moral and human rights aspects of providing healthcare to everyone, as well as the disproportionate effect of our current healthcare system on minorities.
Panelists will also address the practical elements of how a better system – Medicare for All (universal single payer) – can work for all Americans.
A question/answer session will follow the panel discussion.
Hosted by: St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church
Sponsored by: North Alabama Healthcare for All
Information: jerryburnet@knology.net 256-655-9330 or www.NorthAlabamaHealthcareForAll.org
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Panelist Biographies
1) J. Walden (Wally) Retan, MD, FACP, is state coordinator of Health Care For Everyone – Alabama, a coalition of organizations, businesses and individuals supporting a Medicare-for-All type healthcare system. Dr. Retan is also State Coordinator of the Alabama chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. He was originally educated at Hamilton College, MIT and the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York. In the 1950s, he received his post-graduate training in hospitals of the Harvard Medical system before moving to Alabama as a faculty member for the University of Alabama in Birmingham. After more than 30 years of running his own internal medicine practice in Birmingham, he currently serves as a part-time physician and travels throughout the state to speak about universal healthcare. Dr. Retan is a member of the American College of Physicians, the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, and the Jefferson County Medical Society.
2) Celia Lloyd-Turney, MD, is Medical director for Choice Medicine Highway 53 Medical Center in Toney, AL. She has been practicing medicine in the Huntsville area for over 25 years including her time at Central North Alabama Health Services, a community health center, as part of her commitment to the National Health Service Corp. In 2006, she established Choice Medicine to serve the health and wellness needs of North Alabama and Southern Tennessee indigent populations. Dr. Lloyd-Turney also devotes much her time to the develoment of Restore Care, Inc., a group-home organization providing care to mentally disadvantaged individuals in Madison County. Recognition for her efforts includes an honorary award from 100 Black Men of Greater Huntsville for her contributions in the field of medicine. Dr. Lloyd-Turney graduated Magnum Cum Laude from Fisk University in 1975 and received her medical degree from Meharry Medical College in 1980. She currently serves as president of the North Alabama chapter of the National Medical Association.
3) Pippa Abston, MD, PhD, is a pediatrician and educator in Huntsville, Alabama. She is a founding member of the Society for Equity in Child Health and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Madison County Medical Society. She is also a member of Physicians for a National Health Program and North Alabama Healthcare for All, as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association. Dr. Abston received her medical degree from the University of South Alabama in 1993, where she also earned a national medical student award. Her community work includes serving as a Deacon and Chairperson of Health Ministry at her church. She also received an award from Interfaith Mission Service in 2007 for her instrumental work in founding a local homeless clinic. One of her most recent accomplishments was establishing an Autism Diagnostic Clinic in Huntsville.
Moderator:
David Person is the director of communications at Phoenix, a nonprofit company in Huntsville that provides jobs, work placement and other services for people with disabilities. He is a member of USA Today’s board of contributors, writes for the Adventist Today website, and hosts “WEUP Talk,” a daily call-in talk show for WEUP-AM, the oldest black-owned radio station in Alabama. Person has also done feature reporting for National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.” He is retired as an editorial writer and columnist at The Huntsville Times, where his writing earned awards from the Alabama Press Association and the Alabama Associated Press.
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DIRECTIONS TO: St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church, 3020 Belafonte Ave., Huntsville
From Memorial Parkway
Take the University/Hwy 72 Exit.
Go West on University/Hwy 72.
Go across Pulaski Pike and travel about five more blocks.
Turn RIGHT onto Yukon.
At the “T”, turn LEFT on Poplar.
Turn RIGHT on Fairbanks.
Turn LEFT on Love.
Turn RIGHT on Belafonte. (The church is at the corner of Love and Belafonte.)
