The 2007 CAMS Scientific Meeting was held on Saturday, October 20 2007 at the CitiGroup Conference Center with the following Program.

A Symposium on “Primary Care for the Specialist in the Modern Era”

Taking care of the Chinese community in 2007

This Program is sponsored by the New York Downtown Hospital for 5 Category I CME hrs (pending)

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8:15 – 9:15 am                        Breakfast/Registration/Vendors

9:15 – 9:30 am                        OPENING REMARKS (President and Program Chair)

Morning Program

                                                Moderator, Johnny Lee, M.D.

9:30 – 9:50 am                        The Art and Science in Taking Care of Chinese Elderly Patients (Dr. Zheng Bo Huang, Weill Medical College of Cornell University) 

10:00 – 10:20 am                    Chinese Woman -Issues affecting our female patients (Dr. Amy Chu-Wong, New York Downtown Hospital)

10:30 – 10:50 am                    Delivering Health Care to Chinese in NYC: A neurologist’s perspective (Dr. Sun Hoo Foo, New York University Medical Center)

11:00 – 11:30 am                    CAMS Scientific Award Lecture - Food Borne Illnesses (Dr. Arthur Liang, Center for Disease Control). Introduced by Raymond Yung, M.D.)

11:45 – 12:15 pm                    Posters / Vendors

12:15 – 1:45 pm                      LUNCH and Business Meeting

Afternoon Program

                                                Moderator, Danny Fong, M.D.

2:00 – 2:20 pm                        Taking Medical Histories of Chinese Patients - from Master Hua Tuo to Sir William Osler (Dr. Sam Kwauk, New York Downtown Hospital)

                                                Moderator, Johnny Lee, M.D.

 2:30 – 2:50 pm                        Cancer care in Chinese Patients (Dr. Joseph Yoe, Mt. Sinai Medical School)  

3:00 – 3:20 pm                        Thoracic Surgery and the Chinese Patient (Dr. Jaime Yun, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine)

                                                Moderator, Pak Chung, M.D.

3:30 – 3:50 pm                        Cultural Perceptions of Hormonal Use in Chinese American Women (Dr. Sidney Wu, Weill Medical College of Cornell University)

4:00 pm                                   CLOSING REMARKS (President)

The Dinner Gala followed the Scientific Meeting and was held at 6-9 PM. at  the elegant Prince George Ballroom at 15 East 27^th Street, New York, NY 10016.

(See write-up at the CAMS Newsletter, December 2007 issue for details)