We are pleased to announce that Dr. Winston Wong, MD, MS will be the
2013 Forum's keynote speaker! Dr. Wong serves as Medical Director,
Community Benefit, at the California-based Kaiser Permanente
where he is responsible for developing partnerships with communities
and
agencies in advancing population management and evidence based
medicine, with a particular emphasis on safety net providers and the
elimination of health disparities. Dr. Wong also continues his work as a
physician in a small practice in Family Medicine at Asian Health
Services in Oakland, CA.
If you are interested in getting a glimpse of Dr. Wong we recommend viewing the following clips:
Speech from "All School Day 2013: Does Wealth Mean Better Health?" [Begins at 15:13 and ends at 56:18]
As
a self-proclaimed health policy "wonk," Dr. Wong speaks to the
University of Southern California's School of Social work about topics
such as health disparities and health care expansion under the
Affordable Care Act.
Winston Wong, MD: Kaiser Permanente's Support for Safety Net Organizations
Dr.
Wong discusses the necessity to invest and strengthen safety net
leaders in preparation for health care reform and the growing population
of the newly insured.
