RDASH Schedule of Events

Pediatric Residents and Fellows Day at the State House

April 15, 2010 ∙ The Great Hall

Schedule of Events

8:30          Registration & Breakfast

9:00          Welcome & Introductions

9:15          Erin Tracy MD, MPH – Obstetrician, Massachusetts General Hospital

Focus on the Issues:

S847& HB2080 An Act Relative to a Board of Registration in Midwifery

Keynote Speakers

9:30          Vivek Murthy MD, MPH – Internist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

President & Cofounder of Doctor’s for America

10:00        Gregory Hagan MD – Pediatrician, Cambridge Health Alliance

Vice President MCAAP

10:30        Short break & Snack

10:45       Greg Parkinson, MD- Pediatrician, Falmouth Pediatric Associates

Chair of MCAAP Committee on Injury Prevention and Poison Control

Focus on the Issues:  S366 & H3224/3297:  An Act to Regulate the Use of Off Highway & Recreation Vehicles

11:00        Sean Palfrey MD- Professor of General Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center

Focus on the Issues:

S470/859 & H3453: An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Childhood Vaccines Program and the Massachusetts Immunization Registry

11:15        Alex Calcagno

Workshop: “How to be an Effective Lobbyist”

12:15        Lunch

Informal Q&A with Ed Brennan, Esq. – Legal Counsel & Lobbyist, MCAAP

1:00-3:00  Meetings with individual legislators*

3:00          Feedback & Wrap-up

* We are also hoping to have a few legislators stop so the schedule may change slightly!

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