Overview

Interested in Health Professional Schools?

Planning on taking an Admission Exam this summer?

Care about diseases in developing countries?

Want to know what healthcare professionals do?

If you answer yes to any of these questions, we invite you to attend BAHC.

Bay Area Health Conference this Sunday 4/13^th, 2008

On April 13, 2008 UC Berkeley's Asian American Health Society (AAHS) and American Medical Student Association (AMSA) will organize the 2nd Annual Bay Area Health Conference. This event fosters consciousness about improving conditions of diseases in developing countries. In addition, funds raised during the event will benefit the non-profit organization Operation Smile, which provides free cleft surgery for children in developing countries.

Register

Registration for the Bay Area Health Conference is $12 online and $15 at the door.

For Group Registrations, please contact ucb.aahs@gmail.com.

For Individual Registration, please complete the following form and press "Continue".

You will be taken to a page that will allow you to pay for registration using PayPal.

*Note: You may incur a small charge if you are paying with debt. You can find out more about these fees here.

Registration for the event has ended.

Schedule

9-10 Registration & Reception (VLSB Courtyard)

- Breakfast & turn in raffle tickets

- Sign-in: VLSB Hall

10-11:30 Keynote Speakers (2040 VLSB)

(10-10:45) - Operation Smile

(10:45-11:30) - Dr. Lee Riley

10 minute break (VLSB Courtyard)

- Snacks

11:40-1:10 Speakers for Specific Topics (2060 VLSB)

(11:40-12:25) - Carlos D. Arrozal

(12:25 – 1:10) - Dr. Len Saputo

1:10 – 2:10 Lunch (VLSB Courtyard)

- Food: Italian

- Silent Auction

- Tables:
   *Eat Lunch & Chat with UCSF Med Students

   *UCLA School of Nursing

   *Education Abroad Program (EAP)

   *Rite Aid

   *Kaplan

   *Princeton Review

   *Career Center

   *Navy Medical Program

   *AMIGOS (International Volunteer Opportunities)

   *NARAL

   *Podiatrics

2:10-4:10 Workshops (2040 & 2060 VLSB)

(2:10-2:55) Bright Chen (2040 VLSB)

                  Dr. Vinh Nguyen (2060 VLSB)

(2:55-3:40) Career Center & Med Student Panel (2040 VLSB)

                  Kaplan: Med School (2060 VLSB)

3:45-4:10 Closing (VLSB Courtyard)

- Thank Speakers

- Give out Raffle Gifts

   *Gift Certificate to Pizza My Heart

   *$25 Gift Certificate to Ned's

   *Gifts from Cal Student Store

   *Gift Cards to Starbuck's

   *Discounts to Elephant Bar

   *AMSA t-shirts

   *Tapioca Express Free Drink Certificates

   *Many Others!

   *Grand Prize: Ipod Shuffle!

Speakers

Speakers:

Operational Smile: Beth Bradley, Regional Development Manager

Originally from northern California, I moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to go to school and play basketball at Lipscomb University. After college, I managed a Starbucks before I moved to Virginia to work for Operation Smile. I relocated to California for Operation Smile in August of 2006 and live in sunny Los Angeles. One thing you would NEVER guess about me is that I was my high school’s Homecoming Queen!. If you are a student in California and have questions about Student Programs, including starting or maintaining an Operation Smile Association, please contact me at .

UC Berkeley Public Health: Dr. Lee Riley, Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases

Dr. Riley is a Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include:
-Pathogenesis of mycobacterial and enteric pathogens

-Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis and drug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections

-Field epidemiology and international health, focused on slum health

Podiatrics: Bright Chen

I am a UC Berkeley '06 graduate in Molecular & Cell Biology, currently a second year medical student at the California School of Podiatric Medicine (CSPM) at Samuel Merritt College in San Francisco/Oakland, CA. I have participated in foot screenings at senior centers and marathons, and was part of the first aid team at the recent Napa Valley Marathon in March 2008. As a CSPM second year student, I have had the opportunity to do some clinical training while completing my didactics. I've rotated at podiatry clinics at Laguna Honda Hospital, Alameda County Medical Center, Kaiser San Francisco, and St. Mary's Medical Center. Dedicated to community service, I have been recently selected as a 2008-2009 Schweitzer Fellow and am planning homeless outreach programs to place importance of podiatric needs as a public health concern to prevent potentially limb-threatening pathologies. I am very enthusiastic about my career choice and look forward to complete my studies and continuing on with a three-year surgical residency to further my interests in diabetic wound care, podopediatrics, sports medicine, and reconstructive foot and ankle surgery.

Health Medicine Forum: Dr. Len Saputo, Founder and Director

Len Saputo, M.D., is the founder and director of the Health Medicine Forum. He is a graduate of Duke University Medical School and is board certified in Internal Medicine. His approach to healing is based upon an integrative blend of mainstream medicine, nutritional medicine, and the emerging discipline of Health Medicine. He has his own national radio show and local television show. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Navy Medical Officer Program: Carlos D. Arrozal

Orthodontist: Dr. Vinh Nguyen

Tabling:

Career Center: Edith Bretado

Hey everyone! My name is Edith Bretado and I am a 4th year student majoring in Development Studies and taking Pre-Med. Courses. I am currently involved in student organizations such as DULCE, and CHE. I am also in BSP (Biology Scholars Program) and play volleyball with the BSP team . . . Go BSP! I have worked in the Financial Aid Office at Cal and Bath & Body Works. I have volunteered at Kaiser Permanente and plan to volunteer in Highland Hospital. My plans for the future are to travel with doctors internationally and deliver affordable health care around the world. I also plan to become an ER surgeon and start free clinics in other countries as well as here in the United States. Hmmm, what else . . . I love to play all kinds of sports, enjoy reading and writing, listening to music, cooking and meeting new people. I grew up in South Central LA and I enjoy going back home to see my family. I am very approachable and friendly so whenever you need help with anything or just want to stop by for a chitchat, come to the Career Center and say “Hello!”

Career Center: Danielle Leslie

My name is Danielle Leslie, and I will be [finally!] graduating this May 2008 with a B.A. in Rhetoric. I've been helping students as a Peer Advisor with the Career Center for 3 years now. My main interests include online marketing, web-based businesses, and entrepreneurship. I got my feet wet this past summer by interning full-time for a dynamic interactive advertising agency in SF called Red Bricks Media. Before 2008 ends, I hope to launch a Web 2.0 business and continue learning about real estate investing. In the mean time, I am the Editor-in-Chief of the only African-American magazine at UC Berkeley: Onyx Express.

Rite Aid: Conrad B. Bio (Pharm.D., R.Ph.), Director of College Relations & Professional Recruitment

UCSF Med Students

UCLA Nursing School

Kaplan

Princeton Reiview

AMIGOS (International Volunteer Opportunities)

Education Abroad Program (EAP)

NARAL Pro-Choice America

Media

-Operation Smile - A New Day Has Come

Directions

The Bay Area Health Conference will take place in the Valley and Life Sciences Building on the campus of the University of

California, Berkeley.

You can find a map of the campus here

Use the tool below to find driving directions to the event.