Senior U.S. Health Policy Advisors, Doctors To Hold Health Care Panel Discussion, Live Webcast

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Article Date: 05 Oct 2009 - 10:00 PDT

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On Monday, October 5th, at the Columbus Club in Union Station, senior health policy advisors from the Obama Administration, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House will be hosted by the National Physicians Alliance Foundation and the American Medical Student Association for a first-ever National "Grand Rounds" on Health Care Reform, a panel discussion featuring these experts discussing the state of health care reform and responding to questions from physicians and physicians-in-training.

The panelists for the event are:

- Dr. Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD, Director of Policy Analysis in the Office of Health Reform, Department of Health and Human Services

- Jack Ebeler, Senior Health Policy Advisor to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce

- Jocelyn Moore, Senior Health Policy Advisor to Senator Jay Rockefeller, Staff Director for Senate Finance Subcommittee for Healthcare

"Grand Rounds" are meetings held by physicians and physicians-in-training during which medical cases are discussed in-depth. Participants in the National "Grand Rounds" on Health Care Reform will hear commentary from those with the unique perspective held only by key players in the shaping of national health policy.

The event will be moderated by Arthur Kellermann, MD, MPH, an Emergency Medicine physician and health policy expert from Emory University, and will be simultaneously webcast for physicians and physicians-in-training nationwide to tune in and submit their questions.

Those wishing to view the panel discussion are invited to visit http://www.nationalgrandrounds.org for more information and to register for this free event. Participants can also track the discussion by following @NtlGrandRounds on Twitter. @NtlGrandRounds will be Live Tweeting the event and using the hash tag # NtlGrandRounds.

The National Physicians Alliance Foundation is a 501c3 organization founded in 2007 with a mission to create research and education programs that promote active engagement of health care providers with their communities to achieve high quality, affordable health care for all.

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American Medical Student Association