Opening Ceremonies

Host: FSMB Freda M. Bush, MD

Keynote Presentation

Edward Salsberg, M.P.A., director of the new National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, discussing trends in the health workforce.
(Note: A previously scheduled presentation by Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, M.D., has been cancelled.)

Panel Discussion "The New Face of Medicine: A Workforce in Transition"

Moderator: FSMB President and CEO Humayun J. Chaudhry, D.O., FACP

Joseph P. Annis, M.D., of the AMA Board of Trustees
Ruth Ballweg, M.P.A., PA-C, University of Washington
Ann O'Sullivan, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Edward Salsberg, M.P.A., director of the new National Center for Health Workforce Analysis.

Dr. Herbert M. Platter Lecture

"Healthcare 2020: A New Paradigm for a New Century," featuring Kevin Fickenscher, M.D.