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CBC Health
Braintrust
Members
The Hon. G.K. Butterfield
The Hon. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
The Hon. Corrine Brown
The Hon. Julia Carson
The Hon. Donna Christian-Christensen
The Hon. Yvette Clarke
The Hon. William Lacy Clay, Jr.
The Hon. Emanuel Cleaver II
The Hon. James E. Clyburn
The Hon. John Conyers, Jr.
The Hon. Elijah E. Cummings
The Hon. Artur Davis
The Hon. Danny K. Davis
The Hon. Keith Ellison
The Hon. Chaka Fattah
The Hon. Al Green
The Hon. Alcee L. Hastings
The Hon. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
The Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee
The Hon. William J. Jefferson
The Hon. Hank Johnson
The Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson
The Hon. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
The Hon. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
The Hon. Barbara Lee
The Hon. John Lewis
The Hon. Kendrick B. Meek
The Hon. Gregory W. Meeks
The Hon. Juanita Millender-McDonald
The Hon. Gwendolynne Moore
The Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton
The Hon. Barack Obama
The Hon. Donald M. Payne
The Hon. Charles B. Rangel
The Hon. Bobby L. Rush
The Hon. David Scott
The Hon. Robert C. Scott
The Hon. Bennie Thompson
The Hon. Edolphus Towns
The Hon. Maxine Waters
The Hon. Diane E. Watson
The Hon. Melvin L. Watt
The Hon. Albert Russell Wynn
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2008
Congressional Black Caucus
Spring Health Braintrust
Celebrating April 2008 -- Minority Health Month
in cooperation with
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Day One: April 14, 2008
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Opening
Plenary: Health Care Costs and Health Disparities
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Terris A.
King, Deputy Director
Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
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Joint
Community and Policy Breakout Session
Health Care Costs and Patient Variations
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Doug
Badger,
Partner and Senior Fellow
The Nickles Group and the Center for Medicine in the Public
Interest
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The
Booker T. Washington Awards Luncheon
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Master
of Ceremonies

Roy Lee Jefferson
Former NFL Pittsburgh Steeler,
Washington Redskin and Indianapolis Colt
Presenter:
Booker T. Washington Award

Richard J. Umbdenstock
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Hospital Association (AHA)
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Recipient:
Booker T. Washington Award
Karen Hacker, MD
Executive Director, Institute for Community Health
Cambridge Health Alliance
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Introduction:
Keynote Speaker
Freda Lewis-Hall, M.D. F.A.P.A.
Sr. Vice President, US Pharmaceuticals Medical Affairs
Bristol-Myers
Squibb Company
Keynote
Address
Jack Lewin, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer, CEO
American College of Cardiology
Presenter:
Bernado Alberto Houssay Award
Joseph B. Kelly
Vice President Policy and Government Affairs
Eli Lilly Company
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Recipient:
Bernado Alberto Houssay Award
(Click
here for background on Bernardo Alberto Houssay)

James
R. Gavin III, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine.
http://web.msm.edu/
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Recipients:
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Award
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For
more information, call Office of Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen,
Chair, CBC Health Braintrust, at 202-225-1790
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