MHCN is honored to present the following speakers for the 2010 Annual Forum
Donald L. Weaver, MD ~ Keynote
Acting Director, Office of Special Health Affairs, HRSA, Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service (Bio)
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center (NY)
Anthony Vavasis, MD, Clinical Director, Medical Services
Children’s Health Fumd (NY)
Arturo Brito, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Executive Vice President
Deamonte Driver Dental Project (WADC)
Hazel J. Harper, DDS, MPH, FACD, Dental Director and Co-Founder;
Past President, National Dental Association; Advisory Task Force, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health
Fox Chase Cancer Center (PA)
Linda Hammell, Program Director, Cancer Screening Health Communications and Disparities
GNO Immunization Network (LA)
Charmaine Allesandro, RN, MSHA, Executive Director
Hands Together/Catholic Missions in Haiti (PA)
James A. Della Valle, MD, Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Guthrie Clinic, Robert Packard Hospital
Harvard Medical School (MA)
Nancy Oriol, MD, Dean of Students, Founder, The Family Van
John Muir Health/Community Health Alliance (CA)
Chris Grazzini, RN, MS, Program Manager
LSU Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Partners in Wellness (LA)
Jennifer Green, MHSA, Project Coordinator
Jerry McLarty, PhD, Director, Cancer Prevention and Control
LSU Mobile Dental Program (LA)
Kim Nelson, Program Coodinator
March of Dimes (LA)
Rosita Bustamante-Forest, APRN, MPH, Program Director, Mobile Health Center
Mexico Health Ministry (MX)
Jorge Valdez-Garcia, MD, MA, General Director, Health Planning & Development
Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation (IL)
Stephen Samuelson, MPA, Executive Director
MYT Group LLC (NY)
Arthur DeLorenzo, President
New Orleans Children’s Health Project, Yulane School of Medicine (LA)
Alina Olteanu, MD, PhD, Medical Director
Laniqua Roussell, Program Manager, Mobile Clinic
Norton Healthcare, Norton Cancer Institute, Prevention and Early Detection Program (KY)
Tina Hembree, MPH, Program Manager
Parkview Health Comprehensive Cancer Center (IN)
Debi Kennedy, Community Outreach Coordinator
Queen of the Valley Medical Center (CA)
Maryam Mohsenzadeh, DDS, Dental Director
Jill Moss, MSN, PHN, Manager, Community Outreach
RV Basic Training, LLC (CA)
Gary Lewis, Managing Director
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System (IL)
Monica Dunn, RDH, Program Manager
Scripps Health (CA)
George Hayes, NCPT, Manager, Mobile Medical Unit
St. Anna’s Medical Mission (LA)
Diana Meyers, RN, BSN, Director, Community Wellness
St. Charles Community Health Center (LA)
James Comeaux, LCSW, Chief Operating Officer
The Family Van (MA)
Jennifer Bennet, Executive Director
The Rocky Mountain Youth (CO)
Robin Dunn, Mobile Care Coordinator
Larry Wolk, MD, MSPH, Founder/Executive Director
Tulane School of Medicine (LA)
Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Professor of Medicine, C. Thorpe Ray Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine
Vice Dean, Community Affairs and Health Policy
Tulane University (LA)
Leah Berger, MPH, Director, Community Health Programs
