MMA 157th Annual Session

Agenda

Friday September 10

@Harborside Hotel
10:00am

Executive Committee

@ Jackson Laboratory
1:00pm

TRANSLATING RESEARCH:
LIFE TRANSITIONS FOR CLINICIANS, PATIENTS & FAMILIES
Jeffrey Dunn, MD & Lisa Letourneau, MD - Moderators

1:00

OPENING KEYNOTE
Genetics and Data: Leading the Search for Tomorrow’s Cure
Richard P. Woychick, PhD

1:40

Understanding Osteoporosis
1:40 Scientist:Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell, PhD
2:00 Clinicians:Dan Spratt, MD and Kathleen Ober, MD

2:40

BREAK
3:00

Cancer and Aging
3:00 Scientist: Rick Maser, PhD
3:20 Clinician: Sue Meisfeldt, MD

3:40

BREAK
4:00

TOURS: Jackson Labs
5:30pm

OPENING RECEPTION
Sponsored by Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare & RBC Wealth Management

Saturday September 11

7:00am

Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

7:30

MMA General Session
10:30

50-year pin presentation

11:30

Break in Exhibit Hall

12pm

Luncheon (meal ticket required)

1:00

Transitions in Health - Transitions in Care
Laurel Coleman, MD - Moderator
This session will highlight some of the challenges faced by patients and healthcare providers when health status changes. This often necessitates a change in the site of care and presenters will focus on three separate efforts in Maine to improve patient outcomes.

POLST Elizabeth Hart, MD

Inpatient Palliative Care Teams in Maine
Bruce Condit, MD

Efforts to Improve Outcomes when Patients Move Site to Site in the Healthcare System
Joel Botler, MD
3:00 Break in Exhibit Hall
3:30 Panel Presentation on Saving for Education,
Catastrophic Events & Retirement
5:30 President's Reception
7:00 MMA Annual Awards Banquet
President David McDermott, MD, MPH;
Incoming President Jo Linder, MD;
Immediate Past President Stephanie Lash, MD

Sunday September 12
7:00am

30th Annual Edmund Hardy, MD Road Race
Sponsored by Medical Mutual Insurance Company

8:00 Brunch
8:30

TRANSITIONS IN LEADERSHIP
2010 Gubernatorial Candidates Public Health Forum
Jo Linder, MD - Moderator

10:00 Closing Remarks and Road Race Awards