National Hispanic Medical Association Slates Forums Across the Country to ... - PR Newswire (press release)

  • By zz-omni-cms
  • June 30, 2011


The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) headquartered in Washington D.C. will host one in a series of forums across the country in El Paso, Texas on Friday, July 1, 2011 at the Camino Real Hotel, 101 S. El Paso St. beginning at 6:00 p.m. Joining NHMA will be U.S. Congressman Sylvestre Reyes and Mayra Alvarez, Director of Public Health Policy, Office of Health Care Reform, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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To date, NHMA has hosted "Health Care Reform Implementation" forums in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Washington, DC. The El Paso Forum was in partnership with The Southwest Association of Hispanic American Physicians, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, University Medical Center and the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission.

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