Briefing of Covert Operations of Student PNHP Chapters in the NYMetro Area

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Briefing of Covert Operations of Student PNHP
Chapters in the NY-Metro Area

• Academic Year 2008-09
• Recently Declassified
• Presented by Agent Anthony Accurso, MS4

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The Situation

• Groups of concerned NYC area medical students
  have been educating their classmates about the
  state of Health Care in the U.S.
• Outrageous Platform
• Nationalize Health Care Financing
• Making for-profit health insurance companies
  obsolete
• Claim that health care is a human right

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NY Metro Area Map
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Known Medical School Chapters
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Known Medical School Chapters, and undergraduates
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Known Medical School Chapters, and undergraduates
New York Medical College
Columbia College of Phys and Surgeons
Albert Einstein College of Med
Sophie Davis
Weill Cornell Medical College
SUNY Downstate
Brooklyn College
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Targets For Outreach and Chapter Startup
New York Medical College
Columbia College of Phys and Surgeons
Albert Einstein College of Med
Univ of Med and Dentistry of NJ (UMDNJ)
Sophie Davis
Mount Sinai School of Med
NY College of Osteopathic Med (NYCOM)
Weill Cornell Medical College
NYU School of Med
SUNY Downstate
Brooklyn College
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Briefing by Chapter

• Reconnaissance Photo of Campus
• Known Agents
• Rising Agents
• Briefing of activities

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Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

• Top Agents
• Danny Neghassi (MS4),
• Judy Griffin (MS3)
• Agents to Watch
• Devon Callahan
• Amanda Ramsdell, Naomi George, Victoria Ebiana,
  Emily Baneman

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Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

• Events for 2008-2009
• Student Training Workshop
• Universal Health Care Is The Responsibility of
  the Federal Government Debate
• Sick Around The World Documentary Screening
• 10 Excellent Reasons Discussion with Dr. OBrien

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Student Training Workshop

• Speakers/Trainers Dr. Oli Fein, Dr. Mary
  OBrien, Dr. Laura Boylan and others.
• Attendance
• - 35 Students of health professions

Including Agent A. Accurso
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Health Care Reform Debate

• Universal Health Care is the Responsibility of
  the Federal Governement
• - PNHP Dr. Fein and Theodore Marmor
• vs.
• - Sally Pipes and Dr. Brian Day
• Attendance Approximately 250 people
• Audience in favor of the motion Approximately
  75

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Sick Around The World Screening

• Screened and discussed the PBS documentary
• 50 people in attendance.

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10 Excellent Reasons For National Health Care
Discussion with Dr. OBrien

• Introductory event
• With esteemed author Dr. Mary OBrien

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Bravo Columbia!
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New York Medical College

• Top Agents
• Heidi Gollogly (MS4),
• Kellie Faircloth (MS3)
• Kristen Lee (MS3)
• Agents to Watch
• Ava Isadora Asher (MS2)
• Chapter President

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NYMC PNHP

• 2008-2009 Snapshot

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• Education
• NYMC Lecture series Health Care Policy and
  Reform
• Movie screening Sick Around the World
• Cover the Uninsured Week
• Community Outreach
• Student Run Health Fair
• Health Education
• Blood pressure and BMI screening
• Public Insurance Options/Access Outreach
• Activism
• Letters to Representatives
• STAT

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• Part I. Overview of the U.S Healthcare System
• Introduction to Healthcare in America Our
  Current Prognosis
• Physician's as Catalysts for Change
• Patient Outcomes Within our Current Healthcare
  System
• Part II. Perspectives from Presidential
  Candidates

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• Part III. Perspectives on Healthcare Around the
  World
• Movie Screening Sick Around the World
• Overview on Healthcare Around the World
• Universal Coverage and Better Outcomes An In
  Depth Look at France and German
• Part IV. Conclusions and Reflection
• Focus Group Discussion What practices can the US
  best adopt?

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Bravo NYMC!
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Weill Cornell Medical School

• Top Agents
• Erica Miller (MS3),
• Ethan Brown (MS3), E.B. Fouts
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• Agents to Watch (MS2) Cora Walsh, Kelly Harris,
  Matt McConnell

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Weill Cornell Medical School
Activities Sept. 2008 Activities Fair Oct.
2008 Dinner and Introduction to Single Payer
with Dr. Oli Fein
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Weill Cornell Medical School
Activities Oct. 2008 Co-hosted viewing of
Presidential Domestic Policy Debate with the
Internal Medicine Interest Group Feb. 2009
Dinner and Insurance in Practice Panel
Discussion
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Weill Cornell Medical School
Activities March 2009 Healthcare Reform
Survey of all NYC area medical  students March
2009 First year student elective The Economics
of Healthcare Reform March 2009 Co-sponsored
Cover the Uninsured Week Voices for the Uninsured
Panel with the Weill Cornell Community Clinic and
the Internal Medicine Interest Group
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Bravo Cornell!
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SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn

• Top Agents
• Anthony Accurso (MS4)
• Code Name Grandpa
• Elisabeth Lessenich (MS3)
• Out-going President
• Michael Rose (MS3)
• President
• Abe Young (MS2),
• Agents to Watch
• MS1 Officers
• Cameron Gibson
• Karen Wong
• Alinea Noronha

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SUNY Downstate Activities 2008-09

• Health Care Debate in Clinical Skills Course
• Study Session for Clinical Skills Exam re Health
  Policy terminology
• Cover the Uninsured Week
• Recruitment
• Recurring AMA/PNHP debate
• Single-payer activism
• Call-your-congressperson phone drive

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Downstate Single Payer Summit 2008
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Bravo Downstate!
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM)

• Top Agent
• Ayana Jordan (Ph.D, MS3)
• PNHP Board Member
• Known operatives
• Edgardo Sosa
• Kevin Hsu
• Jo Choi
• David Gross
• Agents to Watch
• Wen Jun Wang
• Victor Lan

PNHP National Attendees (Sited in San Diego,
CA) Andrew Lovy Jeana Radosevich Simon Desjardins
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM)

• Sent three students to the PNHP Student
  Leadership Training and PNHP National
  MeetingOrientation meeting with the first
  yearsCosponsored a talk with Congressman Joseph
  Crowley (rep in Bronx) at Einstein about
  supporting single-payer HR676

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM)

• Cosponsored an event with Einstein Umbrella
• - a group of progressive clubs
• - call attention to lack of access to
  Healthcare and why students need to be involved
  in healthcare reform

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Bravo Einstein!
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Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
Top Agents
Jackie Paulis MS 1 Vice President
Stanton Shek MS 2 Treasurer
Jeny Ng MS 2 Secretary

• Amy Edelstein
• MS 1
• President

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Movie Screenings

• Critical Condition Screening
• October 2008

Sick Around America Screening April 2009
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Comparative Health Care System TripToronto,
Canada

• In April 2008, eleven Sophie Davis students went
  on a 3-day trip to Toronto to see first hand the
  Canadian health care system. Our host was Dr.
  Michael Rachlis, a physician and health policy
  expert.

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Northern Exposure

• In Sept 2008, Dr Rachlis came to New York to give
  a lecture about the Canadian health care system.
  The event was well attended by both students and
  faculty.

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Northern Exposure

• Recently, Dr Rachlis had a piece published by the
  LA Times in Aug 2009.

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Dr Kevin Grumbach

• In April 2009, Dr Grumbach came to Sophie Davis
  as a part of our Rudin Foundation Visiting
  Professor Series. His schedule included a
  lunchtime discussion with students in which PNHP
  Sophie Davis leaders moderated and a presentation
  on primary care addressed to the entire school.

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Bravo Sophie Davis!
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Coordination of Student Chapters Announcing a
New Position
New York Medical College
Columbia College of Phys and Surgeons
Albert Einstein College of Med
Sophie Davis
Mount Sinai School of Med
Univ of Med and Dentistry of NJ (UMDNJ)
NY College of Osteopathic Med (NYCOM)
Weill Cornell Medical College
Brooklyn College
NYU School of Med
SUNY Downstate
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Coordination of Student Chapters Announcing a
New Position
New York Medical College
Columbia College of Phys and Surgeons
Albert Einstein College of Med
Sophie Davis
Mount Sinai School of Med
Univ of Med and Dentistry of NJ (UMDNJ)
PNHP NY Metro Student Coordinator
NY College of Osteopathic Med (NYCOM)
Weill Cornell Medical College
Brooklyn College
NYU School of Med
SUNY Downstate
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Announcing the New PNHP NY Metro Student
Coordinator
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Announcing the New PNHP NY Metro Student
Coordinator
Stanton Shek, MS2 Sophie Davis School of
Biomedical Education
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Bravo to All

• Heres to another year of
• Education and Action
• Anthony Accurso, MS4
• SUNY Downstate