Conference - Healthcare Challenges in Taiwan: Opportunities & Successes
At UCLA, Bunche Hall
Sunday, September 12, 2004
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
UCLA
6275 Bunche Hall
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA present a half-day conference, "Healthcare Challenges in Taiwan: Opportunities & Successes."
THE BATTLE AGAINST SARS: TAIWAN'S EXPERIENCE
TWU SHIING-JER, MD, MPH, PhD (Vice Chairman, Forum, National Health Research Insitutes; Visiting Professor, Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes; former Minister of Health, Taiwan)
TAIWAN'S NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE: SUCCESSES & CHALLENGES
JASON WANG, MD (Pardee RAND Graduate School and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA)
ERNEST YEN, MD (Assoc. Prof., David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA)
Panel Discussion: TAIWAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO IMPROVING WORLD HEALTH
Moderator: Lee H. Hilborne, MD, MPH (Professor of Pathology and Director of the Center for Patient Safety & Quality, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA)
Panelists:
Steven Asch, MD, MPH (Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for Health Service Research, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, UCLA, and Policy Analyst, RAND)
Thomas J. Rosenthal, MD (Professor of Urology and Associate Vice Chancellor, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA)
Yunxiang Yan, PhD (Professor of Anthropology, UCLA)
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
Traveling on 405-N or S, exit at Wilshire Blvd. East
Go East on Wilshire Blvd. to Westwood Blvd.
Turn left (north) on Westwood Blvd.
Continue north on Westwood Blvd., and enter UCLA campus
Proceed to UCLA Parking and Information booth (in the middle of Westwood Blvd.) to purchase a Parking Permit ($7) and for directions to Parking Lot 3 and Bunche Hall
Drive from Parking and Information booth to Lot 3. From Lot 3, there will be signs directing you to Bunche Hall.
Supported by: An Education Grant from the Government Information Office (GIO), Taipei, Taiwan
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Cost: Free and open to the public
Special Instructions
Reservations appreciated: 310 825-8683
Tel: 310- 825-8683
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies, School of Medicine, North American Taiwan Medical Association (NATMA)
