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Summit Agenda

Thursday, September 27, 2012 (8:30am - 5:45pm)

7:30am - 8:20am

Forsyth Medical Center Registration

9:00am - 9:30am

Greeting from the United Nations and the Description of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for Women’s Health

9:30am - 10:30am

Empowering Women and Girls to Lead Healthy Lives

10:30am - 11:30am

Women’s Healthcare From a Global Perspective

11:45am - 12:30pm

Access to Healthcare for Women in the United States: Effective, Affordable, Convenient?

12:30pm - 2:00pm

Tapestries of Hope Film Clips and Luncheon Speaker

2:00pm - 3:15pm

Cross-Cultural Barriers to Healthcare: The Global Experience for Women

3:30pm - 4:15pm

When Women Leave “Home”: Health Care Disparities for Migrant Women

4:15pm - 5:30pm

Cross-Cultural Differences: When Spirituality and Religion Influence Women’s Health

7:00pm - 9:30pm

Evening Movie: Tapestries of Hope Full version with discussion led by director and the main character, Michealene Cristini Risley

 

Friday, September 28, 2012 (8:30am - 5:45pm)

7:30am - 8:30am

Forsyth Medical Center Registration (7:30am - 8:20am)

9:00am - 10:00am

International Maternal and Child Mortality

10:00am - 10:45am

Public Policy and Advocacy for Women’s Health

11:00am - 11:45am

Women’s Cancer from a Global Perspective: Prevention, Diagnosis and Cure

11:45am - 12:30pm

Obstetrical Complications: Cross Cultural Perspectives on Fistulas and Genital Mutilation

12:30pm - 2:00pm

The Perils of Refugee Camps for Women and Children: A Lunch Time Speaker & Discussion

2:00pm - 2:45pm

The Biology of Gender

2:45pm - 3:45pm

Global Feast and Famine: How Obesity and Malnutrition Impact Women’s Health

4:00pm - 5:45pm

Human Trafficking and Violence Against Women: A Dilemma for Healthcare Providers

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Evening Movie: The Whistleblower Full Version with discussion led by book's author, Kathryn L. Bolkovak (7:00pm - 9:30pm)

 

Saturday, September 29, 2012 (8:00am -12:30pm)

7:30am - 8:00am

Forsyth Medical Center Registration (7:30am - 8:00am)

9:00am - 10:30am

Media and Women’s Health: Can Women Trust Television, Print and Radio

10:45am - 12:00pm

Public Policy and Advocacy for Women's Health: The World of Internet and Social Media

12:00pm - 12:45pm

A Network of Resources: Using Innovation to Improve the Lives of Women

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Evening Event: Maya Angelou Center for Women's Health and Wellness Presents An Evening Celebration of Women

Speakers List

  • Grace Akallo, MA
    Executive Director
    United Africans for Women & Children Rights

    Louise Allen
    Assistant Professor of Biology
    Winston Salem State University

    Oyinlola T. Babatunde, PhD, MPH, RD
    Assistant Professor
    East Carolina University

    Kathryn Lucille Bolkovac
    Former U.N. International Police Force Monitor
    Author The Whistleblower

    Melanie Herrera Bortz, MPA
    Principal - MHB Consulting, LLC
    Community Activist

    Kathie Cho, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Virginia Commonwealth University

    Paul Cuadros, BA, MA
    Assistant Professor
    University of North Carolina

    Safiya George Dalmida, PhD, APRN-BC
    Assistant Professor
    Emory University

    Jacqueline R. Daniels
    Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer
    Novant Health

    Beth Dehghan, BS
    Executive Director
    WomenNC

    M. Susan Dobyns, MA, MDiv
    Pastoral Psychotherapist

    Sharon Engebretson, BA, MDiv
    Director, Department of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education
    Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

    Cindy Farmer, BS
    Anchor
    WGHP TV FOX 8

    Denise Franklin, MBA
    Founder & CEO
    Denise Franklin Enterprises

    Sharon S. Gentry, RN, MSN, AOCN, CBCN
    Nurse Navigator
    Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center

    Laura Gilkey, BLA, RN
    Producer, Writer, Host of "Maternally Yours,"
    WSLR 96.5 LPFM Community Radio

    Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, RN
    Associate Director
    Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health

    Barbara Glickstein, RN, MPH, MS
    Co-Director Center for Health, Media & Policy
    Hunter College City University of New York

    Matthew J. Gymer, DM
    Corporate Director of Innovation
    Forsyth Medical Center

    Chere Chase Gregory, MD
    Director for Neurosciences and Neurocritical Care
    Forsyth Medical Center

    Carol Hanner, BA
    Managing Editor
    W-S Journal

    Constance Smith Hendricks, PhD, RN, FAAN
    Professor
    Auburn University, School of Nursing

    Linda Higdon, BFA
    President and Founder
    Global Room for Women, Inc.

    Eleanor Hinton Hoytt
    President & CEO
    Black Women's Health Imperative

    Cheryl Ingram
    Founder & Executive Director
    E-Girls

    Margaret Johnson, BS
    Anchor
    WXII TV 12

    Allen Joines, BA, MPA
    Mayor of the City of Winston-Salem

    Patricia Bailey-Jones, DD
    Founder
    Master's Touch Ministries Global, Inc.

    Candace Kugel, FNP, CNM
    BPHC/HRSA Clinical Consultant
    Migrant Clinicians Network

    Elizabeth Freeman-Lambar, MSW, MPH
    Program Director
    North Carolina Farmworker Health Program

    Evelyn L. Lewis, MD, MA, FAAFP
    Chief Medical Officer
    The Steptoe Group, LLC

    Jeff Lindsay
    President of Forsyth Medical Center

    Sallye Liner
    Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer
    Novant Health

    Carley Lovell, MSN, MA, WHNP-BC, RN
    Clinical Instructor
    Virginia Commonwealth University

    Betty Makoni, BA
    Chief Executive Officer
    Girl Child Network World Wide

    Tracy McCain, MA, BA
    Anchor
    WFMY TV News 2

    Jessica L. McKinney, PT, MS
    Director
    Center for Women's Health and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

    Denise Mihal
    Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Greater Winston-Salem and Eastern Market
    Novant Health

    Eva M. Moya, PhD, LMSW
    Assistant Professor
    The University of Texas at El Paso

    Holly A. Muir, MD
    Chief, Women's Anesthesiology
    Duke University Medical Center

    Zoeann Murphy, BFA
    Visual Media

    Maura Busch Nsonwu, PhD, MSW, LCSW
    Assistant Professor
    North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

    Doris Páez, PhD
    Executive Director
    Forsyth Futures

    Cynthia Y. Paige, MD
    Medical Director
    Cypress Health Institute of N.J.

    Dr. Faye Cobb Payton, PhD
    Associate Professor, Information Systems
    North Carolina State University

    Jane Reckelhoff, PhD
    Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor
    University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Michealene Cristini Risley, BA
    Author, Director, Writer
    Tapestries of Hope

    Kirsten Royster
    Vice President Cardiac Services
    Forsyth Medical Center

    Denise Scotto, BFA, MA, JD
    Founder
    Global Legal Strategies

    Daphne K. Sharpe RN, DNP, FNP-C
    Assistant Professor of Nursing
    Winston-Salem State University

    Pam Silberman, JD, DrPH
    President and CEO
    North Carolina Institute of Medicine

    Mary  E. Singletary, RN, BA
    President
    National Council of Women of the United States

    Elizabeth Skinner, MD
    Gynecological Oncologist
    Piedmont Hematology/Oncology Associates

    Ann L. Smith, MSN, RN, NNP-BC
    Director of Women's Services
    Maya Angelou Center for Women's Health and Wellness

    Kelly Swanson
    Motivational Speaker

    Shirley Thoms
    Director
    USCRI North Carolina

    Dhananjay Vaidya, PhD, MBBS, MPH
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University

    Alex C. Vidaeff, MD, MPH
    Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Texas Children's Pavilion for Women

    Imani Walker
    Executive Director
    The Rebecca Project for Human Rights

    L. Lewis Wall, MD, D.Phil, M.Bioeth
    Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Washington University School of Medicine

    Cyrene Wright, MD
    Medical Doctor

    B. Robert Zawrotny, JD
    Associate Attorney
    Novant Health