NATMA
NORTH AMERICAN
TAIWANESE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION  

Established 1984



The 27th (2011) Annual Convention of

North American Taiwanese Medical Association (NATMA)

 

Washington DC/ Rockville Hilton MD

September 23-25, 2011(Friday-Sunday)

 

Program Preview


Friday, Sept. 23, 2011

7:00am- 2:00pm Golf Outing (Worthington Manor GC)

Dr. Gerald Lin (林秀嶺)/Steven Lee

1:00pm- 9:00pm    Registration Lobby


 Art and Humanity Series 藝術人文欣賞系列  Coordinator: Dr. Norman Chiou (邱義男)  Roosevelt Room

2:00-3:00 pm
1. Music Appreciation: Dr. Willie Maar (馬作忠) Moderator: Dr. Henry Yu (游宏仁)

3:00-4:00 pm           

2. Photo Appreciation: Stephen C. Hung (洪啟峰) Moderator: Dr. Jia-Huey Yu (林佳惠)

4:00-5:00 pm           

3. Poetry on Painting (詠畫詩): Dr. Luke Kao (高鷹), Dr. Paul Tseng(曾博 義),

Dr. Sam Shee(施哲三) Moderator: Dr. Beverly Tsai (張理美)

http://www.ychiou.com/archive/yearbook2010.html   pp25-26


6:00 pm  Reception dinner   Grand Atrium

8:00pm-10:00 pm “It’s a small world. For fun sharing, everybody is welcome!”

Moderator:   Meishan Chiou 徐梅珊                                  Adams Room

8:00pm-10:00pm Art Exhibition   Dr. Sam Shee             Madison Room


7:30pm-10:30pm       NATMA National Board Meeting

 

Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011                                             Roosevelt Room


8:00am-11:00am  Registration Lobby


8:30am Welcome and Opening Remarks                      Plaza Ball Room

Norman Chiou, M.D.,                President, NATMA

Henry Yu, M.D., DM.D. Ph.D.,    Convention Director

 

Keynote Series: Caring and Living 生命關懷系列講座“ 

                Moderator: Norman Chiou, M.D.

8:40am-9:10am On the making of a good doctor “造就良醫的省思“

Ding-Shinn Chen陳定信 M.D.http://natma.org/conventiondc.html

Distinguished Chair Prof. of Medicine NTUCM(台大醫學院)

Past Dean, NTUCM

Foreign Associate, The National Academy of Sciences

Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

 

9:10am-9:40am Lessons Learned From One’s Career: Reflections and Perspectives

“身心靈的健康:經驗分享”

Ming T. Tsuang 莊明哲, M.D., Ph. D., D. Sc. 

http://natma.org/conventiondc.html

Endowed Chair and Director, Center for Behavioral Genomics,

Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego;

Director, Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics, Boston.

Member, Institute of Medicine, The National Academy of Sciences, USA;

Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

 

9:40am-10:10 AM     Passion for Taiwan, Passion for Life

“熱心愛台灣,熱心愛生命 - 發揚台灣文化”

Hwalin Lee 李華林, Ph. D.

Founder and President of Chuan Lyu Foundation(川流基金會)

http://natma.org/conventiondc/keynoteonphilanthropy.html

 

10:10am-10:30am Break

 

10am:30-11:30am

Mentorship and Transition – Passing the Torch – Action Plan

薪火傳承,跨代對談

Moderator: K. S. Clifford Chao, M.D. (趙坤山)

http://www.weillcornell.org/physician/kscchao/index.html

Chu H. Chang Professors

Combined chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,

Weill Cornell College of Medicine


Panelists :

T-C Wu, M.D. Ph., D. (吳子丑)

Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Department of Pathology, Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology

and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Tom F. Lue, M.D. (呂福泰)

Professor of Urology UCSF

Emil Tanagho Endowed Chair in Clinical Urology

Vice Chair of Urology

Medical Director of the Knuppe Molecular Urology Laboratory

http://natma.org/dcconvkeynotespeakers/cmespeaker.html

Ilin Chuang, M.D. (莊逸琳)

Jennifer Lin, M.D. (林祐妃)

Esther Liu, M.D. (劉怡秀)

Rita Chuang, D.M.D.(莊育玫 )  

http://www.ychiou.com/archive/yearbook2010.html pp23-30

 

11:30am-12:00am Forum on Medical Mission -- Giving back to Taiwan

 

1. Mission highlight 義診回顧 Simon Lin, M.D. 林榮松

2. New Proposal介紹實施方案 Daniel Hsu, D.M.D.許正雄

3. Taita Medical Humanity Museum人文關懷的新據點

Norman Chiou M.D.邱義男


 12:20pm-2:00pm Luncheon Membership meeting Special Program

Plaza Room

Medical Scientific Program (CME credit approved)


Coordinator: Norman Chiou, M.D. President, NATMA


Part I: Moderator: Prof. Ming-Shian Kao, M.D. Chairman, Education Committee


2:00pm-2:30pm “Toward the Elimination and Eradication of Hepatitis B Virus Infection”

Ding-Shinn Chen, M.D

Distinguished Chair Professor of Medicine, NTUCM


2:30pm-3:00pm “Wellness: Genetics and Environmental Factors”.

Ming T. Tsuang, M.D. Ph.D., D.Sc.

University Professor, University of California;

Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry

 

3:00pm-3:30pm “ The Perspectives on HPV Vaccine development “

Tzyy-Choou (TC) Wu, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine


3:30-3:45pm Q&A


3:45pm-4:00pm Break


Part II Moderator: Henry H. Yu, M.D., D.M.D., Ph.D., VP NATMA


4:00pm- 4:30pm “Cancer and Aging - What’s in Common?”

K. S. Clifford Chao, M.D.

Chu H. Chang Professor

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,

Weill Cornell College of Medicine

4:30pm- 5:00 pm “ From Uroandrology to Your Health: A Quest for Excellence “

Tom F. Lue, M.D. ScD (Hon), UCSF

Professor of Urology, UCSF


5:00am- 5:10 pm Q & A


Alternate Program

1. Art exhibition          Artist     Dr. Sam Shee           Madison Room

2. Sponsor booth        9AM-4PM                              Ball Room Foyer


 

3. Financial Management Series                          Roosevelt Room

                Moderator: Charles Tsai 蔡承昌, M.D.       VP NATMA

10:30-11:00 AM Managing Finance after retirement: Pearls & Caveats   By Steven Lee


11:00-11:30 AM “5 Aspects of Wealth Preservation for Physicians”  By Michael Zhuang


11:30-12:00 AM “Wealth Building Strategy”             By Sean Yu


3:30-5:00 PM “Tiger Mom” Discussion 1G Moms invited       2G Program


   Moderator: Ilin Chuang, M.D. 莊逸琳


6:00 PM---8:30 PM Banquet               MC: Dr. Ching-Fu Lin林景福


Photo Session, VIP Guests, Min. Wu吳英毅僑務委員長, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-D),

Scholarship awards, Honorary Awards, Pay tribute, Special Presentation

 

8:30 PM-10 PM Entertainment: MC: Dr. Rita Chuang 莊育玫 Dr. Gary Chuang莊錫卿

  

1. NATMA Anthem(Proposed)---馬水龍曲 賴寅雄詞----指揮 Dr. Sze-ya Yeh 葉思雅

2. 雙人枕頭--------------Mitzi & Mimi Way (華府優秀台美青年才藝獎)

3. Harmonica Solo----- Dr. Patrick Chen 陳彰

4. Ball Room Dance----Drs. Sutek & Haiyee Lie李樹德林海羿(前美國業餘冠軍)

5. Let’s Rock ------------Dr. Daniel Hsu許正雄(學生時代職業歌手)

6. Soprano Solo--------- Hui Ju Chen 陳慧如(曾於台北國家劇院) 張凱晶 伴奏

"Les oiseaux dans la charmille" from Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach

(The doll aria), "In his eyes" from Jekyll and Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-

1894), 歹囝仔 by 蕭泰然, 阿母的頭鬘 by 蕭泰然

7. 大華府台灣合唱團—(曾於林肯中心) 陳慧如 指揮      張凱晶 伴奏

  豐年祭, 火金姑叨位去, 村長伯仔欲造橋, 戀戀北迴線, 抱著咱的夢  

8. Acknowledgement


10:00-10:40 PM    Shall we dance? Music selected by Sutek & Haiyee Lie
“ Remember those nostalgic Waltz etc. of a life time!”

 

Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011                                 Plaza Ball Room

The Best of TASS Program (Taiwanese American Senior Society)  

Coordinator: Dr. Norman Chiou      Associate Coordinator: Dr. Jia-Huey Yu


8:30-9:00 AM 

Dust Storm 沙塵風暴 Si-Chee Tsay, Ph.D.蔡錫琪 NASA Specialist

Moderator: Dr. Jia-Huey Yu 林佳惠


9:00-9:30 AM 
“Religion and Medicine”

Dr. Sze-Ya Yeh 葉思雅 TARSA Founder & President

Moderator: Dr. Che-Yang Huang 黃哲陽


9:30-10:00 AM

“Anti-cancer, Anti-inflammation- to fighting cancer”

Dr. Chin-Cha Cheng鄭錦家

Moderator: Dr. Che-Yang Huang 黃哲陽


10:00-10:20 AM     Coffee Break


10:20-10:50 AM       MCI to Alzheimer disease     Dr. Luke Kao 高鷹

Moderator: Dr. Henry Yu 游宏仁

 

10:50-11:30 AM “Global Mission”

1) ” From Luke to Mackay”                        Dr. Paul Cheng鄭博仁

2) “ End time Christian Medical Mission”      Dr. Scott Changchien張簡吉誠

             Moderator: Dr. Amy Kuo 郭惠美


11:30-12:00 AM   “Taiwan Art & Culture Garden”    

                Dr. Sam Shee 施哲三

                Moderator: Dr. Norman Chiou 邱義男


NATMA
Annual Conference         Sunday                     Roosevelt Room

8:00am-12:00 Noon        

 

Moderators: Dr. Ilin Chuang, Dr. Jennifer Lin

 

1. “Relationship between 1G and 2G – passing the torch” -----More discussion

 

2. “Tiger Mom” Hot topic for further discussion ” myth or reality? What is the work life

balance that 2G is trying to achieve. What should we pass down?”

 

3. “Definition of our generation: what differences in value system, goals do we have,

what defines our generation?”

 

4. “ Taiwanese Culture and Heritage “ – Presentation or Movie

 

5. Career Development-- Academic vs. Private Practice vs. Military

 

6. Report from local chapters

 

 

Post-Convention Tours 9/25-26-27

 

Coordinator: Jia-Huey Yu and HappyJ Tours 珍愛旅遊

414 Hungerford Drive Suite 118 Rockville, MD 20850

TEL: (301)366-6466 Cell: (301)828-8248

Email: HappyTours88@hotmail.com


1. Air & Space Museum II half day tour 9/ 25  1:30 PM : pick   up   at   Hilton


2. Washington DC one day tour 9/ 26     1:30 PM :   pick   up   at   Hilton


3. Mount Vernon / Luray Caverns one day tour 9/ 27  8:30AM: pick up at Hilton

1.   Air & Space Museum II: The   Steven   F.   Udvar-­‐Hazy   Center   near   Washington Dulles International   Airport   is   the   companion   facility   to   the   Museum   on   the   National   Mall. The   building   opened   in   December,   2003,   and   provides   enough   space   for   the Smithsonian   to   display   the   thousands   of   aviation   and   space   artifacts   that   cannot   be  exhibited   on   the   National   Mall.   The   two   sites   together   showcase   the   largest collection   of   aviation   and   space   artifacts   in   the   world.

2.華盛頓首都一日遊:

全天拜訪美國首都華盛頓,一探世界權力中心,行程含國會山莊,白宮,華盛頓紀念碑,

二次大戰紀念碑,傑佛遜總統紀念堂,林肯紀念堂,越戰,韓戰紀念碑,波多馬克公園 ,太

空博物館,自然歷史博物館,約下午5點帶著滿懷的回憶結束這一次愉快的行程.


3.華盛頓故居.鐘乳石洞一日遊:

行經維州鄉間綠茵莊園,山安度河谷,參觀東岸最美的鐘乳石洞,夢幻湖及世界唯一鐘

乳石風琴。續前往華盛頓故居(維農山莊Mt. Vernon)一面河背丘,風景優美佔地500英

畝一位偉人誕生及成長的過程及陵寢。

 

2011 NATMA 27th Annual Convention Information:            

 

Date: 09/23/2011 – 09/25/2011

Convention Site and Hotel:

Washington DC/Rockville Hilton Hotel

(The negotiated group convention rate is $109 plus tax per night, hot breakfast included. The

special group rate also covers the period, 3 days before and 3 days after the convention)

1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852

Phone: 1-301-468-1100; Fax: 1-301-468-0163

Please make your own reservation before Sept. 1, 2011.

Mention event of NATMA and Group Code: NOR

 A block of rooms have been reserved for September 22, 2011 - September 26, 2011. The special room rate will be available until September 1st or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first.

You may go to the following website for online registration and get all the information about transportation, location, charges etc.

http://www.natma.org/dcrockvillehiltonregistration.html


Self- Parking is Complimentary.


Transportation information:

Reagan Airport subway, one transfer, straight to Hotel

From Dulles airport by Taxi or contact hotel for shuttle

Hilton Hotel 301-468-1100

Drs. Henry and Jia-Huey Yu 301-320-6338

 

Mail in Registration:

Mail in your check (payable to NATMA) and registration form to:

 

Kai-Chien Yang, 8322 Delcrest Dr. Apt 3D, St Louis, MO 63124

(Registration Deadline Sep 2, 2011)

 

Refund/Cancellation Policy:

 

Cancellation request should be in writing and postmarked by Sep 9, 2010 to avoid a 10% charge.

Post-Convention Tour: will cancel if fewer than 30 people attend.