NATMA
NORTH AMERICAN
TAIWANESE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION  

Established 1984

2011年北美洲臺灣人醫師協會年會報名單

NATMA 27th Annual Convention

Name of Member

□Dr. □Mr. □Mrs. □Ms. (English) ___________________ (Chinese) _______________________

Specialty: ______________ School/Year of Graduation: ______________________□ Class Reunion

Address: _____________________________________ Email: _____________________________

Phone: ___________________ Cell Phone:___________________

Accompanying Guest(s)

□Dr. □Mr. □ Mrs. □Ms. (English) ___________________ (Chinese) ______________________

□Dr. □Mr. □ Mrs. □Ms. (English) ___________________ (Chinese) ______________________

Registration Fees

Registration*

Unit Charge

# of Persons

Subtotal

Early Bird                

$65

 

X

$

After Aug 15st , 2011

$80

X

$

Non-member physician

$90

X

$

Dining Options (Member/Guests)   □ Vegetarian X ______

9/23 (Fri.) Reception Dinner

$50

X

$

9/24 (Sat.) Luncheon

$40

X

$

9/24 (Sat.) Annual Banquet

$80

X

$

Tours and Activities (tips are included in all fares)

9/25 Half day tour Air-Space Museum II

$15

X

$

9/26 Washington DC one day tour

$55

X

$

9/27 Mount Vernon/Luray Caverns one day tour

$95

X

$

Subtotal

$

Donation (A letter to acknowledge your contribution will be sent to you.)

$

Total (Make one check payable to NATMA)

$

*50% discounted registration for graduate student, resident or fellows. Meal not included.

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

The 27th (2011) Annual Convention of

North American Taiwanese Medical Association (NATMA)

Washington DC/ Rockville Hilton MD

September 23-25, 2011(Friday-Sunday)

 

                                            Program Overview

 

Friday, Sept. 23, 2011

 

7 AM--1PM Golf Outing (Worthington Manor GC)--- Dr. Gerald Lin/Steven Lee

2-5 PM Art and Humanity Series          

     1. Opera Appreciation: Dr. Willie Maar

     2. Photo Appreciation: Stephen C. Hung                    

     3. Poetry on Paintings: Dr. Luke Kao, Dr. Paul Tseng, Dr. Sam Shee  

6:00-PM     Reception dinner

8-10 PM     Welcome, introduction, fun sharing                      

7:30-10:30 PM     Board Meeting

9-10 PM     Art Exhibition

Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011

820-830AM     Welcome and Opening Remark  

8:30-10:00 AM Keynote Series on “Caring and living“ (生命關懷講座系列)

1. “ On the making of a good doctor “--“造就良醫的省思“

                 Ding-Shinn Chen, M.D.(陳定信)

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

Past Dean, NTUCM

Foreign Associate, The National Academy of Sciences, USA;

Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

2. “ Lessons Learned from One’s Career: Reflections and Perspectives”

       “身心靈的健康:經驗分享“

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

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 

3.“ Philanthropy to Taiwanese Culture”“熱心愛台灣,熱心愛生命”

               Hwalin Lee, Ph.D. (李華林)

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

10:30-11:30 AM

4. “ Mentorship and Transition- passing the torch –Action Plan”

         “ 薪火傳承, 跨代對談”

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

     Chu H. Chang Professor

     Combined Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology

     Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,

     Weill Cornell College of Medicine

Panelists:

Prof. T-C Wu,M.D.,Ph.D. 吳子

     Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
     Department of Pathology, Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology

     and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

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

Ilin Chuang,M.D., Jennifer Lin,M.D., Rita Chuang,D.M.D., Esther Liu,M.D.

11:30-12:00AM

5. Medical Mission: Giving back to Taiwan.

義診回顧--- Simon Lin, M.D.

介紹實施方案--- Daniel Hsu, D.M.D.

人文關懷的新據點---Norman Chiou M.D.

12:20-2:00 PM     Luncheon   Annual Membership meeting

2-5 PM   Scientific Program: CME

I. CME   Mod. Prof. Ming-Shian Kao, M.D.

   1. “Toward the Elimination and Eradication of Hepatitis B Virus Infection”

               Prof. Ding-Shinn Chen, M.D. NTUCM

   2. “Wellness: Genetics and Environmental Factors

               Prof. Ming T. Tsuang , M.D., Ph. D., D. Sci. UCSD

   3. ”Perspectives on HPV vaccine development“

              Prof. Tzyy Choou (T-C) Wu, M.D. Ph.D. JHUSM

II. CME   Mod: Henry H. Yu, M.D., D.M.D., Ph. D.

     4. "Cancer and Aging - What's in Common?"

                 Prof. K. S. Clifford Chao, M.D. Columbia UCPS, Weill Cornell CM

5. “ From Uroandrology to Your Health: a quest for excellence “

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

Alternate Program

10:30-12:00 AM Financial Management

   1. “Managing Finance after retirement“: Pearls & Caveats       Mr. Steven Lee

   2. " Five Aspects of Wealth Preservation for Physicians"          Mr. Michael Zhuang

   3. “Wealth Building Strategy”                                                     Mr. SeanYu

 

2:00-3:30 PM   Spouse Program: Women’s Care Q&A Impromptu Panelists            

3:30-5:00 PM   2G Program “Tiger Mom” discussion   Mod: Dr. Ilin Chuang

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

   Photo, VIP, Scholarship awards, Recognition, Special presentation

8:30-10:00 PM Entertainment:     MC: Dr. Rita & Gary Chuang

NATMA Anthem (Proposed)---Dr. Sze-ya Yeh     conductor

雙人枕頭------Mitzi & Mimi Way

Harmonica Solo ----- Dr. Patrick Chen

Ball Room Dance--- Drs. Sutek & Haiyee Lie

Let’s Rock & Roll--- Dr. Daniel Hsu

Soprano Solo--------- Hui Ju Chen

Greater Washington Taiwanese Chorus---Hui Ju Chen    conductor

Acknowledgement

10:00-10:30 PM Shall we dance? Ad lib     Music selected by Drs. Lie

Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011

8:00-12:00 AM   TASS Program

1. Dust Storm                                Dr. Si-Chee Tsay

2. MCI to Alzheimer disease         Dr. Luke Kao

3. “Taiwan Art & Culture Garden” Dr. Sam Shee

4. Religion and Medicine              Dr. Sze-Ya Yeh      

5. Global Mission—1) “From Luke to Mackay”   Dr. Paul Cheng

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

6. Anti-cancer, Anti-inflammation- A story of fighting cancer   Dr. Chin-Cha Cheng

Sunday   NATMA-2G Annual Meeting   8-12 AM

(Tentative Schedule) Mod: Ilin Chuang, M.D. and Jennifer Lin, M.D.

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

2. “Tiger Mom ” Hot topic for discussion ”

3. “Definition of 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

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                     8:30AM: 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 half day tour 

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. Visitors to the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center admire the Monocoupe 110 Special Little Butch and other aircraft hanging from 10-story-high trusses.

2. Washington DC one day tour

Visit the US capital – Washington DC, Capital Hill, White House, Washington Monument , Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War memorial, Iwo Jima Memorial, Vietnam war memorial, Pentagon, Potomac Park, Air space museum, Nature History Museum, Watergate building…. 


3. Mount Vernon / Luray Caverns one day tour   

Depart from Maxim Chinese Grocery Store at Rockville Pike.(460 Hungerford Drive) Pick up the rest of passengers at China Town DC Starbuck cafe at the corner of 7th St. and H St. Then transfer to Luray Caverns “Hear Rocks Sing “in this subterranean wonderland as you experience the haunting sounds of the world’s largest musical instrument, The Great Stalacpipe Organ & Sparkling lakes reflect a myriad of fantastic forms. Than go to Mt. Vernon. Here, you’ll explore history first hand and get to know the ”real” George Washington .You’ll share his panoramic view from the windows and see the bed in which he died. And more….Return to Washington DC.