Agenda

November 18

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

• Russell Robertson, M.D., Chair

8:40 a.m.

Comments of Welcome

• HRSA and Bureau Senior Management

9:00 a.m.

Presentation on the AAMC and the Physician Workforce

• Darrell G. Kirch, M.D.
  President and CEO
  Association of American Medical Colleges

9:45 a.m.

Panel Presentation

Does the Nation Have the Right Number and Mix of GME Slots?

• Edward Salsberg, M.P.A.
  Senior Associate Vice President and Director
  Center for Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges
• Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D.
  Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy
  George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
• Robert Phillips, Jr., M.D., M.S.P.H., facilitator
  Vice Chair, COGME

11:15 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m.

Presentation of Bureau of Health Professions Physician Workforce Studies in Development

• Tim Dall
  Vice President, the Lewin Group
• Sandra Karen
  Chief Operations Director
  Office of Workforce Policy and Performance Management, BHPr
• Charles Roehrig, Ph.D.
  Vice President, Altarum Institute

1:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 p.m.

Presentation on the Adequacy of the General Surgery Workforce

• Thomas Russell, M.D., F.A.C.S
  Executive Director
  American College of Surgeons

2:30 p.m.

Presentation on a Primary Care Recruitment Initiative

• Patrick Dowling, M.D.
  Department Chair of Family Medicine
  University of California, Los Angeles

3:00 p.m.

The Role of MedPAC in Health Reform—Implications for COGME

• Francis J. Crosson, M.D.
  Vice Chair, Medicare Payment and Advisory Commission

3:30 p.m.

The State of Health Reform in Legislation; Implications for COGME

• Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D.

4:30 p.m.

Public Comment

4:45 p.m.

ADJOURN

November 19

7:30 a.m.

Convene in Writing Groups for COGME’s 20^th Report

10:30 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m.

Plenary Discussion

12:00 a.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Re-convene in Writing Groups

3:00 p.m.

Plenary Discussion of Near Final Drafts

4:00 p.m.

Public Comment

4:15 p.m.

ADJOURN