 Family
Reunion 7: Families and Health
Conference
Proceedings 
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Agenda
Monday, June 22, 1998
Vanderbilt University Langford
Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee
All Times are Nashville Local/CDT
12:30-12:50 Opening Session,
Langford Auditorium, Vanderbilt Medical School
Welcome
Joe Wyatt, Chancellor, Vanderbilt
University
Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D., Co-Sponsor
and Director of the Children, Youth and Family
Consortium, University of Minnesota
Representative Bill Purcell, Co-Sponsor and
Director of the Child and Family Policy Center at the
Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies
Introduction of Vice President Al Gore and Tipper
Gore
³TEAM GAME,² A film collage, directed by
Jeffrey Cole, Director of the UCLA Center for
Communication Policy Introduced by Vice President Gore
12:50-3:30 ³FAMILY CENTERED HEALTH²
President Clinton, Vice President Gore, Hillary
Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore make remarks and lead a
forum discussion with:
Milagros Batista, Program Manager, ³Best
Beginnings²
Gerri Lamb, RN, Ph.D., FAAN Senior
Corporate Director for Community Services Carondelet
Health Network
Julie Moretz, Chair, Family Advisory
Council, Medical College of Georgia Children's
Medical Center
Irwin Redlener, M.D., Vice President,
Children's Medical Center, Montifiore Hospital,
Director of the Child Health Network and President of
the Children's Health Fund
Ricki Robinson, M.D., MPH, Co-Director,
Descanso Medical Center for Development and Learning,
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, USC
Sheila Savannah, Executive Director of
People in Partnership
James Tallon, Jr. President, United
Hospital Fund
Anthony Watson, Chairman and C.E.O. of HIP
Health Plans
Concurrent sessions
4:00-5:00 ³FAMILY FRIENDLY HOSPITALS²
Vice President Gore leads an interactive session
with 3 remote sites and live participants from Vanderbilt
University Medical Center
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dana Farber Cancer Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical CenterVanderbilt
Children's Hospital and Family Resource Center
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4:00-5:30 Roundtable Discussions
Eleven workshops led by panels of presenters Click
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Held in Classrooms in the Law and Divinity Schools
5:30-7:00 Reception with Vice President and Mrs.
Gore
Welcome by Elliott Moore, Chairman of the
Tennessee Steering Committee for Family Re-Union 7
FAMILY RE-UNION 7: FAMILIES AND HEALTH
Tuesday, June 23, 1998
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Vanderbilt University Langford
Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee
All Times are Nashville Local/CDT
8:30 WELCOME
Harry Jacobson, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for
Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University
Jill Iscol, Ed.D., Chair of Family Re-Union
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Introduction of the Vice President and Mrs. Gore
8:409:50 HEALTH STARTS WITH FAMILIES:
A discussion led by Vice President Gore and Surgeon
General David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
Nancy Dickey, M.D., President Elect,
American Medical Association
Maggie Hoffman, Co-Founder and Co-Director,
Project DOCC
Robert Ross, M.D., Director, Health and
Human Services Agency, San Diego County
John W. Rowe, M.D., President of the Mount
Sinai School of Medicine and the Mount Sinai
Hospital. Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics
Patricia Sodomka, Executive Director,
Medical College of Georgia Hospitals and Clinics
William Stead, M.D., Associate Vice
Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University
Medical Center
9:50-9:55 Introduction by Tipper Gore of Boston
University Film
9:55-10:15 ³FAMILIES AND HEALTH: A CHILD'S VOICE²
Directed and produced by Michael Stevenson
Department of Film and Television, College of
Communication Boston University
10:15-10:25 Remarks by Tipper Gore
³Children's Mental Health and Family Illness²
10:25-12:00 ³COMMITMENTS FOR THE FUTURE FOR
FAMILIES AND HEALTH²
Polly Arango, Founder and Director of
³Family Voices²
Sue Bailey, D.O., Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense
Jordan Cohen, M.D., President and Chief
Executive Officer, Association of American Medical
Colleges
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Administrator,
Health Care Financing Administration
Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D., Director,
Children, Youth & Family Consortium, University
of Minnesota
Carol Flint, Executive Producer and Writer
for ³ER²
Ruby Hearn, Ph.D., Senior Vice President,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Janice Lachance, Director, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management
Stefany PeÒa, Student, LaGuardia High
School for the Performing Arts
Eric Pulier, President and CEO, Digital
Evolution Inc.
Bill Purcell, Director, Child and Family
Policy Center
John Rother, Director of Legislation and
Public Policy, American Association of Retired
Persons
Ralph Smith, Vice President, Annie E. Casey
Foundation
Jon Wagner-Holtz, Founder and CEO, Kids
Konnected
12:00-12:15 Concluding Remarks by Vice President
Gore
12:15 Adjournment
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