Join the Question and Answer Session with Dr. Donald Warne, Director of Sanford Office of Native American Health, as he discusses Health Policy and Research 

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at 9PM EST

Call in @ 1-408-600-3600, code# 625 657 964 or join our online meeting at this link. Meeting password: Gallstone

Taken from the Sanford Health website: 

Sanford Health announced today the hiring of Donald Warne, MD, MPH as the Director of the newly created Sanford Office of Native American Health. “Dr. Warne brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership on Native American healthcare,” said David Link, Senior Executive Vice President of Sanford Health. “Don will be responsible for coordinating activities among Sanford Health, tribal communities and the Indian Health Service to facilitate improvement of Native American healthcare. These activities will focus on, but not be limited to healthcare delivery and healthcare research.” Dr. Warne most recently served as s the Executive Director of the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board in Rapid City. In addition, he is an adjunct clinical professor at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law where he teaches American Indian Health Policy. Dr. Warne is a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from Pine Ridge, and comes from a long line of traditional healers and medicine men. He received his medical degree from Stanford University in 1995 and his Master of Public Health from Harvard University with a focus on health policy in 2002. Dr. Warne is a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) and he is a Diplomate of both the American Board of Family Practice and the American Board of Medical Acupuncture. He has completed fellowships in Alternative Medicine from the Arizona Center for Health and Medicine and in Minority Health Policy from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Warne’s work experience includes several years as a primary care and integrative medicine physician with the Gila River Health Care Corporation in Sacaton, AZ and three years as a staff clinician with the National Institutes of Health in Phoenix where he conducted diabetes research and developed diabetes education and prevention programs in partnership with tribes. Dr. Warne’s professional activities have included: Senior Fellow, American Indian Health Policy, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy, University of New Mexico Health Policy Research Director, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona President of the Board, Native American Community Health Center, Inc in Phoenix President and CEO, American Indian Health Management & Policy, Inc Member, Advisory Council on Indian Health Care, State of Arizona Chair, Traditional Cultural Advocacy Committee, Phoenix Indian Medical Center Co-Chair, Native Research Network Co-Chair, Bio-sciences Institutional Review Board, ASU Member, National Institutional Review Board, HIS Member, Board of Directors, Society of Shamanic Practitioners Member, Association of American Indian Physicians

Upcoming Speakers

On Tuesday, March 20th Dr. David Baines will speak about the balance between modern and traditional medicine

Past Speakers

Dr. Erik Brodt (January 2012)

Dr. Yvette Roubideaux (June 2011)

Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord (March 2011)

Dr. Kathleen Annette (February 2011)

Conferences

AAIP National Health Conference: "Fostering Sustainable Strategies to Create Healthy, Active Native Communities.” March 13th-14th, 2012 San Diego, CA (Hilton Gaslamp)

AAIP and the Four Corners Alliance will host the Spring Pre-Admission Workshop (PAW) March 22-25, 2012 to be held at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. Scholarships are available to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing a career in the allied health or medicine. Deadline for submission of all materials is February 5, 2012. For more information, contact AAIP at 405-946-7072 or email Ms. Rachel Crawford at rcrawford@aaip.org.

The Kennedy Krieger Institute announces the Public Health Training Initiative for students: Maternal Child Health Careers Research Initiatives Program for Student Enhancement-Undergraduate Program; and the James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program. For more information please visit their website or call 1-888-554-2080. Applications due by February 14, 2012; Program start date: May 29, 2012.

The 41st Annual AAIP Meeting has been set to take place in Anchorage, Alaska from July 31st through August 5th, 2012. "Advancing Native Health and Wellness" will be the central theme of the conference. The Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparaties Research will hold its conference co-jointly with AAIP. This will mark the first time Native Hawaiian physicians and American Indian physicians will come together to share research and ideas on Native health and wellness."

Speaker Series

If you have suggestions for speakers you'd like to hear, email us at anams1975@gmail.com.