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California’s Latino Doctor Crisis: Policy Briefing in Oakland Jan. 15
Latinos Are 40 percent of State’s Population but Grossly Underrepresented among Physicians
While Latinos represent California’s largest ethnic group at nearly 40 percent of the population, they comprise just 11.6 percent of graduating physicians across California’s medical schools. In a state where nearly 44 percent speak a language other than English at home, California remains critically short of physicians prepared to address the needs of patients whose English is limited.
On Jan. 15, The Greenlining Institute will join with the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California and UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Initiative to host a policy briefing and networking reception focusing on this growing crisis, the reforms necessary to solve it, and potential opportunities in working with California’s new governor and state legislature to find policy solutions to these disparities.
Scheduled speakers include: Orson Aguilar, president, The Greenlining Institute; Sonja Diaz, executive director, UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative; Dr. Jeffrey Reynoso, executive director, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California; Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, associate professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Carmela Castellano-Garcia, president and CEO, California Primary Care Association and Berenice Núñez Constant, vice president, government relations, AltaMed Health Services Corporation.
Space is limited, so those wishing to attend should register right away. The meeting will be held at the Greenlining Institute, 360 14th Street, first floor, Oakland, CA, from 4:30- 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments and a no-host bar will be available at the beginning of the event. To register, please click HERE.
For those who cannot attend, the event will be live-streamed through Greenling’s Facebook page.
