We are pleased to announce that Dr. Winston Wong, MD, MS will be the 2013 Forum’s keynote speaker!  Dr. Wong serves as Medical Director, Community Benefit, at the California-based Kaiser Permanente where he is responsible for developing partnerships with communities and agencies in advancing population management and evidence based medicine, with a particular emphasis on safety net providers and the elimination of health disparities.  Dr. Wong also continues his work as a physician in a small practice in Family Medicine at Asian Health Services in Oakland, CA.

If you are interested in getting a glimpse of Dr. Wong we recommend viewing the following clips:

Speech from “All School Day 2013: Does Wealth Mean Better Health?” [Begins at 15:13 and ends at 56:18]
As a self-proclaimed health policy “wonk,” Dr. Wong speaks to the University of Southern California’s School of Social work about topics such as health disparities and health care expansion under the Affordable Care Act.

Winston Wong, MD: Kaiser Permanente’s Support for Safety Net Organizations
Dr. Wong discusses the necessity to invest and strengthen safety net leaders in preparation for health care reform and the growing population of the newly insured.