Media Contacts
Courtney Fray, AADMD
479.200.3030
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National Conference in Rochester Next Week Will Focus on Improving Healthcare for People with Disabilities
Joseph Shapiro
NPR News Investigations Correspondent
is
a Keynote Speaker --
50+ panel discussions, workshops and breakout sessions w/ national health experts
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The AADMD is teaming up with Golisano Foundation, the nation’s largest foundation dedicated to helping people with IDD, to address this situation at its annual 4-day conference to be held this year in Rochester, NY May 9-12.
The conference,
One Voice for Inclusive Health
, will bring together around 300 industry leaders and IDD professionals fro across the U.S. and Canada. Held at the Hyatt Regency Rochester with a Pre-Conference on Oral Health at the University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health, attendees will hear from top keynote speakers, meet companies paving the way for inclusive health, participate in more than 50 topical panel discussions, workshops and breakout sessions and network with medical professionals dedicated to inclusive healthcare.
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Featured speakers include:
- Award-winning investigative journalist - Joseph Shapiro of NPR, whose recent series reported that people with intellectual disabilities are victims of some of the highest rates of sexual assault.
- Chairman of the National Council on Disability - Neil Romano
- CEO of Special Olympics - Mary Davis
- Executive Director of the Golisano Foundation - Ann Costello
- Commissioner of the NYS Office for Persons with Developmental Disabilities - Theodore A. Kastner, MD, MS
- U.S. Representative Joseph Morelle from New York’s 25th Congressional District
- And many more.
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Dr. Stephen Sulkes
, President of the AADMD and Professor of Pediatrics at Golisano Children’s Hospital in Rochester, says, “Our dynamic program will be drawing key leaders from across the country to discuss the health disparity facing people with IDD and to create a strategy to change this. We hope that our meeting in Rochester, inspired by the legacies of Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, and David Satcher, will unleash the same passion and commitment.”
Registration & More Information
The conference will be offered for CME, CDE, and Nursing credit. Other professionals may receive certificates for CME or CDE and submit them to their professional bodies. Often these are recognized for purposes of continuing education credit.
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Oral Health Pre-Conference
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New this year - and included in registration - is the One Voice for Oral Health Pre-Conference.
Held on May 9th, the day before the conference, participants will hear from medical, dental and industry professionals working together to end the healthcare disparities facing people with IDD (Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities).
Attendees will be able to tour
Eastman Institute for Oral Health
’s
new state-of-the-art collaborative care center - where medical and dental students work together on patients with IDD.
Event Hosts:
- Eli Eliav, DMD, MSc, PhD — Director of Eastman Institute for Oral Health and Vice Dean for Oral Health within the School of Medicine and Dentistry at University of Rochester
- Ann Costello — Executive Director of the Golisano Foundation
- Steve Sulkes, MD - Professor of Pediatrics, Golisano Children’s Hospital, President of AADMD
Participants can earn 6 CE credits.
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About AADMD
Founded in 2002,
AADMD
is a non-profit organization of interdisciplinary medical professionals committed to improving the quality of healthcare for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). American Academy of Developmental Medicine & Dentistry (AADMD) is a non-profit organization of interdisciplinary medical professionals including physicians, dentists, optometrists, neurologists and other clinicians committed to improving the quality of healthcare for people with IDD.
Since 2002, the AADMD has connected clinicians across the world and prepared them to face the unique challenges in caring for people with IDD. The organization provides curriculum to schools, IDD training for clinicians and specialized information to families and caretakers in language that is easy to understand. Above all, AADMD aims to make sure that no person with IDD is left without access to quality health services.
About Tom Golisano and the Golisano Foundation
B. Thomas Golisano — entrepreneur, philanthropist, and civic leader — is the founder and chairman of the Board of
Paychex, Inc.
,
headquartered in Rochester, New York. Mr. Golisano has demonstrated an ongoing dedication and commitment to a variety of civic issues and organizations. In 1985 he launched his first philanthropic endeavor by establishing the
Golisano Foundation
, which awards grants to organizations providing opportunities for those with intellectual disabilities. His personal philanthropic contributions to hospitals, educational institutions and other organizations have totaled approximately $300 million.
The
Golisano Foundation
is now one of the largest private foundations in the nation devoted exclusively to opening doors to opportunity, changing negative perceptions and stereotypes, and forging unprecedented partnerships to ensure individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities have pathways to personal dignity, independence and the best possible expression of their abilities and talents throughout their life
times. With more than $40 million in gross assets, it has awarded more than $24 million in
grants
, about $2 million annually, to non-profit organizations in
Western NY and New York's Finger Lakes Region and Southwest Florida
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