Native American Program, Cabazon California - Taking Control of Your Diabetes Conference & Health Fair

MORONGO CASINO RESORT
Saturday, April 28, 2007

Pre Registration is now closed. Please register on site on Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m.
Press Release
Exhibitor Info for Pre-Registered Health Fair Participants

9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
On Site Registration
Breakfast
Visit Health Fair Exhibits

10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
MORNING SESSION I

10:00 a.m.
Drumming by the Bearspring Singers
Welcome and Introduction
Conference Co-Directors
Margo D. Kerrigan, MPH, (White Earth Band, Chippewa) California Area Director, Indian Health Service

Dawn M. Philips, RN, CDE, (Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa) California Area Diabetes Consultant

10:10 a.m.
Morning Blessing by Kathryn Saubel
Steven V. Edelman, MD, Diabetologist, TCOYD Founder and Director, Living well with diabetes

10:20 a.m.
The Future in Diabetes Treatment is Here and Now!
Steven V. Edelman, MD, Diabetologist, TCOYD Founder and Director, Blood brother with diabetes

11:20 a.m.
Traditional and Modern Perspectives on Diabetes in American Indians
Don Warne, MD, MPH, CDE (Oglala Lakota Sioux), a Family Medicine Doctor and Certified Diabetes Educator who lives and practices medicine in Tempe, Arizona

11:50 p.m.
Laughing About Diabetes the Native Way!
Drew LaCapa, Comedian, Actor (Apache Hopi Tewa)

12:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Buffet Lunch
With music by Darryl Tonemah (Apachi Hopi Tewa)

Visit Health Fair

Rez Robics
with Pam Belgarde (Turtle Mountain Chippewa, North Dakota) and Drew LaCapa (Apachi Hopi Tewa), featured in "Rez Robics for Couch Potato Skins"

One-on-one Discussions
This is your opportunity to sit down one-on-one with the experts to talk about being healthy with diabetes, get your eyes and feet examined, and get your blood sugar tested.   The faculty of experts is the team from the Diabetes Program at Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc.
•  Ask A Doctor
      with Grace Song, MD, Director of Clinical Services

•  Nutritional Counseling
      with Marcia Ruhl, MS, MHA, MPH, RD, Dietitian

•  Foot Screening
      with Kendall Shumway, DPM, Podiatrist

•  Fitness Counseling with Antonia Barrett, BS, CHFI, CJI, Certified Health Fitness Instructor

•  Eye Screening
      for diabetic eye disease with Ray Vega, Community Health Representative

•  Stress and Depression Counseling
      with Heather Mercer, PsyD, DrPH, Diabetes Psychologist

•  Ask a Diabetes Educator
      with Glendy Chen, MPH, RD, CDE, Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator

•  Blood Sugar Screening
      with Darlene Lynch, RN, Nurse Case Manager, and Tiffany Hackworth, Medical Assistant

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m..
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
I Know What I'm Supposed To Be Doing, So Why Aren't I Doing It?
Darryl Tonemah, PhD, (Kiowa/Comanche/Tuscarora) Health Behavior Change Specialist, Director Health Promotion Programs at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, and an excellent singer/songwriter!

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Preventing Amputations in Native Americans with Diabetes
Ingrid Kruse, DPM, Podiatrist, San Diego, CA

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The Effects of Historical Grief and Trauma on Native American Health
Ann Bullock, MD (Cherokee Nation, North Carolina), Endocrinologist
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
CLOSING SESSION

Meeting the Challenges of Managing Diabetes Within Our Cultural Practices
Panel Discussion and Questions from the audience and with Don Warne, MD; Ann Bullock, MD; Darryl Tonemah, PhD; and Kham Vay Ung, DPM; Moderator Steven Edelman, MD

4:00 p.m.
Closing Prayer

LOCATION
Morongo Casino Resort
49500 Seminole Drive
Cabazon, CA 92230
(800) 252-4499 or (888) MORONGO

PARKING IS FREE at the casino.

REGISTRATION FEE
$20 per person
$15 per person when 2 or more register together

GROUP INFORMATION
Space is limited at this event. If you are organizing a group of 10 or more, please call TCOYD as soon as possible to get your group registration started.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Call the TCOYD office (800) 998-2693 or
(858) 755-5683 ~ Fax (858) 755-6854
If you have special needs, please call TCOYD.

Steven V. Edelman, MD
Diabetologist Founder and Director, Taking Control of Your Diabetes Professor of Medicine UCSD School of Medicine VA Medical Center, San Diego