Physicians and Patients Advocacy Summit 2024: Reclaiming the Profession of Medicine from Corporate Practice

Join us for an important meeting with CAL/AAEM in Partnership with Take Medicine Back!

Parking at location will be free!

Registration Rates

Online registration will be opening soon!

Refundable Early Bird Registration (by January 18, 2024):

Cal/AAEM Full Voting Member $25
Non-Member $40
Cal/AAEM Associate Member $15
Cal/AAEM Resident* $10
Cal/AAEM Medical Student* $10

Refundable Regular Registration (January 19 – January 28, 2024):

Cal/AAEM Full Voting Member $30
Non-Member $50
Cal/AAEM Associate Member $20
Cal/AAEM Resident* $15
Cal/AAEM Medical Student* $15

Evening Happy Hour Reception Registration $15 – ticket required to attend.

*Cal/AAEM membership for Residents and Medical Students is free. Any Non-Member Residents and Medical Students will need to sign up for Free CAL/AAEM membership before completing their registration for this event.

Registration FAQ’s:

Online registration will close at 11:59pm PT on Saturday, February 3, 2024. For anyone who fails to register by the deadline of February 3rd, onsite registration will be available.

All attendees will be eligible to receive a 50% refund of their registration fee if they attend the event. Event attendance is tracked onsite by attendees signing-in at the registration desk during the event. Registration refunds will then be processed for eligible attendees within 30 days following the end of the event. Please note: the $15 Happy Hour Reception Ticket fee is excluded from this registration refund policy.

Tentative Schedule of Events

7:30am-7:45am PT Breakfast in the Lobby

Welcome & IntroductionsJesse Borke, MD CPE FAAEM, CAL/AAEM President; Mitchell Louis Judge Li, MD FAAEM, Founder of Take Medicine Back

AAEM Presidential AddressState of AAEM and Advocacy Jonathan S. Jones, MD FAAEM, AAEM President

KEYNOTE SpeakerBrendan Ballou – Plunder: Private Equity’s Pillage of Medicine, Panel with Sailesh Konda, MD

Whiteboard PresentationThe Corporate Practice of Medicine, US Representative Katie Porter (Video)

Breakout #1

Plenary Session #1

KEYNOTE Speaker – History of the Corporate Practice of Medicine – Mitchell Louis Judge Li, MD FAAEM and Hayden Rooke-Ley, Esq.

AAEM-PG Lawsuit /CPOM – Robert M. McNamara, MD MAAEM FAAEM, Panel: David Milstein, Esq.; Hayden Rooke-Ley, Esq.; Robert M. McNamara, MD MAAEM FAAEM; Mark Reiter, MD MBA MAAEM FAAEM; and Sailesh Konda, MD

12:00pm-12:15pm PT Boxed Lunch

Breakout #2

Plenary Session #2

KEYNOTE Speaker – Due Process – Retaliation Against Physicians – Ming Lin, MD FAAEM and Amish Shah, MDPanel: William T. Durkin, Jr., MD MBA MAAEM FAAEM; Vicki Norton, MD FAAEM; Leah Davis, MD; and Jamie Kuo, MD FAAEM

Breakout #3

Plenary Session #3

Announcement – Senator Elizabeth Warren (Video) Encore Panel

Closing CommentsMitchell Louis Judge Li, MD FAAEM and Jesse Borke, MD CPE FAAEM

5:00pm – 6:00pm Happy Hour and Appetizers