MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Annual Meeting & Ethics Seminar

CHA of Texas will be hosting its Annual Meeting & Ethics Seminar on August 22, 2008 at the Austin Airport Marriott South.

A memorial and liturgy for Monsignor William Broussard will be held prior to the start of the seminar from 9:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Seminar Topics Include:

• Catholic Health Care – Laying the Foundation for the 21st Century
  Speaker: Jack Glaser, Senior Vice President for Theology & Ethics, St. Joseph Health System
• Advance Directives – Meeting the Challenges
  Speaker: Ron Hamel, Ph.D., Senior Director of Ethics, Catholic Health Association of the United States
• Palliative Care – The Compassion Factor
  Speaker: Ryan R. Nash, MD, Director, Balm of Gilead, Jefferson Clinic, P.C.
• Community Benefits – Building a Strategy, Perceptions, Practices & Trends
  Speaker: Michael Bilton, Executive Director, Association for Community Health Improvement
• Political Environment
• Advocacy Roundtable Discussion - Trends in Catholic Health Care

View the tentative seminar agenda