CAMS Research Seminar

Are we healthier? --Chinese Community Stroke Studies and 2015 SPARCS Data

Past stroke studies of the Manhattan Chinese community will be reviewed. Data from the latest 2015 Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) were extracted in an attempt to examine stroke incidence, and subtypes from CAIPA’s Chinese patient populations in several hospitals.

Hopefully, this exercise will show what health information can be extracted from public records, and how it can be used to benefit our patients. It may give us an insight as to which CAIPA data is useful, what we should focus on, and what can be expected from our own data set. The critical question is how to define health, and whether our community is underserved, or is healthier despite the lack of official attention.

Speaker:
Sun-Hoo Foo, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology
NYU School of Medicine

Sun-Hoo Foo, MD graduated from National Taiwan University Medical College. He is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at the NYU School of Medicine. He was the Director of Neurology, and member of the Board of Trustees at New York Downtown Hospital. He cofounded and serves as vice president of CAIPA and also serves in other CAIPA affiliated organizations. He was the past president of CAMS & FCMS. He has published peer review research papers on stroke studies of NYC Chinese Americans. He was co-investigator of NIH grants, which included the Chinese-American Cardiovascular Health Assessment (CHA CHA). He also co-translated several books, such as Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams, and co-founded the Medicine and Health World magazines in Taiwan.

A light dinner will be provided. Seating is limited to 25.

Dinner & Check-in: 6:30PM

Presentation Begins: 7:00PM

Tickets will be sent through Eventbrite. If you do not receive a ticket confirmation, please contact our office at 212-334-4760 or email jli@camsociety.org

PASSWORD: Research918

Visit - https://cams-research918.eventbrite.com
Event Password - Research918