All times are in Eastern Time unless otherwise noted.
2024 National Leadership Conference
June 6–June 8
$99.00 – $500.00| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | Breakfast and Hill Visit Orientation & Training |
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Check-In and Light Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 10:30 am | Food and Drug Administration 101: How the agency’s processes, policy, and funding impact physicians |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 pm | What do courts have to do with it? The impact of litigation on the FDA, and physician |
| 12:15 – 1:15 pm | Networking lunch |
| 1:15 – 2:45 pm | The absence of progress: why clinical trial diversity still lags behind, and still matters |
| 2:45 – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 – 4:30 pm | Reclaiming your voice: the value of clinical perspectives “inside the beltway” |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00 – 10:00 am | Registration & Check-In |
| 9:00 – 10:30 am | PLENARY #1 Physician Activism and Leadership: A New Call to Action with Kavita Patel, MD, MS |
| 11:00 – 12:30 pm | Simultaneous Breakout Sessions # 1 |
| Access to Affordable Care | The Affordable Care Act – Paths Forward and Legal Challenges |
| Community Healthy & Prevention | Unleashing the Power of Public Health: Maximizing Its Potential for a Healthier Future |
| Health Justice & Equity | Time to Fight: Encroachment on Reproductive Rights |
| 12:30 – 1:45 pm | Lunch Featuring Copello Fellowship Advocacy Presentations |
| 1:45 – 2:45 pm | PLENARY #2 Beyond Profit: Restoring Compassion and Integrity in Medicine with Ellena Stinson, MD, MPH, MBA |
| 2:45 – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 – 4:30 pm | Simultaneous Breakout Sessions # 2 |
| Access to Affordable Care | FDA Approval: What Happens Next? |
| Community Healthy & Prevention | GVP: Loaded Threats: Exploring the Deadly Intersection of Domestic Violence and Firearms |
| Health Justice & Equity | The Impact of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy – Scientific and Legal Aspects |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Hill Visit Orientation & Training |
| 5:00 – 5:30 pm | Break |
| 5:30 – 8:00 pm | Evening Dinner |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | Breakfast and Hill Visit Orientation & Training |
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Travel to DC |
| 9:00 – 12:00 pm | Legislative Visits |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch on your own |
| 1:00 – 3:30 pm | Advocacy Activities with DC Community Based Organizations (Social & Advocacy Event Committee) |
| 3:30 – 4:30 pm | Travel back to hotel |
| 4:30 pm | Evening Free Time (he NLC Social & Advocacy Event Committee will provide options for free time activities) |
| Time | Activity | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:30 am | Breakfast with the Board (Pinnacle) | |
| 9:30 – 10:30 am | Special Guest (Details coming soon) | |
| 10:30 – 12:00 pm | (3 simultaneous) Breakout Sessions # 3 | |
| Access to Affordable Care | Civic Engagement 101 for Physicians | |
| Community Healthy & Prevention | Prescribing Wellness: The Role of Medicine in Substance Use Disorder Treatment | |
| Health Justice & Equity | Breaking the Cycle: Mental Health and Re-entry after Incarceration | |
| 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Lunch (Social & Advocacy Event Committee) Pinnacle | |
| 1:30 – 2:30 pm | PLENARY #4 Physician Leadership and Starting a Movement | |
| 2:30 – 6:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 – 5:00 pm | DFA Board of Directors Meetingtd> | |
| 6:00 – 7:00 pm | Social Hour | |
| 7:00 – 8:00 pm | Dinner & Fireside Chat (Special Guest) announcement coming soon | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 pm | Founders Awards | |
| 8:30 – TBD | Party! Party! Party! |
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
Doctors for America
Reclaim Your Voice of Medicine
Join us in Washington, DC where we will be Reclaiming the Voice of Medicine at our 2024 National Leadership Conference. Learn from national and regional experts to hone your advocacy skills on topics like reproductive rights, gun violence prevention, strengthening the FDA, Medicaid expansion, drug pricing, gender affirming care and more!
Programming and Activities
Our 2024 National Leadership Conference (NLC) is IN PERSON this year and we are excited to share all the great programming and activities we have in store! Conference attendees will receive:
- CME (pending)
- Work on an advocacy project with community based organizations in DC
- Solidarity with other like-minded people like you
- FUN!
Your Stay
Relax and recharge in comfortable, modern rooms and suites featuring fresh, inviting décor and light-filled living spaces.