REMINDER/Medical Board Launches Physician Loan

Repayment Program to Benefit Underserved Patients.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

REMINDER...for Thurs. (July 17)
--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT: The Medical Board of California will hold a news conference

to describe its new Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program,
which will encourage the provision of physician services in
medically underserved areas of the state, including several
clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area.

WHY: Nearly 7 million Californians have no health insurance. A new

law resulting from AB 982, Firebaugh, Statutes of 2002,
cosponsored by the Medical Board, helps address this issue by
awarding up to $105,000 to newly licensed physicians for
repayment on their student loans. In turn, these culturally
and linguistically competent physicians commit to practice in
designated, underserved areas of the state for a minimum of
three years.

WHEN: Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 2:45 p.m.

WHERE: Mission Neighborhood Health Center

240 Shotwell St.
San Francisco

WHO: United States Surgeon General Richard Carmona, M.D.

Gary Gitnick, M.D., Immediate Past President,

Medical Board of California

Bernard S. Alpert, M.D., Past President,

Medical Board of California

Program awardees from the Bay Area:

Maria Galvez Picon, M.D.
Pam Swedlow, M.D.
Joseph Dodge, M.D.

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