Speaking Schedule ~ 2009 

March 25-28, 2010 - Keynote Speaker, Providence Fulbright Enrichment Seminar, Global Challenges, Local Solutions: Fostering Change through Social Entrepreneurship

March 5, 2010 - Grand Rounds,  Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 

December 10, 2009 - United Nations Human Rights Day, URI Feinstein Campus, Providence, RI.

October 31, 2009 - Keynote FMEC Rye New York, Primary Care as Health Policy

October 27, 2009 - United Nurses & Allied  Professionals Leadership Retreat, Providence, RI. "Sate & Federal Health Care Reform Efforts"

October 23, 2009 - Keynote: Generations Family Health Center 25th Year Anniversary

September 9, 2009 - Keynote: HealthCare M&A and Business Development, Atlanta, GA "Health Care Reform: What Works, What Doesn't and What to Expect. A Roadmap for the Perplexed."

July 24, 2009 - Virginia Beach, Virginia. Virginia Academy of Family Physicians. "Direct Medical Practice Networks"


May 2, 2009 - New England Institute of Technology. RI Occupational Therapy Association ( keynote) "The Nature of Health"


April 4, 2009, Keynote address Rhode Island Occupation Therapy Association, Warwick RI


March 10, 2009, LISC Community Health Forum, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Michael Fine, author of "The Nature of Health" and a leading health policy advocate
and Constance Howes, President and CEO of Women and Infants Hospital. Discuss challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Rhode Island's health care system and what this all means for low income residents. 

March 26 2009  Washington DC  Society of Primary Care Policy Fellows, National Assocaition of State Legislaures -- Universal Primary Care n-- Shovel Ready Health Care Reform

February 4, 2009 - Southern RI Human Resources Group Meeting. Taco Inc, Cranston, RI. 7:45 a.m.

February 25, 2009 -- Brown University Department of Community Health, Health and Society - "Primary Care in 2009"

February 26, 2009, Department of Family MedicineFranklin Square Hospital Center Baltimore, Maryland:
Discussion of Direct Medical Practice. 

  • Michael Fine-Managing Director, Rhode Island Family Physician's Access Alliance LLC with speakers:

  • Barbara Starfield MD, MPH- professor of health policy and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. Internationally known for her work in primary care; Primary Care: Concept, Evaluation, and Policy and Primary Care: Balancing Health Needs, Services, and Technology,

  • Peter Beilenson, Howard County Health Officer-Healthy Howard


January, 2009 Plenary presentations 2008 STFM: NorthEast Region meeting Plenary Presentations:www.fmec.net

January 29, 2009 - Eastland Park Hotel , Portland Maine for Martin's Point Health Care "Direct Medical Practice Networks "

2008
February 12, 2008 - Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine Grand Rounds. "The Nature of Health"

February 25, 2008 - Bryant College, North Smithfield Rhode Island. "The Nature of Health"

February 27, 2008 - Brown University Department of Community Health, Health and Society - "Primary Care in 2008"

March 21, 2008 - Kent Hospital, Warwick Rhode Island. "Prostate Cancer in African American Men"

March 10, 2008 Twin Oaks Restaurant, for the Rhode Island Tourism and Hospitality Association. "HealthAccessRI"

April 21, 2008 North Scituate Public Library Scituate Rhode Island Annual Meeting. "The Nature of Health"

May 31, 2008 Met School, Providence Rhode Island. African Association of Rhode Island. African Health Summit. "HealthAccessRI"

June 6, 2008 Crown Plaza Hotel, Warwick, Rhode Island. Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting. "Prostate
Cancer in African American Men"

June 7, 2008 Crown Plaza Hotel, Warwick, Rhode Island. Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting. John Cunningham Professorship. "Family Physicians in Rhode Island - Yes We Can!!

June 18, 2008 Crown Plaza Hotel, Warwick, Rhode Island. Rhode Island Cancer Control Coalition. "Cancer Survivors - The Primary Care Perspective"

September 23, 2008 University of Massachusetts Family Medicine Grand Rounds. "The Nature of Health"

September 24, 2008 University of Rhode Island, Kingston Rhode Island. "Health Disparities in Rhode Island"

October 30 and 31, 2008. Convention Center, Baltimore Maryland. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Northeast Region "Health Care for the Homeless" and "Direct Medical Practice"

November 1, 2008 Convention Center, Baltimore Maryland. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Northeast Region "Direct Medical Practice" (Keynote Speaker)

December 9, 2008 Fatima Hospital, North Providence Rhode Island. For the North Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce

Speaking 2007
March 2, 2007 -- Brown University Department of Community Health, Health and Society - "Primary Care in 2007"
August 16, 2007 - Alpert Medical School Brown University/Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Grand Rounds. "The Nature of Health"
September 15, 2007 - PACC Advocacy Retreat, Alpert Medical School Brown University. (Keynote) "Physician Advocacy"
September 26, 2007 - Crown Plaza Hotel, Warwick RI. Public Forum, for Blue Cross of Rhode Island "The State of Primary Care"
October 3, 2007 - The Inn at Castle Hill, Newport, Rhode Island. For The Rhode Island Foundation Board of Directors "A Primary Care Trust for Rhode Island"
October 14, 2007 - The Foreman Center, Rhode Island College. For Plan RI. "Health Is About Relationships" Keynote Speaker
October 20, 2007 - Hilton Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, For The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Northeast Regional Meeting. "The Nature of Health"
October 25, 2007 - Veterans Administration Hospital, Providence Rhode Island. For the Alpert Medical School Brown University Department of Dermatology Grand Rounds. "Whose Out There"
November 2, 2007-- Crown Plaza Hotel, Warwick RI. National Alliance on Mental Illness. "The Nature of Health" Keynote Speaker
November 2, 2007 - Texas State Capitol, Austin Texas. Texas Book Fair. "The Nature of Health"
November 7, 2007 - Meharry Medical School, Nashville Tennessee. Medical Grand Rounds "The Nature of Health
November 10, 2007 - Ashville North Carolina. Collaborative Family Health Care. "The Nature of Health
December 1, 2007 - Providence Public Library, Hope Street, Providence Rhode Island. "The Nature of Health"
December 13, 2007 - Rhode Island Association of Health Centers, Clinical Manager's Meeting. "The Nature of Health"