Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Roundtable Sessions University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
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Roundtable E Race, class, and human rights: How structural inequalities affect health

University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
Tuesday, September 23, 2008: 4:15 PM-6:00 PM, Minn Marriott, 8th Floor - Excelsior/Lafayette

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Program: Roundtable Sessions


David G. Perdue, MD, MSPH , Minnesota Gastroenterology P.A., University ofr Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Medicine Lake, MN
    University ofr Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
    Minnesota Gastroenterology P.A.
    228 Peninsula Road
    Medicine Lake MN, USA 55441

    Phone: 763-545-8367
    Email Address: perdu001@umn.edu

    Biographical Sketch:     Dr. David Perdue divides his time between clinical practice with Minnesota Gastroenterology P.A. in Plymouth, MN and health disparities research. A member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Dr. Perdue’s research is aimed at decreasing colorectal and other gastrointestinal cancer disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native populations. He currently has active research projects involving Native cohorts in the Northwest, Northern Plains and Alaska. In addition he co-chairs the Minnesota Intertribal Colorectal Cancer Council and the Minnesota Colon Cancer Task Force. He is also a member of both the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center and the Mayo Clinic’s Spirit of Eagles Cancer Research Network. Dr. Perdue attended the University of Washington School of Medicine where he participated in the Native American Health Pathway. During this experience he externed with the Seattle Indian Health Board, spent several months traveling with a traditional healer, and conducted research with the CDC’s Arctic Investigation Program in Anchorage, Alaska. He completed his internal medicine and gastroenterology training at the University of Minnesota where he subsequently spent 3 years on the faculty.
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