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NAMS 2026 Conference
Golden West College · Huntington Beach, California
November 12–14, 2026
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Thursday, November 12
 

8:00am PST

Registration & Breakfast
Thursday November 12, 2026 8:00am - 8:30am PST
Language Arts Resource Center
Registration
Thursday November 12, 2026 8:00am - 8:30am PST
Language Arts Resource Center
  Registration, Registration

8:30am PST

Educator Workshop — How We Teach Medical Spanish Matters: A Hands-On Workshop in Patient-Centered, Collaborative Teaching
LIMITED
Thursday November 12, 2026 8:30am - 11:30am PST
Language Arts – Room 104
Limited Capacity seats available
Workshop
Speakers
PO
LD
AM
CP
Thursday November 12, 2026 8:30am - 11:30am PST
Language Arts – Room 104
  Workshop, Workshop

8:30am PST

Interpreter-Clinician Workshop — ¿Nos entendemos? Strengthening Interpreter–Clinician Collaboration in Complex Clinical Encounters
LIMITED
Thursday November 12, 2026 8:30am - 11:30am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Limited Capacity seats available
Workshop
Speakers
avatar for Silvina de la Iglesia

Silvina de la Iglesia

Center for Clinician Multilingualism
Silvina de la Iglesia is an Authorized POLOM Educator and supports administrative operations at the Center for Clinician Multilingualism. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Medical Spanish. With over 15 years of experience as a language access and... Read More →
JG
MA
Thursday November 12, 2026 8:30am - 11:30am PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  Workshop, Workshop

8:30am PST

Trainee Workshop — Becoming a Medical Spanish Ambassador
LIMITED
Thursday November 12, 2026 8:30am - 11:30am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Limited Capacity seats available
Workshop
Speakers
DM
AD
AS
Thursday November 12, 2026 8:30am - 11:30am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  Workshop, Workshop

11:45am PST

Art Workshop & Lunch — Exploring the Beauty and Trauma of Bringing Language Access to Healthcare
Thursday November 12, 2026 11:45am - 1:30pm PST
Language Arts Resource Center
Workshop
Speakers
CH
Thursday November 12, 2026 11:45am - 1:30pm PST
Language Arts Resource Center
  Workshop, Workshop

2:00pm PST

Opening Plenary — Welcome
Thursday November 12, 2026 2:00pm - 2:10pm PST
Auditorium
Plenary
Thursday November 12, 2026 2:00pm - 2:10pm PST
Auditorium
  Plenary, Plenary

2:15pm PST

Opening Keynote — Más allá de las palabras: Decolonizing Medical Spanish through Critical Consciousness, Empathy, and Advocacy
Thursday November 12, 2026 2:15pm - 2:45pm PST
Auditorium
Keynote
Speakers
CH
Thursday November 12, 2026 2:15pm - 2:45pm PST
Auditorium
  Keynote, Keynote

2:45pm PST

Opening Plenary — Q&A
Thursday November 12, 2026 2:45pm - 3:00pm PST
Auditorium
Plenary
Thursday November 12, 2026 2:45pm - 3:00pm PST
Auditorium
  Plenary, Plenary

3:00pm PST

Coffee & Snack Break
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
Language Arts Resource Center
Break
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
Language Arts Resource Center
  Break, Break

3:30pm PST

O1 — Teaching the Physical Exam Across Spanish Language Proficiency Levels: A Student-Led, Curriculum-Integrated Approach
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:30pm - 3:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
CM
KH
AZ
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:30pm - 3:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:30pm PST

O2 — A Project-Based Approach to Developing Clinical Communication Skills in Spanish for Health Professions Courses
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:30pm - 3:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
MM
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:30pm - 3:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:30pm PST

Featured Panel: The Meaning Behind the Words
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:30pm - 4:15pm PST
Auditorium
Panel • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
MM
avatar for James Moak
DB
DR
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:30pm - 4:15pm PST
Auditorium
  ACCESS, Panel

3:55pm PST

O3 — Enhancing Spanish OSCE Authenticity: Integrating Bilingual Community Health Workers as Standardized Patients
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:55pm - 4:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
VP
KI
LR
MC
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:55pm - 4:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:55pm PST

O4 — An Innovative Approach to Designing the OER Medical Spanish and Cultural Competency for Healthcare Textbook
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:55pm - 4:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Carolyn Nadeau
Thursday November 12, 2026 3:55pm - 4:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

4:20pm PST

O5 — Simulation-Based Assessment of Communication in Medical Spanish: An OSCE Approach to Language Access
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:20pm - 4:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
DR
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:20pm - 4:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

4:20pm PST

O6 — From Provider Perspectives to Pedagogy: Integrating Interviews and Survey Data in Medical Spanish Curriculum
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:20pm - 4:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
SE
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:20pm - 4:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACTION, Oral presentation

4:45pm PST

P27 — POSTER: Building Cultural Competency in Medical Trainees: A Structured Educational Intervention Focused on Latino/Hispanic Patient Care
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

4:45pm PST

P28 — POSTER: Factors Associated With Clinically Significant Weight Loss in a Safety-Net Multidisciplinary Shared Medical Appointment Program
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

Speakers
OC
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

4:45pm PST

P29 — POSTER: Spanish in the Emergency Department Setting
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

Speakers
avatar for James Moak
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

4:45pm PST

P30 — POSTER: AI Patient Simulation to Teach Medical Spanish, a Pilot Study
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

Speakers
DP
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

4:45pm PST

P31 — POSTER: Assessing Demand and Design Considerations for a Medical Spanish Elective at the University of Miami: Towards a Longitudinal Program
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

Speakers
EE
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

4:45pm PST

P32 — POSTER: A Reciprocal Peer Medical Spanish-English Exchange Program for Medical Trainees
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

4:45pm PST

P33 — POSTER: Evaluating Readability of Machine Translations for Emergency Department Discharge Instructions from English to Spanish
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

Speakers
avatar for Nelson Lin
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

4:45pm PST

P34 — POSTER: Breaking Barriers and Building a Sustainable Four-Year Medical Spanish Program at the Georgetown University School of Medicine
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

4:45pm PST

P35 — POSTER: Cafecito: A Case-Based Curriculum to Strengthen Medical Spanish Competency in First and Second Year Medical Students
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building

4:45pm PST

P1 — POSTER: Anxiety and Emotional Eating in Latina Women
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
avatar for Caroline Fox
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P10 — POSTER: A Needs Assessment Survey to Build a Longitudinal Spanish Curriculum and Certification Pathway to Address Gaps in Language Concordant Care Training
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACTION
Speakers
LA
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P11 — POSTER: Clicking Through or Actively Learning? Assessing Engagement with a Third-Party Spanish Learning Resource for Medical Students Based on Baseline Proficiency Level
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACTION
Speakers
LA
DA
EU
AB
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P12 — POSTER: Developing a Scalable, Longitudinal Medical Spanish Curriculum: A Model for Interpreter Collaboration and Bilingual Physician Development
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACTION
Speakers
EJ
JM
KR
AS
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P13 — POSTER: Developing an Applied Medical Spanish Elective for Students With Prior Spanish Proficiency: Evaluation of a Preclinical Curriculum
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACTION
Speakers
JF
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P14 — POSTER: Developing of Medical Spanish Curriculum at UC Davis School of Medicine to Address Language Discordance
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACTION
Speakers
RP
AD
MA
CC
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P15 — POSTER: Enhancing Medical Spanish Confidence Through Peer-Tutoring Case-Based Practice Sessions for Medical Students
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACTION
Speakers
SR
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P16 — POSTER: Mapping Cancer Misconceptions Among Spanish-Speaking Adults: A Qualitative Study to Inform Language-Concordant Cancer Education and Medical Spanish Training
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Fabiha Karim
avatar for Suzie Boyadzhyan
CH
TS
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P17 — POSTER: Teaching the Physical Exam Across Spanish Language Proficiency Levels: A Student-Led, Curriculum-Integrated Approach
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACTION
Speakers
CM
KH
AZ
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P18 — POSTER: Cochlear Implants and American Sign Language: Debates on Language Acquisition of Deaf Children
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
KS
AN
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P19 — POSTER: From Compliance to Equity: Ending Child Language Brokering Through Language Advocacy
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
FP
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P2 — POSTER: Assessing Machine Translation Accuracy for Clinical Communication: English to Spanish vs. English to Armenian
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
AB
LP
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P20 — POSTER: INTEGRA Oral Health: Integrating Navigation Training and Evidence to Guide Responsive Access to Oral Health (IOH)
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
MM
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P21 — POSTER: Indigenous Health Experiences from Veracruz, MX to Western WI
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
EN
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P22 — POSTER: Medical Student Perceptions of Medical Spanish
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
avatar for Alexandra Lopez Vera, PhD, MPH

Alexandra Lopez Vera, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medical Education, California University of Science and Medicine
I am an Assistant Professor of Medical Education at the California University of Science and Medicine, where I serve as Director of the Medical Spanish Program. In this role, I designed and implemented a longitudinal, systems-based curriculum that integrates linguistic proficiency... Read More →
DN
JL
JS
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P23 — POSTER: Multilingual Clinical Learning Collaborative (MCLC)
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
AZ
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P24 — POSTER: Más Allá de la Receta: Addressing Antibiotic Stewardship in Hispanic Communities with Medical Spanish
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
KK
TL
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P25 — POSTER: Más allá de la traducción: Redefining Medical Spanish as a Clinical Tool for Health Equity
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
avatar for Margarita Bolaños-Tinajero
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P26 — POSTER: Piloting KSOM's First Student-Led Medical Spanish Curriculum at an Institution Serving California's Largest Spanish-Speaking Patient Community
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
avatar for Laura Gholmieh
MG
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P3 — POSTER: Caregiver Primary Language and Access to Care at Diagnosis of Pediatric Acute Leukemia
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
MG
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P4 — POSTER: Is Language-Concordant Care a Protective Factor Against Burnout among U.S. Multilingual Physicians?
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
PO
MJ
SA
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P5 — POSTER: Language Equity in Emergency Department Patient Education: A Comparison of English- and Spanish-Language Institutional and Online Resources
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
AC
EM
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P6 — POSTER: Prevalence and Management of Hypertension and Diabetes at Luke's House Clinic: A Retrospective Quality Improvement Study
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
ZV
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P7 — POSTER: The Impact on Spanish Patient Experience for Translation Services in an Underserved Patient Clinic
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
HZ
AM
GS
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P8 — POSTER: The Importance of Language Proficiency in Clinical Approach of Patients with Mental/Behavioral Disorder
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACTION
Speakers
EM
OM
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

P9 — POSTER: Workshop for Resident Physicians: Effectively and Ethically Working with Interpreters
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
avatar for Natalie Vela
DG
ZH
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster

4:45pm PST

Poster Session & Welcome Reception
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
Poster Session & Welcome Reception — all posters are presented during this block.
Thursday November 12, 2026 4:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Multipurpose Room, Criminal Justice Building
  Poster Session, Poster Session
 
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