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

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
 
Friday, November 13
 

11:30am PST

Panel: Using POLOM in Medical Spanish Education: Practical Strategies for Faculty
Friday November 13, 2026 11:30am - 12:25pm PST
Auditorium
Panel • Track: ACCESS
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 →
JC
JG
RM
Friday November 13, 2026 11:30am - 12:25pm PST
Auditorium
  ACCESS, Panel

4:30pm PST

O29 — Humanización, justicia y equidad lingüística en oncología: impacto y resultados de la Cátedra «¿En qué te puedo ayudar?»
Friday November 13, 2026 4:30pm - 4:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
IC
Friday November 13, 2026 4:30pm - 4:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

4:30pm PST

O30 — Increasing professional interpreter use to improve patient outcomes in the non-English preferring patient populations
Friday November 13, 2026 4:30pm - 4:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
avatar for Kimberly Medina
Friday November 13, 2026 4:30pm - 4:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

4:55pm PST

O31 — Language Concordance as a Structural Determinant of Mental Health Equity: Addressing Disparities in Psychiatric Care for Spanish-Speaking Patients
Friday November 13, 2026 4:55pm - 5:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
avatar for Haleema Irfan
Friday November 13, 2026 4:55pm - 5:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

4:55pm PST

O32 — Language Barriers in Maternal Healthcare
Friday November 13, 2026 4:55pm - 5:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
LM
AA
BC
Friday November 13, 2026 4:55pm - 5:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

5:20pm PST

O33 — "They Didn't Tell You Everything": Spanish-Speaking Caregivers' Experiences with Interpretation at Childhood Cancer Diagnosis
Friday November 13, 2026 5:20pm - 5:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
JR

Jenny Ruiz

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Friday November 13, 2026 5:20pm - 5:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

5:20pm PST

O34 — Institutional Accountability and Health Disparities in Care for Spanish-Speaking Patients and Children with Developmental Disabilities
Friday November 13, 2026 5:20pm - 5:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
FP
RL
Friday November 13, 2026 5:20pm - 5:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 106
  ACCESS, Oral presentation
 
Saturday, November 14
 

10:25am PST

O35 — Do Medical Students Actually Improve? Evidence from an 18-Month Required Medical Spanish Curriculum
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
AL
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

10:50am PST

O37 — “It's Very Powerful”: Language as a Complex Asset among Latinx Medical Students and Residents
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
NA
Saturday November 14, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

11:15am PST

O40 — Rotura de menisco [Meniscus tears]: Analyzing Online Spanish-Language Patient Educational Materials on Meniscus Tears
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
AC
EM
JK
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

12:05pm PST

O44 — Plain Language Spanish: Testing Simplified Explanatory Scripts for Low-Literacy Patients
Saturday November 14, 2026 12:05pm - 12:25pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
avatar for Milly Golia

Milly Golia

PhD candidate specializing in research-driven translation, Bureaucom LLC dba Take5steps(c)
Milly Golia is a Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics and Translation at Jaume I University in Valencia, Spain. After earning her Master’s in Legal Translation with a double major in Interpreting and Language Instruction from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina, she also... Read More →
Saturday November 14, 2026 12:05pm - 12:25pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

1:30pm PST

How much does language discordance in healthcare cost? An economic analysis
Saturday November 14, 2026 1:30pm - 1:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS • Invited presentation
Speakers
avatar for Nelson Lin
AS
Saturday November 14, 2026 1:30pm - 1:50pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

3:10pm PST

Virtual Exchange, Real Impact: Developing Clinical Communication Across Borders
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:10pm - 3:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
NA
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:10pm - 3:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation

3:35pm PST

O54 — Communication in Critical Moments: Pregnancy, Childhood, Chronic Illness, and End-of-Life Care
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:35pm - 3:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACCESS
Speakers
avatar for Juana Lucio González

Juana Lucio González

Family Medicine, MD, Clínica de Salud del Valle de Salinas
EM
OM
NC
Saturday November 14, 2026 3:35pm - 3:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACCESS, Oral presentation
 
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