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NAMS 2026 Conference
Golden West College · Huntington Beach, California
November 12–14, 2026
Venue: Language Arts – Room 105 clear filter
Thursday, November 12
 

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

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

3:55pm 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

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
 
Friday, November 13
 

10:25am PST

O7 — El familismo y la salud latina
Friday November 13, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION

Speakers
GM
AM
Friday November 13, 2026 10:25am - 10:45am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

10:50am PST

O9 — Bridging the Gap Between Training and Practice: Spanish for Health Professions and the Realities of Patient Communication
Friday November 13, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
EH
EG
Friday November 13, 2026 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

11:10am PST

O11 — Piezas de un mosaico: A Longitudinal Model of Medical Spanish Enhancements During Residency in North Carolina
Friday November 13, 2026 11:10am - 11:30am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
JC
LH
MM
ME
Friday November 13, 2026 11:10am - 11:30am PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

11:40am PST

O13 — Más que Palabras: The Impact of Student Spanish Proficiency on Patient Experience
Friday November 13, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
PO
LD
MI
Friday November 13, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

12:05pm PST

O15 — Accuracy or Connection? What the Brain Reveals About Medical Spanish Communication
Friday November 13, 2026 12:05pm - 12:25pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
AM
Friday November 13, 2026 12:05pm - 12:25pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

1:45pm PST

O17 — Implementing Language-Congruent Medical Training Pathways in California Medical Training Programs
Friday November 13, 2026 1:45pm - 2:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Margarita Loeza
RR
Friday November 13, 2026 1:45pm - 2:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

2:10pm PST

O19 — Médicos que hablan español: Who and where are they?
Friday November 13, 2026 2:10pm - 2:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
PO
MT
Friday November 13, 2026 2:10pm - 2:30pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

2:35pm PST

O21 — Preparación para la comunicación en salud: un enfoque comunitario y crítico en la enseñanza del español
Friday November 13, 2026 2:35pm - 2:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
AA
Friday November 13, 2026 2:35pm - 2:55pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:00pm PST

O24 — Access in Action: Bilingual Reference Guides as a Service Learning Project
Friday November 13, 2026 3:00pm - 3:20pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
JR
Friday November 13, 2026 3:00pm - 3:20pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

3:25pm PST

O26 — The Confidence Illusion: AI Interpreting, Patient Safety, and Language Access in Clinical Care
Friday November 13, 2026 3:25pm - 3:45pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
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 →
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 →
Friday November 13, 2026 3:25pm - 3:45pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

3:50pm PST

O28 — Health Perceptions Among Spanish-Speaking Patients
Friday November 13, 2026 3:50pm - 4:10pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ADVOCACY
Speakers
CP

Carmen Pérez-Muñoz

Wake Forest University
AS
Friday November 13, 2026 3:50pm - 4:10pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ADVOCACY, Oral presentation

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

4:55pm 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

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
 
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

11:40am PST

O42 — More Than Words: Building Intercultural Competence and Empathy in the Spanish for Health Professions Classroom
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
JS
Saturday November 14, 2026 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, 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

1:55pm PST

O48 — Evidencia desde la perspectiva de estudiantes de medicina y odontología al servicio de una comunidad bilingüe sobre el impacto de la instrucción de español en la formación en salud
Saturday November 14, 2026 1:55pm - 2:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
AR
GG
NM
JN
Saturday November 14, 2026 1:55pm - 2:15pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

2:20pm PST

O50 — Comparing Medical Student Performance in English and Spanish Standardized Patient Encounters
Saturday November 14, 2026 2:20pm - 2:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
CL
PO
Saturday November 14, 2026 2:20pm - 2:40pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, Oral presentation

2:45pm PST

O51 — Kidney Screenings and Medical Spanish: A Unique Community-Engaged Collaboration
Saturday November 14, 2026 2:45pm - 3:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
🗣 ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Oral presentation • Track: ACTION
Speakers
avatar for Shria Ajay
PM
Saturday November 14, 2026 2:45pm - 3:05pm PST
Language Arts – Room 105
  ACTION, 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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