I have not devoted the time to this blog like I planned. Been straddling the space of other things that I must do. I, however, took these few minutes to share some information on a colleague. Perhaps its shame on me for cheating but larks....Anywho read about a colleague of mine as I celebrate his life. He is currently battling cancer.
adapted from Dr. Marco Mason's Desk
Dr. Marco A. Mason is a Medical Sociologist who served on the faculty of colleges and universities, which include a clinical Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Social Work, School of Medicine and School of Health Management and Technology.
Since his arrival to the United States from Panama in the early 1960’s, Dr. Mason achieved distinguished record of leadership as a scholar and community activist. He is a passionate Public Health and Immigration Policy Advocate. As a consultant, Dr. Mason, serves a number of private, public and international organizations. His principal scholarly interests are US Immigration Policy Impact on Ethnic Communities, delivering culturally Competent Services to Ethnic Groups and Patterns of Caribbean Immigration to the United States. He has written extensively on these topics.
Dr. Mason is the recipient of more than 100 awards and citations for “Dedicated service rendered to the Caribbean-American Community” as recognized by the National coverage in special feature story “MARCO MASON: A CHAMPION OF ETHNICITY” February 1998, issue of The Medical Herald, “America’s Premier National Urban Medical Monthly Newspaper”. Marco A. Mason is one of the founding members of the Caribbean Women’s Health Association, where until recently served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman/CEO of the Panamanian Council of New York Inc.
Professional Affiliations
The Caribbean-American Medical and Clinical Association, The Association of Haitian Overseas Physicians, The Caribbean studies association, The Advisory Board of the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Services, Caribbean Research Center at Medgar Evers College; University Hospital of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate Medical CenterVice-Chairman of New York community board # 9, Advisory Board of Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn Hospital, Kings County Hospital, as Vice-Chairman on the Board of Trustees of Interfaith Medical Center, The Boards of the Caribbean-American Comprehensive Community Center, The Caribbean Action Lobby, Board of Governors of the Caribbean Public Health Association, Public Health Association of New York City, The New York Regional Chapter of the National Association of Health Services Executives,
Other Afiliations
Advisory Council of New York State Refugee and Immigrant Health Professional Transition Initiative, New York Immigration Coalition, Advisory Board of Bellevue Hospital’s Occupational and Environmental Health Clinic, Executive Committee of Providence Clinical Society. He served on the Advisory Board of New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, New York City Fatality Review Panel, and New York State Governor’s Advisory Committee for Black Affairs’ Caribbean Immigrants Panel, and the National Resource Person Network of the Office of Minority Health at the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Mason is a technical expert in U.S. Immigration Policy and is duly accredited to practice Immigration Law before the Immigration and Naturalization Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals. He was cited by the US Department of Justice for his “Outstanding services in assisting immigrants with status adjustments.” He is a seasoned global traveler with extensive educational and professional-related international tours throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Sr. Mason serves as a United Nations Social and Economic Council’s accredited delegate to the United Nations International Conferences as official representative of non-governmental organizations.
He served as the Director of the Caribbean Women’s Health’s Association’s International Program, where he has conducted international conferences and field tours to study public health systems and to foster technology transfer and cross-cultural education. He participated in the United Nation’s Global Conferences on: Development in Cairo, Egypt, on HIV/ AIDS in Durban, South Africa, on Women in Beijing and China
