Forum Registration
Note - registration is free but seating is limited
Date - September 20, 2007 (add to calendar)
Location - InterContinental Houston (map)
7:30 am - 8:30 am - Registration & Breakfast
8:30 am - Opening Remarks
2:45 pm - Closing Remarks
Lunch is provided
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Event Agenda - Preparing for Pandemic Influenza
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Registration and Breakfast
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| 8:30am |
Welcoming Remarks
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett
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| 8:45am |
Keynote Presentation: Federal Perspectives on Community Mitigation Interventions for a Pandemic – Issues for Healthcare and Communities
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Lisa Koonin, MN, MPH, Chief, Private and Public Partners Branch
Division of Partnerships and Strategic Alliances, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Speaker Resource |
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Herminia Palacio, MD, MPH, Health Authority for Harris County and Executive Director, Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services |
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| 9:30am |
Local Response to Pandemic Influenza and Recommendations from the Houston-Harris County Committee on Pandemic Influenza Medical Standards of Care
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David Persse, MD, Health Authority for the City of Houston and Director, City of Houston Emergency Medical Services - Speaker Resource
Dwayne Wolf, MD, PhD, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office
Herminia Palacio, MD, MPH - Speaker Resource |
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Mark Fussell, Senior Management Official – Texas, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| 10:45am |
Break |
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| 11:00am |
Healthcare Preparedness: Health and Medical Issues
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Mary desVignes-Kendrick, MD, MPH, Deputy Director and Professor of Management, Policy and Community Preparedness, University of Texas School of Public Health, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness
Arlo Weltge, MD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, and President, Central City Branch, Harris County Medical Society - Speaker Resource
Ralph D. Feigin, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief, Texas Children’s Hospital - Speaker Resource
Sarah Flick, MD, Medical Director, Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County - Speaker Resource
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Robert L. Atmar, MD, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Respiratory Viruses/Environmental Virology Research (Invited)
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| 12:30pm |
Luncheon Keynote: Lessons from SARS – Determinants of Healthcare Workers’ Compliance with Infection Control Procedures
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Elizabeth Bryce, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Director of Infection Control at Vancouver Hospital & Health Science Centre - Speaker Resource
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Herminia Palacio, MD, MPH |
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| 1:45pm |
Continuity of Operations Planning
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Tom Flanagan, Chief Operating Officer of Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center
James Downes, Attorney, Hospital District Division, Harris County Attorney’s Office (Invited)
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David Lopez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Harris County Hospital District |
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Closing Remarks
Edward Septimus, MD, FIDSA, FACP, FSHEA, Medical Director, Clinical Integration, The Methodist Hospital System - Speaker Resource |
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