Improving Medical Volunteer Response
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society in collaboration
with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
| 4:30 p.m. | Welcome &
Announcements
Vanessa Kenealy, JD
Education Coordinator for MSAR |
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| 4:35 p.m. | Opening
Remarks
Paul Biddinger, MD, FACEP
Facilitator
Chair, MMS Committee on Preparedness
Director, Prehospital Care & Disaster Medicine, Director of
Operations, Emergency Department, Massachusetts General
Hospital
Associate Director, Harvard Center for Public Health
Preparedness |
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| 4:45 p.m. | Prepare for Health! An Alternative Approach to
Public Health Preparedness (.pdf, 20 pages)
Ana-Marie Jones
Executive Director, Collaborating Agencies Responding to
Disaster |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Haiti Earthquake: Disaster Response
Lynn Black MD, MPH
Chair, MMS Committee on Public Health
Medical Officer, International Medical and Surgical Response Team
(MSURT)
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital |
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| 6:40 p.m. | Federal Disaster Response: Mobilization and
Coordination (.pdf 8 pages)
Michael R. Milner, DHSC, PA-C
Rear Admiral, Assistant Surgeon General, Chief Health Services
Officer, United States Public Health Service |
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| 7:00 p.m. | Volunteer Response In Massachusetts (.pdf,
9 pages)
Mary Clark, JD, MPH
Director, Emergency Preparedness Bureau, Massachusetts
Department of Public Health |
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| 7:25 p.m. | Preparing Physicians for International Disaster
Response (.pdf, 9 pages)
Stephanie Rosborough, MD, MPH
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's
Hospital
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard School of Public
Health |
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| 8:00 p.m. | Panel
Discussion |
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| 8:30 p.m. | Adjournment |
