PRESS RELEASE: Call for Presentation Proposals and Save the Date for the National Emergency Management Summit
  • The Leading Forum on Medical Preparation and Response to Disasters, Epidemics and Terrorism
  • March 4 - 6, 2007
  • New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, LA
  • www.EmergencyManagementSummit.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.EmergencyManagementSummit.com

NEW ORLEANS, LA USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- OCTOBER 30, 2006: The National Emergency Management Summit, www.EmergencyManagementSummit.com, March 4 - 6, 2007 at the New Orleans Marriott in New Orleans, LA. Announced today a call for presentation proposals.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SUMMIT PRESENTATION PROPOSALS
Individuals interested in making presentation proposals for the National Emergency Management Summit may submit a proposal by clicking here. Proposal should be submitted on or before Friday, November 10, 2006 in order to be considered.


SUMMIT OVERVIEW:

An extraordinary confluence of events - environmental, epidemiological and geopolitical - have coalesced to create a heightened risk of natural disaster, epidemic and terrorism in the United States. The National Emergency Management Summit seeks to assess these risks and articulate practical approaches to medical preparation and response to disasters, epidemics and terrorism .

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS TO DATE
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, Ph.D.
President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Director, Emergency Medical Services Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
John Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington, DC
Dennis S. O'Leary, MD
President, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Marc K. Siegel, MD
Associate Professor, New York University School of Medicine, Fellow, Master Scholars Society, New York University, Author, Bird Flu: Everything You Need To Know About The Next Pandemic, New York, NY

FEATURED FACULTY TO DATE
Michel Aboutanos, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, International Trauma System, Development Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

M. Nan Alessandra, Esq.
Partner, Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, LA

John H. Armstrong, MD
Assistant Professor, Acute Care Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Coletta C. Barrett, RN, MHA, FAHA
Vice-President, Mission, Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Debra E. Berg, MD
Medical Director, Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY

Barbara Bisset, RN, MS, MPH, Ph.D.
Director of Emergency Services Institute, WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, NC

Janice C. Blanchard, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University, Doctoral Fellow, Pardee RAND Graduate School, Washington, DC

Debra Cascardo, MA, MPA
President, Cascardo Consulting Group, Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine, Armonk, NY

Antonio Dajer, MD
Interim Chief of the Emergency Department, New York University Downtown Hospital, New York, NY

Marc Goldstone, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Tenet Health System, Fort Lauderdale, FL
 Barry S. Herrin, Esq.
Partner, Smith Moore LLP, Atlanta, GA

James C. Kendig, MS, CSE, CHSP, CHCM, HEM, LHRM
Vice President, Safety, Security, Parking, and Clinical Transportation Services, Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, FL

Kristi L. Koenig, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician, UCI Medical Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

Barry Lachman, MD
Medical Director, Parkland Community Health Plan, Dallas, TX

Joanne Langan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Doisy College of Health Sciences, Saint Louis University, Co-author, Preparing Nurses for Disaster Management, St. Louis, MO

Colleen A. Monahan, DC, MPH
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Director, Center for the Advancement of Distance Education, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Il

Stephen S. Morse, Ph.D.
Founding Director, Center for Public Health Preparedness, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Adjunct Faculty, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY

Sally Phillips, RN, Ph.D.
Director, Bioterrorism Preparedness Research Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD

Mitchell Saruwatari, MPH
National Director, Healthcare Continuity Management, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

Carl H. Schultz, MD
Emergency Department, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
SUMMIT EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:

For sponsorship and exhibit information contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, 215-599-6626 phone, 215-545-8107 fax, or at joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.

CONGRESS REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Register online at www.emergencymanagementsummit.com/registration.html, call 800-684-4549, email registration@hcconferences.com or write:

    Emergency Management Summit Office
    7790 Barberry Ave.
    Yucca Valley CA USA 92284
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