Conference Speakers
Plenary Speakers
Robyn
Gershon, MHS, DrPH
Associate Professor, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
WTC Evacuation
Rachel Hunt, CCLS
Director, Child Life/Child Development, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA
Children of Responders
Mary des Vignes-Kendrick, MD, MPH
Deputy Director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness, Professor,
Management, Policy and Community Health, The University of Texas School of Public
Health at Houston
Public Health Response at the Astrodome
Kelly Klein, MD
Assistant Professor, Section of EMS, Homeland Security & Disaster Medicine,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Division of Emergency Medicine
NDMS Activation in a Public Health Response
Kristi
L. Koenig, MD, FACEP
Director of Public Health Preparedness at the University of California
at Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine
Moderator: NDMS Activation in a Public Health Response
Aileen
M. Marty, MD, FACP
Special Assignment, Battelle Memorial Institute, Office of Homeland Security
NDMS Activation in a Public Health Response
Michael Proctor, MD
Senior Advisor for Healthcare and EMS, U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
Center for Domestic Preparedness, Regional Director of Extramural Training,
The University of Texas Health Science Center atHouston
NDMS Activation in a Public Health Response
Kathy Rinnert, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern
at Dallas Department of Surgery; Division of Emergency Medicine Section of EMS,
Disaster Medicine, and Homeland Security Associate Medical Director, Emergency
Medical Services Director, EMS/GEMSS Fellowship Programs Director, EMS Curriculm
NDMS Activation in a Public Health Response
Kim Saruwatari, MPH
Chief, Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Branch, Bioterrorism Coordinator,
Riverside County Department of Public Health
Children of Responders
Mitch Saruwatari, MPH
Interim National Director, Healthcare Continuity Management, Kaiser Permanente
Children of Responders
Umair
Shah, MD, MPH
Deputy Director, Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services
Public Health Response at the Astrodome
Paul
E. Sirbaugh, DO, FAAP, FACEP
Associate Director, Section of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Associate Medical Director, Emergency
Center and Director, Prehospital Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital; Assistant
Medical Director, City of Houston Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services
Public Health Response at the Astrodome
Raymond
E. Swienton, MD, FACEP
Co-Director of EMS, Homeland Security and Disaster Medicine Section and Associate
Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
at Dallas, Co-Founder and Board Member National Disaster Life Support Foundation
NDMS Activation in a Public Health Response
Samuel
Stratton, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California,
Irvine; Adjunct Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School
of Public Health
Surge Capacity
Breakout Speakers
Laura
Biesiadecki, MSPH
Senior Program Manager, Public Health Preparedness, Association of Schools of
Public Health
ASPH Resource Center
Dickson
Diamond, MD
Director of Psychological Programs for Bioterrorism, Los Angeles County Public
Health Bioterrorism Preparedness Program
Mental Health of Disaster Responders
Garry
Flake, MS
Director, Humanitarian Emergency Response, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints
Faith-Based Disaster Response
Michael
Fraser, PhD
Deputy Executive Director, NACCHO
EQUIPh
Lance
Gable, JD, MPH
Senior Fellow, Center for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and John's
Hopkins Universities
Legal Issues and Deployment of Volunteers
Kristine
M. Gebbie, DrPH, RN
Elizabeth Standish Gill Associate Professor of Nursing and Director, Center
for Health Policy, Columbia University School of Nursing
Public Health Incident Command System
Louis
Gilleran, MD, MPH, CDR, MC, USN
Officer in Charge, Surface Warfare Medicine Institute
Pros and Cons of Military in Disasters
Phil
Gruzalski, LCSW
Commander, IL-2 Mental Health Specialty Team, National Disaster Medical System;
Team Leader, DuPage County Health Department's Trauma and Disaster Team
Mental Health of Disaster Responders
Arpana
Gupta, MD, DTM&H
Center
for Public Health and Disasters, UCLA School of Public Health
From Katrina to Kashmir: A Tale of Two Disasters
Robert
T. Joyce, MS
Continuing Education Coordinator, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness,
The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston
Toolbox: Information Technology in Field Data Collection
Hal
Marlow, MS, PhD(c)
Assistant
Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health and Director of the Loma Linda
University Center for Public Health Preparedness, , Loma Linda University School
of Public Health
Post-Disaster Environmental Health
Colleen
Monahan, DC, MPH
Director, Center for the Advancement of Distance Education and Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University
of Illinois at Chicago
Using Games and Mobile Devices for Exercises and Training:
Juan
Ortiz
Emergency Management Coordinator, City Manager’s Office,
City of Fort Worth
Sheltering Displaced Populations
Dan
Page
Assistant Director, UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations
Dealing With the Media During a Disaster
Rabbi
Zeleg Rivkin
Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Louisiana
Faith-Based Disaster Response
Joan
Sabaté, MD, DrPH
Chair, Department of Nutrition, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Loma
Linda University School of Public Health
Meeting Dietary Needs in Disasters
Julia
Seifer
News
Producer, KABC-Channel 7
Dealing with the Media During a Disaster
Umair
Shah, MD, MPH
Deputy Director, Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services
From Katrina to Kashmir: A Tale of Two Disasters
Pomeroy
Sinnock, PhD
Senior Public Health Scientist, Division of State and Local Readiness, Battelle/Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Update on Hazard Vulnerability Assessment
Tim
Stephens, MA
President, Rescobie Associates, Inc.
Pandemic Planning for Businesses