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Appendix C: Speaker Biographies
Pages 111-140

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From page 111...
... Prior to his appointment as Com ­ missioner, Auerbach had been the Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission for 9 years. Andrew Baskin, M.D., is Aetna's Vice President and National Medical Director for Quality.
From page 112...
... He is a member of the National Committee for Quality Assurance's (NCQA's) Committee on Performance Measurement, NCQA's Standards Committee, and a former two-term member of the National Quality Forum Consensus Standards Approval Committee.
From page 113...
... She has been an active member of the National Disaster Medical System Trauma Critical Care Team-West since its inception in 2003. She has also served in several leadership roles in the Washington State trauma system including Chair of the State Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Steering committee, 2010–2015 and is a current member of the Washington State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee.
From page 114...
... Dr. Camacho-Vásconez has more than 20 years of combined national and international experience in disaster risk reduction programs, including specific knowledge relating to the management and development of emergency medical services, pre-hospital care and management of complex emergencies and disasters at the national and interna
From page 115...
... Mr. Cormier has led large system response to many disasters, and has published articles on hospital preparedness, emergency medical services, and influenza patient safety.
From page 116...
... Ms. Erb is responsible for the overall clinical quality, patient outcomes, patient safety initiatives and emergency preparedness activities.
From page 117...
... With Sara Rosenbaum, he is the author of the second edition of Law and the American Health Care System. He has been involved in many grants to the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, offer­ng analysis on such topics as state pharmacy assistance programs and i hospital responses to mandatory medical error reporting.
From page 118...
... John D Halamka, M.D., M.S., is Chief Information Officer of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Chief Information Officer and Dean for Technology at Harvard Medical School, Chairman of the New England Health Electronic Data Interchange Network, chief executive officer of MA-SHARE (the Regional Health Information Organization)
From page 119...
... , a position he assumed in January 2017. He facilitates and integrates the VA's comprehensive emergency management "all-hazards" program as the VA's Acting Continuity Coordinator, directs personnel security programs, and law enforcement programs to ensure the Department can continue to perform mission essential functions under all circumstances across the threat spectrum.
From page 120...
... She previously served as the Special Assistant to the ASPR, advising and supporting the Assistant Secretary on policy development, program implementation, and disaster response operations to ensure that the Office met its public health emergency preparedness and response mission.
From page 121...
... Harvey was the Program Manager of Emergency Management for the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in New York, where she was responsible for all-hazards planning and response operations for the nation's second largest, nonprofit, secular health care system. She was also an emergency medical technician for the Health System's New York City 911 and inter-facility EMS divisions.
From page 122...
... Army and the U.S. Navy, and Howard University; teaching areas include trauma, acute care surgery, surgical critical care, burn care, and bench and translational research.
From page 123...
... The office leads the nation in preventing, responding to and recovering from the adverse health effects of manmade and naturally occurring disasters and public health emergencies. As such, the office coordinates interagency activities among HHS, other federal agencies, and state and local officials responsible for emergency preparedness and the protection of the civilian population from public health emergencies.
From page 124...
... Dr. Kaplan's research interests span unmeasured ion impact in acid-base balance, acute kidney injury, surgical infection, and Tactical Emergency Medical Services.
From page 125...
... A two-term member of the board of directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Dr. Kellermann was subsequently given the College's highest award for leadership.
From page 126...
... . ­ He has consulted on disaster and humanitarian related issues for organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Defense, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, the American and Canadian Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, Pan American Health Organization, and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
From page 127...
... Dr. Krohmer has a wealth of emergency medical services experience and expertise and leads NHTSA's collaborative efforts to improve emergency care across the nation.
From page 128...
... Office of Health Affairs (OHA) Senior Medical Advisor and Medical Liaison Officer to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
From page 129...
... from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, and his residency at Louisiana State University-Charity Hospital at New Orleans, where he was Chief Resident. Ana Pujols McKee, M.D., is the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Joint Commission.
From page 130...
... Jonathan Brent Myers, M.D., M.P.H., in an internationally recognized expert in the areas of emergency medical services (EMS) , clinical informatics, and population health. He serves as Chief Medical Officer for ESO Solutions and Associate Medical Director for Wake EMS in Raleigh, North Carolina as well as President of the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
From page 131...
... Dr. Perlin has served previously on numerous Boards and Commissions including the Joint Commission and the National Patient Safety Foundation and currently serves on the Board of Meharry Medical College and the National Quality Forum.
From page 132...
... Previously, Dr. Racht served as the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs for Piedmont Newnan Hospital in metro Atlanta and as Medical Director for the Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
From page 133...
... ­ Mr. Skivington is responsible for the executive oversight of Kaiser Permanente's Supplier Diversity, Nutritional Services, Corporate Meeting Services, Materials Management, Product Recall, Vendor Authorization, and Healthcare Continuity Management programs.
From page 134...
... HICS IV was updated on behalf of the government through a national working group representing hospitals throughout the country, along with input from national agencies including the American Hospital Association, the Joint Commission, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
From page 135...
... He then completed a Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Tennessee in Memphis. Returning to San Antonio in 1993, he established and built University Health System's trauma program.
From page 136...
... . He was responsible for leading all federal public health and medical assets in disaster response and, responsibility for guiding the $11 billion HHS medical countermeasure advanced development program to address chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats, which now has more than 100 products in the development pipeline.
From page 137...
... He maintains adjunct appointments as professor of emergency medicine and health policy and management at the George Washington University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, as well as professor of family science at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. He served 17 years as the inaugural state pediatric medical director within the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, in
From page 138...
... Dr. Wright provides national leadership through advisory and governance service to several organized medicine bodies including the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Hospital Association, the March of Dimes, the National Academy of Medicine, the National Highway Traffic Safety, and a recently completed term as an Obama administration appointee to the Pediatric Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration.
From page 139...
... he served in a variety of disaster response positions, including duty as senior medical policy advisor in the Response Division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as director of the HHS Office of Emergency Response, and as director of the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He also appeared before Congress as an expert witness in the field of bioterrorism preparedness.


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