Archive for February, 2007

Pandemic Preparedness Planning

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Empire IED Scan
On February 21, 2007 we held a Security Summit on Pandemic Preparedess Planning at NYU Hospitals Center Schwartz Lecture Hall, 401 East 30th Street (between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive.)

Special Thanks to all who worked on making this event such a success, including Frances Schlosttein, Aviva Halpert, Frank Taormina and George Contreras. Thanks, of course to all of our speakers and exhibitors and to our host, NYU Hospitals Center.

President Joe Concannon interviewed Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.


A complete version of the interview will be posted for our members after the meeting.

== Agenda ==
Download the Complete Agenda.

Welcome – Introductions and Key Business Issues
Max M. Cohen, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, NYU Hospitals Center

Joseph R. Concannon
President, NYM InfraGard

Charles A. Muldoon, Jr.
Special Agent, InfraGard Coordinator, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Interview with Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary

Epidemiology and Pathology of Pandemics The Clinical Perspective
Philip M. Tierno, Jr., Ph.D
Director Clinical Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology
NYU Medical Center

The Public Service & Government Plan: Managing the Outbreak
James Miller, M.D., Bioterrorism, Epidemiology and Smallpox Coordinator
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, NYS Dept. of Health
James Cho, Director of Plan Management, Preparedness and Planning
NYC Office of Emergency Management
Isaac Weisfuse M.D, MPH, Deputy Commissioner
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Greg A. Pickell, Chief, Training Technologies Branch
National Guard Bureau

Private Sector Responsibility:
Managing Human Resources for Business Continuity
Greg Gist, Manager Pandemic Preparedness, Citigroup
John Manley, Managing Director, Smith Barney

Understanding And Managing The Supply Chain As A Key Element For Both Healthcare And Business Continuity
Jimmy Chin, Global Risk Manager, The Peninsula Hotels
Dan Seewald, Commercial Operations, Roche Labs

Burnout and Personal Crisis Management
Craig Katz, MD, Medical Director of the World Trade Center Worker & Volunteer Mental Health Monitoring and Treatment Program at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Ally Neuman, LCSW
World Trade Center Medical and Mental Health Screening and Intervention Program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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