Fundamentals of Medical Planning
A Two-Day Workshop in Support of Emergency Response in a Medical Environment

February 5-6, 2008

**Please note the event location has changed to a different floor of the building**

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Government*Horizons Training Center
4301 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1003 (10th Floor)
Arlington, VA 22203

About This Workshop:

An uncertain world environment has forced national leaders to re-assess medical support requirements. Changes in global disease patterns, the frightening specter of terrorism and the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosive (CBRNE) weapons of mass destruction (WMD), natural disasters and complex emergency events have emphasized the central role to be played by the healthcare community in helping to mitigate the impact of these threats.

Fundamentals of Medical Planning Workshop will teach you aspects of crisis action medical planning to help your organization enhance its preparedness and risk management posture. This workshop will help you create, or improve, organic medical plans to improve your defenses against emergency events, whether they be from terrorism, the next series of catastrophic weather events, or large-scale industrial accidents.

You'll also receive hand-outs which will provide you with a take-home, strategic "guide" to help you with your organization's medical planning initiatives.

• How to assess threats to the health and safety of your organization and personnel
• The role and importance of medical intelligence
• Fundamentals of Medical Planning
• How to conduct deliberate and crisis-action planning evolutions
• How to train and exercise your medical plans
• Emerging threats in the asymmetrical environment
• Response and recovery operations

Who Should Attend:

• City, County and State Emergency Planners
• Hospital-based Disaster and Emergency Planners
• Hospital and Healthcare Administrators, CEO's and COO's
• Clinicians and First Responder Personnel
• Medical Professionals

Workshop Agenda/Speakers:

Day 1

7:30-8:15am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15-8:45am	Welcome and Introduction by Pete Marghella, Program Chairman
8:45–9:45am	Setting the Stage: The Era of Asymmetrical Threats
9:45–10:00am	Networking Break
10:00–11:00am	Step 1: Operational Management of Complex Mass Casualty Incidents
11:00–12:00pm	Step 2: Adding to the Mix - Toxic Issues, Protective Equipment and Decon
12:00–1:00pm	Lunch on your own
1:00-2:30pm	Step 3: The Ultimate Disaster - Managing BioThreats and Pandemic
2:30–2:45pm	Networking Break
2:45–3:30pm	Aspects of Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning
3:30–4:30pm	Templates for Health Service Support Planning
4:30pm	Day 1 End

Day 2

*Agenda is subject to change  

About the Speakers:

Pietro (Peter) Marghella (Program Chairman) is President & CEO of Medical Planning Resources, Inc. (MPR, Inc.), a private firm which specializes in medical and public health contingency planning and management solutions. He is a retired Naval Officer and has served variously as the Director of Medical Contingency Operations for the Office of the Secretary of Defense; Chief of Medical Plans and Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Chief of Medical Plans and Intelligence for the U.S. Pacific Command. He holds graduate degrees from Central Michigan University and The Naval War College, and is a Doctoral Candidate in Complex Emergency and Disaster Management at Tulane University’s School of Public Health. He is a member of the inaugural class of the National Preparedness Leadership Program at The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and an Adjunct Research Scholar at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. Peter holds academic appointments at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS); Tulane University; and the George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies.

His planning credentials include authoring the CDC’s initial draft of the Pandemic Influenza Response Plan; the Nation’s first Catastrophic Incident Response Plan; and the National Smallpox Response Plan. He is Certified Emergency Manager (CEM®) in the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM); the Co-founder and First President of the American College of Contingency Planners (ACCP); and a well-published author and a frequent speaker at national- and international-level conferences addressing medical preparedness for catastrophic emergencies and disasters.

Stewart Smith is Vice President for Logistics Support Incorporated's (LSInc's) Emergency Preparedness and Response Division where he's responsible for strategic planning and business development. LSInc's customized all-hazards expertise emphasizes emergency preparedness and response through collaborative partnerships and coordinated programs with the federal, regional, state, local, and international markets.  A retired Navy Commander, Medical Service Corps Officer, his previous military work history spans over 25 years of progressive assignments that includes Chief of the Joint Regional Medical Plans and Operations Division for the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Northern Command (NORAD-USNORTHCOM), Surgeons Directorate; Director of International Health Operations Policy, Homeland Defense, and Contingency Planning Policy for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Branch Chief for the Joint Staff, Health Services Support Division; and Branch Head for the Deployable Medical Systems, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Medical Plans and Policy (OPNAV-N931).  Stewart holds graduate degrees in Public Health Management and Policy from the Yale School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology; and the Naval War College in National Security and Strategic Studies. He is a Doctoral Candidate in Complex Emergencies and Disaster Management at Tulane University, and holds Adjunct faculty appointments at Tulane University.  He is the co-founder of and current President to the American College of Contingency Planners (ACCP).

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