7:30 – 8:25am

Registration and Continental Breakfast, sponsored by Government*Horizons Inc.

8:30 – 8:35am

Opening Comments, John Parker, MD, Senior Partner, Martin, Blanck & Associates (Retired Major General, United States Army)

8:35 – 9:00am

Setting the Stage: Stephen V. Cantrill, MD (Conference Co-Chair) Denver Health Medical Center

9:00 – 9:30am

Keynote Speaker: CAPT Allen Dobbs, MD, Chief Medical Officer, National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), Department of Health and Human Services, “NDMS’ Role in Disaster Management”

9:30 – 10:15am

Dan Hanfling, MD, Director, Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine, Inova Health System. "Grappling with Altered Standards of Care -- A View from the Private Sector"

10:15 – 10:45am

Networking Break

10:45 – 11:30am

Peter T. Pons, MD, “The Role of EMS in Times of Mass Casualties”

11:30 – 12:00pm

Kathryn Brinsfield, MD, MPH, FACEP, Former State Chair for Surge Capacity, State of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts’ Approach to Surge Capacity"

12:00– 1:00pm

Group Lunch, Sponsored by Homeland Defense Journal

Luncheon Keynote: LTC Wayne E. Hachey DO, MPH, Director Preventive Medicine and Surveillance Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) Force Health Protection and Readiness

1:00 – 1:45pm

Asha V. Devereaux, MD, MPH, FACP, FCCP, Pulmonary/CC/Internal Medicine, Sharp Coronado Hospital, Coronado, CA "Allocation of Resources in Mass Critical Care"

Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Co-Director of the EMS and Disaster Medical Sciences Fellowship at the University of California at Irvine, School of Medicine

Tareg A. Bey, MD, FACEP, Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of International Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California at Irvine, School of Medicine, “Surge Capacity - the 3S Concept - Global Solutions”

2:45 – 3:00pm

Networking Break

3:00– 3:30pm

John Hick. MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, City of Minneapolis, “Regional Approaches to Alternate Standards of Care”

Expert Panel:

Asha V. Devereaux, MD, MPH, FACP, FCCP, Pulmonary/CC/Internal Medicine, Sharp Coronado Hospital, Coronado, CA

John Hick. MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, City of Minneapolis

Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Co-Director of the EMS and Disaster Medical Sciences Fellowship at the University of California at Irvine, School of Medicine

Tareg A. Bey, MD, FACEP, Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of International Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California at Irvine, School of Medicine

4:00– 4:45pm

Steven D. Gravely, MHA, JD, Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, “Legal Issues to Think About”

4:45 – 5:00pm

Randy Culpepper, MD (Conference Co-Chair), Partner, Martin, Blanck & Associates, “Day One Closing Remarks”

7:30 – 8:15am

Networking Breakfast

8:15 – 8:45am

Keynote Speaker: CAPT Julie Sadovich PhD, Director Emergency Management and Medical Response Integration, Office of Heath Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, "Medical Preparedness for Major Consequence Events"

8:45– 9:15am

Sally Phillips, RN, PhD, Director, AHRQ's Public Health Emergency Preparedness “Research on Surge Capacity and Alternative Standards of Care”

9:15 – 9:45am

Mary Russell, EdD, MSN, Senior Hospital Project Manager, Division of Emergency Medical Operations, Office of Public Health Preparedness, Florida Department of Health, “Medical Surge Mitigation Strategies”

9:45 – 10:15am

Networking Break

10:15– 10:45pm

Mark E. Gebhart, MD, Director/Assistant Professor

Peter Savard, The HELP Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, “Modular Emergency Medical Systems for Surge Capacity”

10:45– 11:15pm

Gregg A. Pane, MD, MPA, FACEP, Director, Hospital Preparedness Program, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations (OPEO), “An Overview of the National Hospital Preparedness Grant Program”

11:15 – 12:00pm

Stephen V. Cantrill, MD, Denver Health Medical Center “Disaster Alternate Care at Facilities”

12:00 - 12:15pm

Dr. Edward M. Eitzen, Jr., MD, MPH, (Conference Co-Chair), Senior Partner, Martin, Blanck & Associates, “Wrap Up & Closing Comments”