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SPEAKERS
Berwick
DONALD M. BERWICK, MD, MPP
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is also former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. A pediatrician by background, Dr. Berwick has served on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and on the staffs of Boston's Children's Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He has also served as Vice Chair of the US Preventive Services Task Force, the first "Independent Member" of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees, and Chair of the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He served two terms on the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Governing Council, was a member of the IOM's Global Health Board, and served on President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry.
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Eastman
ALEXANDER L. EASTMAN, MD, MPH, FACS
Dr. Alex Eastman is an Assistant Professor and trauma surgeon in the Division of Burns, Trauma and Critical Care at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Chief of Trauma Surgery (Interim) at Parkland Memorial Hospital. A graduate with distinction of the George Washington University School of Medicine, he completed his general surgery and two fellowships at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School/Parkland Memorial Hospital. He is board-certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care and has a Master’s Degree in Public Health from The University of Texas Health Science Center--Houston.
Dr. Eastman works outside the traditional health care setting as well. He is the Deputy Medical Director of the Dallas Police Department, the Lead Medical Officer for DPD SWAT and a Dallas Police Lieutenant.
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COL Todd E. Rasmussen, MD
Colonel Todd E. Rasmussen is currently the Director of the US Combat Casualty Care Research Program for the United States Air Force. He is a native of Kansas and received his undergraduate degree in Pharmacy and Premedical Studies from the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He earned his medical degree from Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota (1993) as an Air Force Health Professions Scholar and performed general surgical training at Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas (1993-1999). Colonel Rasmussen completed specialty training in vascular surgery again at the Mayo Clinic in 2001 and was assigned to the National Capital Area two months before 9/11/2001. After September 11th he began caring for the first of the combat injured returning from Afghanistan at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. While in Washington he completed an assignment at The Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, during which time he fell under the tutelage of Drs. Norman Rich, Michael DeBakey, John Hutton and Carl Hughes.
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In 2004 Colonel Rasmussen returned to San Antonio and deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom at the Air Force Theater Hospital on Balad Air Base. Following this he initiated a vascular injury and hemorrhage control research and innovation program. He has completed tours at Balad Air Base, Iraq (2005, 2008), Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan (2010, 2012) and at the Afghan National Army Hospital in Kabul (2006). Colonel Rasmussen has led surgical training missions in Rabat, Morocco (2006), Rawalpindi, Pakistan (2007) and St. Petersburg, Russia (2005, 2007). He spent more than 600 days on overseas tours during the wars and performed more than 1000 operations on combat injured. Colonel Rasmussen’s research efforts have resulted in 120 publications, 25 book chapters, 2 textbooks and 4 original patents. In 2012 he gave a TEDx talk in San Antonio on the transformation of military trauma care and its positive impact on civilian medicine.
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Colonel Rasmussen served as Deputy Commander of the Army’s Institute of Surgical Research in San Antonio from 2010 to 2013 and was then assigned to direct the broader DoD Combat Casualty Care Research Program at Fort Detrick, Maryland. He has been named the Harris B Shumacker Jr, Professor of Surgery at the The Uniformed Service University and he operates as a surgeon at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Baltimore. He has served as Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and his awards include the Gold Headed Cane for outstanding clinical and academic practice and the Baron Dominique Jean Larrey for Excellence in Military Surgery. Colonel Rasmussen has been awarded Air Force Achievement and Meritorious Service Medals and Army Commendation Medals
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Marcozzi
DAVID MARCOZZI, MD
A Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Dr. David Marcozzi is an Associate Professor and the Director of Population Health within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He also serves as a Co-Director of the Program in Health Disparities and Population Health in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, and is the Assistant Chief Medical Officer for Acute Care at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Prior to these roles, Dr. Marcozzi served in the federal government as a senior leader and subject matter expert on health delivery, emergency care, and emergency preparedness.
During his federal tenure, Dr. Marcozzi held positions within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the White House. Serving last as the Senior Advisor for Emergency Preparedness and Acute Care within the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Marcozzi was involved with health delivery reform efforts, clinical quality standard and measure development. Before being asked to assume this role, he served as Director of the National Healthcare Preparedness Programs within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Dr. Marcozzi returned to HHS in September 2011 after completing a 3-year detail to the White House National Security Council. There he served as Director of All-Hazards Medical Preparedness Policy. During his time at the White House, he led multiple Sub-Interagency Policy Committees and assisted with responding to several event of national significance. Before his detail to the White House in 2008, Dr. Marcozzi created and directed the Emergency Care Coordination Center, an office within HHS established to improve prehospital and hospital based emergency care.
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CONNIE S. MANISCALCO, MPA, SPHR
With over 16 years of progressive experience in Human Resources (HR), Connie has a diverse background with experience in all HR functional areas. A proven track record in Project Management has afforded Connie the opportunity to manage a Mergers & Acquisitions environment on three separate occasions moving from a privately held company to a publicly held corporation on both the US and Canadian stock markets. As the Director of Human Resources for a service organization of over 3,000 employees she also spearheaded the assimilation of new employees after an acquisition that resulted in the increase of the workforce to over 12,000. A large service organization characterized by high turnover, she was able to team with the Operations staff to develop retention strategies to combat the negative impact high turnover can cause an organization. Connie has experience with not only private and public sector companies but also understands the complexities and importance compliance plays in a growing organization. Connie spent 12 years in Finance as a Planning and Budget Analyst which gives an added dimension to the core competencies she possesses.
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KIMBERLY MOSHLAK, SPHR, SHRM-CP
Ms. Moshlak has seventeen years of progressive Human Resources experience and a diverse set of skills across multiple HR disciplines. A veteran of the Armed Forces, Ms. Moshlak began her leadership training early in her career, and continues to develop her knowledge base. Ms. Moshlak has broad exposure to diverse clients to include serving as Director of Human Resources for a not-for-profit agency and District Human Resources Manager for the largest home improvement retailer in the United States. In all roles she serves as a trusted advisor, providing strategic support and guidance to senior leadership, as well as performing tasks, as needed. With an eye toward strong fiscal responsibility, she guides her clients towards creative, ideal and effective solutions.
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Redd
STEPHEN REDD, MD
Rear Admiral Stephen C. Redd is the Director of the Influenza
Coordination Unit at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A medical epidemiologist, RADM Redd is responsible for managing
and directing CDC’s efforts to prepare and respond to pandemic
influenza—a severe influenza pandemic could cause as many as two
million deaths in the United States and tens of millions of deaths
worldwide. Since August of 2014, RADM Redd has served as a Senior
Advisor to the CDC Ebola Response.
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SCHREIBER
MERRIT D. SCHREIBER, PhD
Dr. Merritt Schreiber Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Harbor UCLA Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is on staff in the Trauma Program at CHOC Children’s Hospital. Dr. Schreiber is mental health module coordinator for the European Master of Disaster Medicine Program and visiting professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine at Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, IT and Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Schreiber serves as subject matter expert for the US Department of Homeland Security Interagency Advisory Board(IAB) on first responder issues in terrorism and disaster response. He has worked on the IAB whitepaper on responder stress and roadmap for first responder psychological risk reduction.
Dr. Schreiber's current work is focused on the development models of “stepped continuum of mental health care health in mass casualty disasters, terrorism and injury trauma for both adults and children in a public health context and enhancing disaster medical responder resilience to large and small events. Dr. Schreiber is now focused on enhancing resilience and response to disaster responders using an evidence based triage to care resilience model for emergency disaster medical workers, pre-hospital first responders and others in disasters, terrorism including CBRN, active shooter and IED incidents.
Dr. Schreiber created the PsySTART Rapid Mental Health Triage and Incident Management System for rapid identification of at risk victims and emergency responders in mass casualty events. PsySTART has been implemented in hospitals and community clinics in Los Angeles County, California Region2/Alameda County, 18 counties in North Central Texas, Seattle/King County, the District of Columbia, statewide in Minnesota, and Tennessee, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and has been part of the American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health program. He is the originator of a novel community resilience focused Psychological First Aid program provided to family members and friends by each other called “Listen, Protect and Connect” (LPC).
Dr. Schreiber is the developer of “Anticipate, Plan and Deter,” a disaster responder resilience system in use in Los Angeles and Alameda Counties in California, District of Columbia, North Central Texas, and for deployed the US Public Health Service in Africa for Ebola. APD and PsySTART Responder are now being adapted for first responder and military applications. PsySTART responder has been used by USPHS commissioned officers, Texas and Northern California Medical Responders and internationally in Haiti and Supertyphoon Hayan relief efforts.
He was appointed by the US Secretary of Health to the Emergency Public Information Advisory Committee (EPIC) serving as the sole behavioral health SME. Dr. Schreiber serves as mental health team lead for NDMS/DMAT CA-1 and is regional disaster mental health advisor for American Red Cross in Southern California serves on the Division Response Management Team for ARC Pacific Division including California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii and the Pacific Basin. Dr. Schreiber is a member of the California Disaster Mental Health Coalition and Chair, Disaster Response Network for the California Psychological Association. He is a member of the California Department of Health, Emergency Preparedness Office Advisory Committee. Dr. Schreiber was deployed by USHHS to the Sandy Hook School Shooting, as the HHS Behavioral Health Liaison officer and Boston Marathon Bombing as IRCT Mental Health SME by ASPR/National Disaster Medical System. He was activated by NDMS train Ebola Medical Teams for the US Public Health Service Ebola response to Africa.
From 1998-2010, Dr. Schreiber was reserve Captain(O-6) in the US Public Health Service and served on detached service to the Office of the Command Surgeon, NORAD-USNORTHCOM, US Department of Defense for three intermittent tours. In this role, he supported the NORTHCOM mission with the development of force and direct victim mental health protection and resilience strategies (DSCA) response to catastrophic terrorism and disasters. CAPT Schreiber represented USNORTHCOM to the Presidential Directive 21 Federal Interagency Education and Training Group(FETIG) to develop core disaster medical competencies for military and civilian response to mass casualty events. CAPT Schreiber was awarded the Joint Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) from NORAD and US NORTHCOM in 2009. CAPT Schreiber served as member of the NORAD-NORTHCOM Command Center(N2C2) Staff in support of the Command Surgeon Force Health Protection mission set.
As a PHS reserve officer, he was also activated to the CDC Emergency Operations Center for Southeast Asian Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. He was part of the mental health reachback cell for the USPHS Field Response in Africa and provided training to USPHS on the LPC model of PFA for the USPHS response to Flint Michigan.
Dr. Schreiber developed the National Children’s Disaster Mental Health Concept of Operations with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s Terrorism Disaster Center for use by cities, counties and states to prepare and respond to the needs of children.
Dr. Schreiber served on the National Academies of Science, Institute of Medicine Committee on Crisis Standards of Care. He received the California Psychological Association Distinguished Humanitarian Contribution Award and a presidential citation from the American Psychological Association for his work in the aftermath of 9/11. Dr. Schreiber received the Crisis Response Award, Outstanding Unit Citation and Special Commendation from the US Surgeon General for his development of USPHS inaugural disaster response team training curricula.
Dr. Schreiber received the “Outstanding Team Member” award for his 2013 federal response to Sandy Hook and the Boston Marathon Bombings by NDMS. Dr. Schreiber has been a technical reserve officer with the Irvine Police Department for over 20 years and currently serves on the CNT/SWAT team and received 20 years of service award.
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Wheatley
ANDREW T. WHEATLEY
Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) is to improve information sharing and enhance public safety. In coordination with the FBI and DHS, JCAT collaborates with other members of the Intelligence Community to research, produce, and disseminate counterterrorism intelligence products for federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government (SLTT) agencies and the private sector and advocates for the counterterrorism intelligence requirements and needs of these partners throughout the Intelligence Community
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Williams
BRENT WILLIAMS
Brent Williams is the FirstNet Senior EMS Advisor, having joined the organization in October 2015. Since January 2002, Brent served as the EMS Radio Communications Consultant to the EMS and Trauma Systems Section of the Michigan Dept of Health and Human Services. In that role, he served as the subject matter expert for the Department on EMS radio communication systems and requirements. During that same time, he also worked as an independent consultant for many local units of government, providing a diverse range of services related to radio communication system design, FAA and FCC licensing assistance, propagation studies, and tower construction.
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Brent’s “real world” public safety experience includes 11 years as a police patrol officer and over 20 years as a practicing paramedic. He retains his State of Michigan Paramedic License, first earned in 1978.
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He served for 10 years as a member of the DHS SafeCom advisory group and for the past three years has been the APCO “Local Frequency Advisor” for the State of Michigan. He has been an elected member of the Marshall, MI City Council, for 10 years.
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