Guest Speakers SATURDAY, 7
A . M .
-
JU N E
8 : 3 0
2 5
A.M.
COLONEL LAWRENCE M. RIDDLES, MD, MBA, CPE, FACS, FACPE Colonel Riddles will speak on USTRANSCOM Patient Movement: Defense Support of Civil Authorities. He is Command Surgeon, US Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Illinois, and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. His topic will highlight the capabilities that the Department of Defense Global Patient Movement System can bring in assisting civilian authorities when responding to disaster situations. The most recent disaster recovery efforts in which he was involved include Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti earthquake.
1 0 : 3 0
A . M .
–
1 1 :30
A.M.
CARLOS A. CAMARGO, JR., MD, DRPH Dr. Camargo of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School will speak on Emergency Medicine Workforce. He will discuss original research that demonstrates the heterogeneity of US emergency departments (EDs) – not only in terms of annual visit volume and rural/urban location, but also in physician staffing. To date, many EDs are staffed by physicians without emergency medicine (EM) residency training or ABEM/AOBEM certification, and there is clear evidence that the supply of this type of doctor will not meet demand for many decades. NOTE: This presentation is free and open to the public. Dr. Camargo is not receiving any remuneration from AAPS for his lecture.
1 : 1 5
P. M .
–
2 : 15
P.M.
W. CRAIG VANDERWAGEN, MD, RADM USPHS (Ret.) Prior to joining Martin, Blanck, and Associates as a senior partner in 2009, Dr. Vanderwagen was Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response for the US Department of Health & Human Services. In this role he was responsible for the leadership and development of a new organization whose mission is preparing the Nation for response and recovery from public health and other health disasters, whether natural or manmade. The organization was initiated after hurricane Katrina. Dr. Vanderwagen is a family physician who believes passionately in the union of public health and clinical medicine.