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IAEMSC prepared for 2016
Annual Leadership conference
After months of planning the IAEMSC has recently announced its annual Leadership Summit schedule.
Held at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington D.C on December 12-14, 2016, this year’s event is colocated
with the National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference. Attendees will have more than
60 different sessions to choose from as well as ample time to network with sponsors, vendors and other
particpants.
In keeping with IAEMSC tradition, the
Summit will include many Federal partners
and subject matter experts from the
Department of Homeland Security,
Department of Health and Human
Services, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, the Office of the Inspector
General, the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid and many more.
Leadership and Management panel discussion at
IAEMSC Summit
Helicopter Pilot Sergeant Kenneth Burchell, United
States Park Police (USPP) discusses the USPP
air response to the Washington D.C Navy Yard
shootings
From candid panel discussions with
representatives that have faced a variety of
disasters to planning sessions for large scale
events, the summit offers EMS leaders the
opportunity to learn from those with firsthand
experience!
Additional featured speakers include,
Frederik Siem, Norwegian Red Cross
Senior Advisor on the Protection of
Unites States Park Police (USPP) Rescue Technician
Sergeant David Tolson, IAEMSC Past President,
Lawrence Tan, IAEMSC Past President James
Robinson and USPP Helicopter Pilot Sergeant
Kenneth Burchell at the annual IAEMSC Leadership
Summit
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Healthcare in Insecure Environments
and Rodney Eid, Assistant Director, Crisis
Management, Lebanese Red Cross. Together
they will discuss the Healthcare in
Danger, Community of Action Project,
a global initiative to combat violence against
healthcare providers.
IAEMSC Immediate Past President James
Robinson and Dr. David Marcozzi, MD,
Director of Population Health at the
University of Maryland School of Medicine
will review the recent recommendations
from the National Academies of Science,
Engineering and Medicine report entitled
A National
Trauma
Care System:
Integrating
Military and
Civilian Trauma
Systems to
Achieve Zero
Preventable
Deaths After
Injury. Both
Edward Gabriel, Principal
Deputy , Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness
and Response (ASPR), US
Department of Health
and Humans Services
Robinson and
Marcozzi were
committee
members and
worked diligently
on this project.
On December 14th the IAEMSC Summit
will wrap up with its very popular Labor
& Management Panel Discussion.
Any question is fair game in this interactive
and robust discussion between Labor and
Management personnel and audience
participation is highly encouraged!
IAEMSC Group Photo
Washington Hilton Presidents Walk
As in the past,
the summit
concludes with the
extremely popular
networking dinner
which will be
held Wednesday
evening at
Restorante La
Perala. This iconic
Washington D.C
restaurant is a
favorite destination
for sponsors and
attendees alike!
Brian Kamoie, Assistant
Administrator of the
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
(FEMA) for grants
discusses funding
opportunities at IAEMSC
Summit
For more information please visit:
www.iaemsc.org
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