Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Upcoming Event: Emergency Medicine Dept.

The Department of Emergency Medicine, the Emergency Medicine Interesting Group, and American Medical Student Association are proud to present:

"Haiti, Chile and the Future of Disaster Response"
a lecture by Thomas D Kirsch, MD, MPH

Tuesday, September 21 - 12:00 pm
Old Library Auditorium

Dr. Kirsch has extensive disaster, international health and health care management experience. For the past 15 years he has served as the National Physician Advisor for the American Red Cross Disaster Health Services, and has consulted on disaster-related issues for the World Health Organization, Unicef, the Centers for Disease Control and the United States Agency for International Development (Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance). He also has real-life disaster management experience from local incidents to the responses to the 9-11 terrorist attacks and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Contact: Merlin Curry (curryme@ohsu.edu)

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