In honor of the Haitian Minister of Health's visit to Washington, DC, the University of Texas and the American Medical Association are presenting a symposium on the topic of telemedicine / mHealth. Comments will focus on proven technologies, implementation advice, and historical "lessons learned" in order to maximize the relevance to the short and long-term health goals of Haiti, post-earthquake.

Time: June 15, 2010 from 1pm to 5pm

Lunch served at 12pm

Location: American Medical Association Board Room

Street: 25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 600

City: Washington, DC

Phone: 1 (202) 615-6044

Organized by: The American Medical Association & The University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston

AGENDA

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Welcome

Host: Jim James, MD, American Medical Association

1:10 pm Introductory Remarks

1. Honorable S Ward Casscells, MD

VP U Texas Health Sciences

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)

2. Alex Larsen, MD

Haitian Minister of Health

3. Ariel Henry, MD 

Haitian Ministry of Health Chief of Staff

1:40 pm Keynote

Health needs, short/long-term

Richard Garfield, RN, DrPH

Senior Advisor for International Health to Director Frieden

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2:00 pm Panel 1: 

How can mHealth be applied in Haiti? 

Moderator: David Aylward, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance

- David Sharpe: Head of Products, Digicel Haiti

- Josh Nesbit, Exec Dir, FrontlineSMS:Medic

- Joel Selanikio, MD, Executive Director, Datadyne

2:30 pm Q&A and Break

3:00 pm Keynote

Initialize, build, operate, transfer model for telemedicine

Mateja de Leonni Stanonik, MD, PhD: VP

International Virtual e-Hospital

Medical & Science Attache, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States of America

3:15 pm Panel 2: 

Rebuilding ICT and health infrastructure in Haiti: Roles of public/private sector, government/NGOs

Moderator: Steven Phillips, MD: National Library of Medicine

- Michael Cowan MD, VADM USN (Ret), Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP

- Lynn Lawry, MD: Department of Defense Military Health 

- Lindsay Lincoln: American Red Cross 

4:45 pm Closing Remarks: 

Mobile Health in Catastrophic Situations: Challenges for Public Health in the 21st Century

Eric K. Noji, M.D., M.P.H., DTM&H(Lon)

5:00 pm Networking Reception