PROGRAM SCHEDULE
A CELEBRATION of
Local, National, & International
MEDICAL & HEALTH VOLUNTEERISM
Emory University campus, Atlanta, GA
Fri. April 16TH – Sun. April 18TH 2010
Register at the website: www.emoryimvc.org
Questions: contact zoe_haugo@bellsouth.net
*For a quick snapshot of the schedule times / locations, see the end of this document.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
SESSION TIMES:
Friday
7:00pm – 10:00pm – 1st general session: Key Note Presentations
1) A History and Overview of Volunteerism
2) The Philosophy of Service
3) Synergies & Obstacles in International Volunteerism
Saturday 8:30am – 4:00pm – concurrent sessions:
Various specific topics / areas of volunteerism
4:30pm - 6:00pm – 2nd general session: Moving Forward...Your Ideas On
How to Expand Medical & Health Volunteerism
6:00pm – 7:30pm – televised We Speak! roundtable: Health Care Reform;
What does it mean and where do you fit in?
7:30pm – 9:30pm – talent show: Medical Volunteerism’s Got Talent
Sunday 9:00am – 3:30pm – concurrent sessions:
Various specific topics / areas of volunteerism
4:00pm -- 5:30pm – 3rd general session: Launching Next Year’s
Medical/Health Volunteerism Event
SESSION LOCATIONS:
The program will happen in the following areas on campus:
1) Glenn Memorial Church -- 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322
--- 1st & 2nd General Sessions & Talent Show --2) School of Medicine (SOM) -- 1648 Pierce Dr., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
--- International Concurrent Sessions --3) Harland Cinema* in the Dobbs University Center (DUC) -- 605 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322
*across the street and to the right when you go out the main entrance of the School of Medicine. There is an
outside door leading directly into Harland Cinema
--- International Session: Haiti --4) White Hall (WH) -- 201 Dowman Dr. Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
--- Local, National & International concurrent sessions ----- Televised We Speak! roundtable --
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--- 3rd General Session --
EXHIBITS times & locations:
Saturday 8:30am – 4:00pm
Sunday 9:00am – 5:30pm
Non-profit organizations will exhibit in the following areas:
1) International exhibits
School of Medicine - Commons (first floor)
1648 Pierce Dr., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
2) Local & National exhibits
A) White Hall - Lobby (main walk-in floor / second floor)
201 Dowman Dr. Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
B) Math/Science - Atrium (lower level)
400 Dowman Dr. -- directly across the street from White Hall
Photography Exhibitions will take place the following areas:
1) Portraits on a Mission…A Skid Row Collaboration
--- Photos by Holly Tomlin, Lion’s Eye Photography
School of Medicine - Room A170
1648 Pierce Dr., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
2) Faces of Tibet…Rounding with the Flying Doctors
--- Photos by Ed Wolkis, Ed Wolkis Photography
School of Medicine - Commons
1648 Pierce Dr., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
PROGRAM DETAILS:
FRIDAY, APRIL 16th, 2010
Opening Remarks / Key Note Presentations
7pm – 10:00pm / GLENN MEMORIAL CHURCH
1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322
MC – Neil Shulman, MD - Chairman of the Conference Organizing Committee / Associate Professor, Emory
University School of Medicine / Author & Associate Producer, Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox, a true
medical volunteer for Parkinson’s
Key Note 1 -- A History and Overview of Volunteerism – by George Lundberg MD, former Editor in
Chief for Medscape, eMedicine (WebMD), and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), &
chairman of the advisory board of TAP-IN
Key Note 2 -- The Philosophy of Service – by Jim Withers MD, pioneer of “Street Medicine,” founder of
Operation Safety Net (an international organization of those who treat the homeless)
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Key Note 3 – Synergies and Obstacles in International Volunteerism – by Gary Hoffman, MD, MS,
(Director of Staff Volunteer Programs, Cleveland Clinic) and John Wilson MD (Infectious Diseases
specialist, Mayo Clinic)
Welcoming Remarks
Opening Remarks from those who inspired the conference and key conference planners
John Galloway, MD -- inspired to become a doctor at age 12 upon attending a lecture about medical missions
Allen Dollar, MD – adopted kids from around the world who needed extended care in the U.S.
Allan M. Gathercoal, DD – President, Flying Doctors of America
Eddie Chapman – (Chicago police officer) -- created mental health programs for inner city youth, with celebrities including Michael Jordan
Marijan Pejic – developer of IMVC website and collaborative books evolving from the conference
Megan Cohen –Emory student organizer
Steven Thiltgen (Medical Missions.org) -- connects volunteers with medical mission opportunities
Welcoming Remarks from the sponsoring medical schools
Carlos del Rio, MD, Chair of Global Health – Emory University
Maurice Clifton, MD, Associate Dean – Mercer School of Medicine
TBA - Morehouse School of Medicine
TBA - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
TBA - Medical College of Georgia
Carol Boyer, OCIO-Information Services - Medical University of South Carolina
SATURDAY APRIL 17TH, 2010
Sat. 8:30am – 12:30pm / SOM 120
Teaching and Developing Infrastructure for Programs in Developing Countries:
A dedicated group of doctors share their experiences of reaching out around the world to
create programs to teach the locals how to save lives. The challenges are many, whether
setting up pediatric emergency care in Honduras and the Republic of Georgia, building new
hospitals in Africa, training in plastic and reconstructive surgery techniques in Vietnam, or
teaching radiology in the Andes of Peru. You will learn about an innovative teaching
exchange project in which a US medical school helps teach cardiology at an Ethiopian
medical school. This is a global summit of compassion focused on developing countries.
Dollar, Allen, MD (Chief of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital)
Eaton, Cynthia Basso (President of Global Healing)
Goo, David MD (Pediatric Emergency Medicine / Residency Coordinator / PALS Training
Center Faculty, Emory University Dept. of Pediatrics) - MODERATOR
Kutner, Steve MD (founder/ med director of Jewish Healthcare International)
Oubre, Bert, MD (president of Cutting Edge Foundation)
Silver, William, MD (FACE TO FACE: International)
Tisnado, Jaime MD, FACR (Professor, Radiology & Surgery, VCU Medical Center)
Sat. 8:30am – 12noon / SOM 130
Surgery Programs:
There’s a gap in surgical skills within global health, with major differences between low and
high income countries. Academic programs and mission hospitals are trying to fill this gap.
There’s a wide variety of surgical interventions required, for example introducing new
technology to treat fistulas of African women, providing a new psychological lease on
life…from social outcast to cultural inclusion. The surgical challenges include treating
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injuries from natural disasters like the Haiti earthquake or performing battlefield surgery
in Sudan, Pakistan, and Congo. This session would not be complete without the personal
insight of an experienced academic surgeon who makes trips to Egypt to perform difficult
cardiothoracic surgical procedures…improving attitudes towards the U.S. in the Middle
East.
Adolph, Harold, MD, FACS (Christian Medical & Dental Associations) – CO-MODERATOR
Browne, Orie, MD (Co-Founder of Surgeons for Global Health)
Cooper, Warren, MD (Samaritan’s Purse / World Medical Mission)
Mansour, Kamal, MD (Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine)
Pollack, Jon, MD (Emory Global Surgery Initiative) - MODERATOR
Steffes, Bruce, MD (CEO, Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons)
Melchizedek, Uriah (Program Coordinator, Operation Giving Back)
Wheeless, Clifford, MD (OB/GYN, Johns Hopkins University)
Sat. 8:30am – 1:00pm / SOM 110
Community Empowerment & System Strengthening:
Presenters offer a montage of experiences, from surgery to spiritual health, where medical
volunteerism helps to strengthen communities around the world, including Mayan Indians
in Guatemala and Nicaragua, exiled Tibetan monks in India, the riverbank people of the
Amazon basin, orphans and street children in East Africa, and collaborating researchers in
Israel and Palestine.
Agee, Marie (Director, Special Projects, Health Talents International)
Foster, Stanley, MD (Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health) - MODERATOR
Frye, Liz, MD (Psychiatry, Emory University)
Fuerstman, Lou, MD / Chatterjee, Rinku, MD (Medical Care International)
Kowalske, Richard, MD (President, Helping Hands Foreign Missions)
Omohwo, Edwin, MD, MPH (Founder/ President, Child Care Foundation) - CO-MODERATOR
Moreira, Jonathas, Rev. Dr. (Founder/President/CEO, World Hope Missions Ministry)
Raore, Bethwel, MD (Foundation for International Education in Neurosurgery, Emory University)
Zughaier, Susu (Senior Associate, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory School of Medicine)
Sat. 8:30am – 11:30am / WH 208
Where to Begin: Tips on Getting Launched to Volunteer:
This presentation acts as a springboard for future medical volunteers and social
entrepreneurs: The nuts and bolts of preparing for missions around the corner or around
the world…how to get involved and overcome personal barriers as well as issues relating to
malpractice, fundraising, and securing supplies. Learn how to prepare yourself and your
mission team, whether you are young or old, a student or a retiree, an out-in-the-fielder or
an organizer, a lay person or a health professional, a local or an international volunteer.
Barber, Lindsey & Kravitz, Josh (MedShare)
Beason, Jacinda (Founder & CEO, J.L. Beason Consulting) – CO-MODERATOR
Edinburgh, Margaret R. (Rose Marje Creations & Communications)
Hiller, Martin (FTCA Consultant / first President of the National Free Clinic Association)
Kaloper, Steve (CEO / Founder, Development Services Group, LLC)
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Lundberg, George, MD (National Honorary Chair, TAP-IN / Founder, Lundberg Institute / former Editor in
Chief, JAMA)
Norton, Scott, MD, MPH (American Academy of Dermatology Association)
Reichart, Bill (Non-Medical Atlanta Area Director, Christian Medical & Dental Association) – MODERATOR
Stone, Barbara (Consultant, Mission Volunteers: UMCOR United Methodist Global Ministries)
Sat. 8:30am – 1:00pm / WH 205
Health Education and Wellness:
The best way to keep people healthy is to teach them the basics of medicine and the
importance of a healthy lifestyle. This is an opportunity to hear about a wide array of
innovative approaches to community outreach. These include music for kids, athletic
programs, community gardens, and costumed comedic presentations. Learn about the
unique missions of an alliance of nice guys/gals, a private practicing cardiologist, and a
health literacy program for the Hispanic community.
Antin, Deb, & Pucci, Spencer (*ANGEL Network: Alliance of Nice Guys/Gals Enhancing/Extending Life)
Chung, Andy (President, What’s in a Doctor’s Bag Club, GA Tech chapter)
Chung, Andrew B, MD/PhD (Cardiology, Emory University)
Clark, Margaret A, MS, RN, RRT - NPS (Not One More Life)
Compere, Suzy (Executive Director, Equilibrium Earth Ltd)
Drenkard, Cristrina, MD (Lupus Foundation of America, GA Chapter)
Hampton, Lynn (Impact Athletics)
Urbina, Belisa (Renovacion Conyugal)
Fine, Kenneth, MD (Mission of Nutrition)
Seibel, Mache, MD (HealthRock) – MODERATOR
Steingraber, Doug (Mended Hearts)
Sat. 8:30am – 11:00am / WH 207
Homeless Programs:
This will be an opportunity to learn about and to get involved in street medicine and “house
calls to the homeless” in American cities, rural areas, and throughout the world. Also, there
will be expert insights relating to treating mental illness in the homeless, teaching
meditation and mindfulness to the homeless, and hospital “Mercy Care Services” for the
homeless. Opportunities abound for anyone to volunteer, whether you are trained medical
personnel, a student, or a retiree.
Beaty, Anita Law (Homeless Task Force)
Dorsett-Wainwright, Jolita (Medical Research Coordinator & President, S.R.T Inc.)
Frye, Liz, MD (Psychiatry, Emory University)
Grabbe, Linda, RN (Community Advanced Practice Nurses)
Morreale, Steve, MD, MPH (Physician Consultant, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) - MODERATOR
Santibanez, Scott, MD (Technical Chief of Staff for H1N1 Response, CDC)
Withers, Jim, MD (Founder, Operation Safety Net)
Sat. 10:00am – 11:30am / WH 206
Advocacy for the Health of Uninsured and Underinsured Patients:
A reverend and a state senator share the challenges of their advocacy efforts for Grady
Hospital and Grady patients. A doctor shares his advocacy experiences ranging from
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indigent Grady patients to the Pima Indians. A mother shares her motivations to start a
nonprofit to help uninsured families confronted with a child’s cancer diagnosis. A wide
variety of other advocates share their experiences, including an overview from a national
effort to advocate for underserved patients and the clinicians who attempt to serve them.
Aliniece, Pamela (Founder, Laughing at Leukemia)
Fort, Vincent (Georgia State Senator) – CO-MODERATOR
Hillsberg, Bonnie, DC, MHA, M.Ed (Vice-President, Association of Clinicians for the Underserved)
McDonald, Tim (Reverend, First Iconium Baptist Church) - MODERATOR
Reed, James W., MD (Professor, Associate Chair of Medicine for Research, Morehouse School of Medicine /
Chief of Endocrinology, Grady Hospital)
Sat. 11:30am – 4:00pm / WH 208
Community Clinics:
Hear the stories, insights, and expertise of the health care warriors who tackle the
problems of access to care in their own communities. They have established and served in
clinics accessible to the underserved, not only providing services, but teaching future
healthcare professionals. Merging spiritual, academic, and community initiatives, they
share the ultimate challenge: providing access to quality care for all Americans.
Goodman, CJ, MD (OB/GYN, House of Grace clinic)
Himelick, Tom, PA-C (Coordinator, South Georgia Farmworker Health Project)
Johns, Tony (Pastor / Community Involvement Director, City of Refuge)
Kreisle, Mary, RN (Physicians Care Clinic) - MODERATOR
Lesser, Lanny, MD (Co-Founder, Gwinnett Community Clinic)
Looper, Donna (Executive Director, Free Clinic Network)
Moore, Charles, MD (Director of HEAL, Inc, City of Refuge)
Rostad, Mitch (President of HEAL at Emory)
Thurston, Joanne (Executive Director, Cobb County Medical Society) – CO-MODERATOR
Warren, Bill, MD (Founder and President, Good Samaritan Health Center)
Watford, Sheryl (Executive Director, Fayette Care Clinic)
Sat. 11:00am – 2:30pm / WH 207
What Can Educational Institution Leadership do to Encourage Volunteerism?:
Many academic institutions are dedicated to fostering a spirit of volunteerism in their
training of future doctors, physician assistants, nurses, or chiropractors. Whether the
programs they offer provide care for the underserved in Tanzania or Peru, or for migrant
farm workers in the state of Georgia, the purpose and the challenge is to plant the seeds
and encourage students to appreciate the joy of making a difference by saving the lives or
preventing the suffering of people in their own community or around the world who
otherwise would be without care.
Blumenthal, Dan, MD (Associate Dean of Community Health, Morehouse School of Medicine)
Clifton, Maurice, MD (Associate Dean of Student Affairs at Mercer University School of Medicine) –
MODERATOR
Hillsberg, Bonnie, DC, MHA, M.Ed (Vice-President, Association of Clinicians for the Underserved)
Jacobson, Hilary (International Service Learning)
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Miles, David, RN (Emergency Medicine, Emory University Hospital)
Roth, Rachel (The Lamay Clinic Project, Cleveland Clinic College of Medicine)
Shieh, Jocelyn & Yu, Nina (Volunteer Emory)
Seigler, Allen, O., III (Executive Director, Georgia HOSA) & Diener, Paulette (HOSA advisor)
Wimberly, Yolanda, MD (Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine)
Sat. 11:30am – 2:30pm / WH 206
Communications and Media Efforts:
From the cutting edge technology of telemedicine to the cultural sensitivity issues in verbal
communication, learn how to communicate and make a difference. This session is a
communing of artists and techies. A wide spectrum of innovators share their efforts to make
an impact, from public health presentations in a foreign language to websites and
collaborative books on health issues… An author draws from his own experiences to write
books inspiring others to thrive despite physical challenges, a doctor produces CDs to
sensitize health care providers communicating with Latinos, and a photographer captures
the work of medical volunteers in Tibet.
O’Brien, Barbara L, RN, MSN, Cert. & O’Brien, Marc (Challenge Accepted and Met series)
Norton, Scott, MD, MPH (American Academy of Dermatology Association)
Parham, Mahtab Melissa (Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children)
Green, James, MD (DocRoc) – MODERATOR
Pejic, Maki (EmoryIMVC web manager, Emory University)
Hays, Paul (community activist)
Wolkis, Ed (photographer)
Kelli, Heval (student, Morehouse School of Medicine)
Sat. 12noon – 3:00pm / SOM 130
Expanding Volunteer Efforts:
Presenters offer innovative approaches to expanding mission opportunities in faith-based
and secular situations, whether by ship, by air, on land, or in cyberspace. Gain insights
into mobilizing faith groups, students, professionals, and even using the talents of the
African Diaspora as a strategy to give back, especially in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and
Liberia. Learn how providing life-changing experiences grows your volunteer base. Add the
skill of social entrepreneurialism, and there’s always room to expand. This session is
moderated by the development associate of the nonprofit website www.medicalmissions.org,
which connects medical volunteers with volunteer opportunities around the world.
Ahmed, Zain, MD (CEO, Global HEED) & Bandyopadhyay, Sonny, MD (Global HEED)
Gale, John P, DMD (Board of Advisors/Team Leader, Flying Doctors of America)
Hawkins, Richard, MD (President, Georgia Society of Anesthesiology)
Lincenberg, Sheldon, MD (Founder, Kidejapa Foundation)
Nelson, Kevin F. (Mercy Ships Regional Development Manager South East US)
Stewart, Lever (Board Chairman, Childspring International, Atlanta)
Thiltgen, Steven (Business Development Associate, MedicalMissions.Org) MODERATOR
Ojomo, Akinwale (General coordination and logistics, RSG / Global Development Institute)
Rutledge, Kenneth, MD (Atlanta Christian Medical and Dental Association)
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Sat. 12:30 – 3:00pm / SOM 120
Emergency, Trauma, & ER programs:
Whether providing emergency care in Nigeria, teaching basic and advanced resuscitation
techniques on the streets of India, or setting up intensive care units in a variety of third
world countries, this team of presenters has one objective…to save lives and decrease
morbidity during an emergency.
Abraham, George, MD (Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services)
Ajibade, Omotola (Emory University) - CO-MODERATOR
Caldwell, Amber (Director of Development, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology)
Chopra, Quincy (Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services)
Staton, Gerald MD (Professor of Medicine, Emory Clinic) – MODERATOR
Sat. 1:00pm – 3:00pm / SOM 110
Nursing & Pharmacy Programs:
A unique perspective on volunteer nursing and pharmaceutical activities in developing
countries, from challenges with the pharmaceutical supply chains to nurses who empower
the poor, thus creating lasting change. Learn how to contribute in these challenging
situations and avoid “nurse burn out” while making a positive impact.
Flores, Dennis, RN (President-elect of Association of Nurses in AIDS Care) – MODERATOR
McMahon, Mary RN M.B.A., MS BSN (President, Nurses for the Nations)
Norton, Scott, MD, MPH (American Academy of Dermatology Association)
Notrica, Michelle, PharmD
Sat. 2:00pm – 3:00pm / SOM A153
Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and their Issues…Celebrating the 20th
Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Members of the Commission on Disability Affairs in Fulton County address the challenges
and innovative accomplishments resulting from advocacy for those who are disabled.
Firestone, Melissa Henry (Chairman, Commission on Disability Affairs, Fulton County, GA) – MODERATOR
Shannon, Vernitia & Jylyan (Commission on Disability Affairs, Fulton County, GA) – CO-MODERATORS
AFRICA – Break Out
Sat. 3PM – 4PM / SOM 110
An opportunity for mixing and mingling with international groups working in Africa
ASIA & MIDDLE EAST – Break Out
Sat. 3PM – 4PM / SOM 120
An opportunity for mixing and mingling with international groups working in Asia and the
Middle East
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LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN – Break Out
Sat. 3PM – 4PM / SOM 130
An opportunity for mixing and mingling with international groups working in Latin
America
GENERAL SESSION:
MOVING FORWARD: Your Ideas on How to Expand Medical & Health
Volunteerism
Sat. 4:30pm – 6:00pm / Glenn Memorial Church
1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322
This session is geared towards all conference participants (attendees, speakers, exhibitors).
This will give an overview of the diverse content of the conference, recognizing the spectrum
of speaker and exhibitor groups. There will also be an open forum to encourage synergy
between diverse volunteer efforts. New ideas / comments / reactions on how to energize local
and international volunteerism will be welcomed from the audience members.
Moderated by Neil Shulman MD, Steve Kutner MD, & Steve Thiltgen.
TELEVISED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
Presented by: We Speak!
Topic: Health Care Reform: What does it Mean and Where do You Fit in?
Sat. 6:00pm – 7:30pm / White Hall 205
A panel of policy makers, medical professionals, and patient advocates discuss the current
status of government health care reform, and the role of American citizens in volunteering
to shape positive reform.
Moderated by “Pres” F. President, President & Executive Producer, We Speak!
TALENT SHOW
Medical Volunteerism’s Got Talent!
Sat. 7:30pm – 9:30pm / Glenn Memorial Church
1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322
A talent show hosted by Kenny Davin Fine MD & Neil Shulman MD, drawing from the
talent pool of medical volunteers.
Talent includes Omotala Ajibade, Jane Alexander, Dan Appelrouth MD, William Bodner MD, Margaret
Edinburgh, Clint Lawrence MD, and Mache Seibel MD
SUNDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2010
Sun. 9:00am – 12noon / SOM 110
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Sustaining Volunteer Efforts:
Whether establishing surgical missions or delivering disaster relief, volunteering as a
student emergency tech in Nigeria or doing mission work in Haiti or Peru to help with
medical, social, and dental needs…the aim is to make this humanitarian work sustainable.
Here is an opportunity to gain insights into innovation that helps volunteers have a lasting
impact on the health of the community they serve.
Ajibade, Olaseni (student, Emory University)
Alvarado, Carlos S, MD (Peruvian American Medical Society)
Centrone, Wayne, MD (Executive Director, Health Bridges International) – MODERATOR
Gehringer, Bob, MD (Health Bridges International)
Leeds, Ira (Executive Director, Emory Project Medishare / President, Project Casse)
McQueen, Kelly, MD (Coordinator, Burden of Surgical Disease Working Group)
Sun. 9:00am – 2:30pm / SOM 120
Pediatric Programs:
This group of doctors, nurses, and dentists give insights into the challenges and triumphs of
volunteering pediatric services in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and Mongolia.
Their efforts include screening for prevention intervention, providing primary care services,
and treating children who require complicated surgical intervention (birth defects,
neurologic defects, congenital heart defects, or urologic surgery).
Abughazaleh, Khaled DDS, DMD (Palestine Children's Relief Fund)
Bailey, Carl, MD (Healing the Children, NE)
Boulis, Nick MD (American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Project Shunt)
Buffin, Dana, MD (Healing the Children, NE)
Freed, Susan, PT (Emory Department of Physical Therapy –collaboration w/ Rehabilitation Department at
Obras Sociales in Guatemala)
Kennedy, Ann, NP (the Kenya Project)
Middlebrooks, Brenda, CPNP (Children's Cross Connection)
Milhoan, Kirk MD, PhD, FACC, FAAP (Medical Director, For Hearts and Souls) – MODERATOR
Rich, Anita RN, BSN, PCCN (Samaritan’s Purse Children’s Heart Project)
Roser, Steve, DMD, MD (Team Leader, Healing the Children, NE)
Sosebee, Steve MD (President & CEO, Palestine Children's Relief Fund)
Sutherland, Nadia, MD (Joshua International Ministries)
Smith, Edwin, MD (Children's Cross Connection)
Sun. 9:00am – 12noon / WH 208
An Overview: Volunteering in Your Own Community – Opportunities and Ideas
for Medical & Lay People:
A smorgasbord of individual stories and opportunities, from doctors who provide free heart
surgery and lung transplants to a lay retiree who visits sick kids with bedside reading. A
wide spectrum of opportunities are out there right in your backyard: offering charity care in
your own private practice, offering your skills at health fairs, or exploiting your creativity
like the doc who sings to help feed the hungry. The sky’s the limit!
Adams, Jewel, RN (Nursing Clinical Support, Emory)
Appelrouth, Dan, MD (Founder, Atlanta Hunger Relief Fund)
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Hapner, Edie R., PhD CCC-SLP (Atlanta Head and Neck Cancer Coalition)
Hatcher, Charles, MD (former Chairman, Director, and CEO, Emory Clinic / Professor of Surgery, Emeritus,
Emory University School of Medicine)
Lawrence, Clint, MD (Pulmonologist, Emory Clinic) – CO-MODERATOR
Murphree, Rose, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN (Clinical Instructor, Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing
Education Center, Emory University School of Medicine) – MODERATOR
Umstead, Tom (Fulton County Volunteer of the Year, 2005)
Wallace, Debbie, DrPH (Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse)
Sun. 9:00am – 11:00am / WH 206
Hospice Volunteer Programs:
This presentation provides insights into a variety of hospice volunteer opportunities for lay
people and healthcare professionals. Learn from the personal experiences of the prior head
of CNN Science News who mixed volunteering, family, and film-making to impact
volunteers via an end-of-life documentary. Get an inside perspective from volunteering
doctors and volunteer coordinators. Learn how to get involved with organizations like
Visiting Nurse / Hospice Atlanta and United Hospice Atlanta.
Barash, Bailey (BBarash Productions, LLC / former Director, Health Science News, CNN)
Renault, Gillian (Communications Consultant, Visiting Nurse | Hospice Atlanta) - MODERATOR
Martin, Tiffany (American Hospice)
Nelms, Doris (Cell Volunteer manager, United Hospice Atlanta)
Taylor, David, MD (Chairman, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and
Hepatology Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Emory)
Sun. 9:00am – 11:00 am / WH 207
Mental Health in America’s Youth:
Hear the experiences of a Chicago city police officer who teamed up with Michael Jordan to
educate inner city kids and prevent serious mishaps. He’ll be joined by a colleague Chicago
police officer and a Dekalb County executive who runs a unique camp to inspire youth to
commit to healthy choices. In addition, you’ll learn from a Cleveland Clinic physician who
created a program to teach medicine and boost the self-esteem of inner city kids. You’ll also
hear about a program to steer kids away from the direction of drugs and alcohol, alternative
methods of helping kids who suffer depression, and a testimony from the 1st vice president of
the GA Association of Blind Students about positive role modeling.
Chapman, Eddie (Project Administrator, Safety Cops / Organizer, Charitable Cops Care About Chicago) MODERATOR
Fernandez, Mary (1st vice president of GA Association of Blind Students)
Williams, Rickey B (Chicago Police Department)
Hoffman, Gary S., M.D., M.S. (Professor, Director of Staff Volunteer Programs, Cleveland Clinic)
Machinga, Kimarie, PhD (metaphysical psychologist / Pure Energy, The Art of Healing)
Moody, Revonda (Director, Camp Stand) – CO-MODERATOR
Murray, Dennis S, Sr. (Executive Director, Youth Development & Capacity Building, Inc.)
Sun. 9:00am – 2:00pm / WH 205
Dental Health Programs:
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A collection of unique perspectives on how to get dental care to those in need locally or
internationally, through mission trips to remote villages on the Amazon River, in Alaska,
and in Vietnam, or serving inner city Atlanta communities where model clinics have been
established. There are even insights from a dentist’s mission trips to teach non-dentists to
perform certain dental treatments.
Edward, LeTisha, DDS – MODERATOR
Cunningham, Bruce, DMD
Davis, Walter Ray Jr, DDS, MSD (Rivers of the World)
Shulman, Stan, DDS (East Meets West Foundation, Dental Division)
Patten, Karyl, DDS (Good Samaritan Clinic)
Miller, Gary (CEO, Jewish Family & Career Services / The Ben Massell Dental Clinic)
Millener, Natalie (Club HEAL) – CO-MODERATOR
Sun. 10:00am – 1:00pm / SOM 130
Cultural Sensitivity & Ethical Responsibility in Volunteer Efforts:
Volunteering can do more harm than good if it is not culturally sensitive. It can do a
tremendous amount of good for both the recipient and the donor when it is culturally
enriching. The presenters will give insights into cross-cultural issues including social,
economic, ethnic, religious, educational, or language. Organizers, surgeons, obstetricians,
and ER doctors will present an array of perspectives.
Cooper, Warren, MD (Samaritan’s Purse / World Medical Missions)
Evert, Jessica, MD (Medical Director, Child Family Health International)
Spurlock, Rick, MD (Co-Founder, Emory Medishare/Emergency Physicans International) – CO-MODERATOR
Flier Hudson, Vicki (President, Highroad Global Services)
Suchdev, Parminder, MD (Global Health, Emory Medishare)
Tarpley, Margaret (Senior Associate in Surgery, Vanderbilt University, APDS Web Master) – MODERATOR
Stewart, Richard, MD (OB/GYN, Atlanta)
Sun. 11:00am – 12:30pm / WH 206 (this session will be repeated at SOM A153 /1:00 –
2:30pm with limited seating)
Family Involvement: Getting the Family on Board:
How to create a meaningful family experience through helping those in need: Perspectives
from a teen who started going on medical missions at age eight, insights from families who
have gone together on missions both clinical and non-clinical, and stories from those who
have adopted children as another positive spin off of their medical missions.
Dollar, Allen, MD (Chief of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital)
Roberts, Matthew (high school student, started going on mission trips to Dominican Republic at age 10)
Tarpley, John, MD (Dept of Surgery, Vanderbilt University) – MODERATOR
Malalis, Michelle (Behavioral Sciences & Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health)
Sun. 11:00am – 2:00pm / WH 207
Mental Health Programs:
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Learn about a wide array of volunteer opportunities, such as a unique program that
connects faith communities with mental health advocates, or a national program using
street-based and radio outreach to positively impact mental health issues. The spectrum of
disorders addressed will include substance abuse, dementia, and Tourrette Syndrome (with
special emphasis on a camp experience for kids). The approaches are often innovative, such
as a therapeutic garden for patients and caregivers in an Alzheimer’s day facility. Another
highlight is a psychiatrist’s perspective on how to sensitize the brain towards
environmental concerns.
Albert, Charles L (former Mayor, Fernandina Beach, FL / Narcotics Anonymous)
Cohen, Sheldon, MD (Psychiatrist, Atlanta) – MODERATOR
Hays, Paul – (National Alliance on Mental Health)
Kardon, Patricia, RN (Exec. Director, Tourette Information Center & Support of Georgia / Camp Twin Lakes)
Parker, Monica, MD – (Registry for Remembrance)
Radulovacki, Branko, MD (founding member, FaithWorks)
Williams, Pamela (Executive Director, AiJalon Inc)
Sun. 11:00am – 3:00pm / Harland Cinema
The Haiti Challenge & Response:
A global perspective on medical volunteering in Haiti, including helping the needy in rural
areas who were indirectly affected by the earthquake, dealing with the psychological
aftermath among Haitians, rebuilding hospitals, and working at the forefront of disaster
relief. These health professionals and organizers have learned lessons which could help to
develop new strategies for dealing with similar situations in the future. Here’s a real
opportunity to learn from the past and move forward.
Cadet, Jean, MD (native Haitian, Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, Emory University)
Curci, Sylvie (student, Emory University)
Frye, Liz, MD (Psychiatry, Emory)
Haynes, Twilla (Founder, Eternal Hope in Haiti, Inc.)
Hilaire, Mews, RRT (native Haitian, Emory Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center) - MODERATOR
Koller, Jessica (Project Haiti)
Kutner, Stephen, MD (Founder/ Medical Director, Jewish Healthcare International)
Lincenberg, Sheldon, MD (Founder, Kidejapa Foundation)
McMahon, Mary, RN M.B.A., MS BSN (President, Nurses for the Nations)
Melchizedek, Uriah (Program Coordinator, Operation Giving Back)
Rizor, Randy, MD (Eternal Hope in Haiti, Inc.)
Rondil Hagen, Lydie, RN, BSN (Founder/Pres, Vanyan Sante Klinik / Haitian American Nurses Assoc.-Atlanta Chapter)
Roser, Steve, MD (Team Leader, Healing the Children, NE)
Saint Louis, DiDi, MD, MPH (native Haitian, OB/GYN, The Haitian Alliance) – CO-MODERATOR
Spurlock, Rick, MD (Co-Founder, Emory Medishare / Co-Founder, Emergency Physicans International)
Wheatley, Matthew, MD (Faculty Sponsor, Emory Medishare)
Zuberi, Jalal, MD (Dept. of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine)
*Project Haiti displaying a research poster by Melissa Beally, Tiffany Castellano, Jessica Koller, Matt
Mullane, Brad Venghaus, and Krista Young
Sun. 12noon – 2:30pm / SOM 110
Public Health Programs:
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Public health volunteers from Cambodia to South Africa, from Uganda to Nicaragua give
insights into making a difference in public health around the world. Their efforts result in
clean water, sanitation, screening for and educating about health problems like
hypertension & pulmonary ailments, and teaming to wipe out communicable diseases.
Church, Nina (NIKA Water)
Grim, Clarence, MD (Senior Consultant, Shared Care Research and Education Consulting, Inc) -- COMODERATOR
Jessop, Kyle (United States Peace Corps) – MODERATOR
Mina, Michael (Founder/Director Grassroot Health, Inc.)
Wilson-Baker, Jennett, RN (Executive Director, CREED)
Sun. 12noon – 2pm / WH 208
Hospital Volunteer Programs:
Hospital volunteers from Atlanta and beyond join together to celebrate the work they do.
Unique insights from teens, retired folks, and volunteer coordinators. These opportunities
are available for anybody interested in the medical field and anyone who wants to use their
experience and expertise to make a difference.
Dhawan, Neeta (student, Emory)
Gonzalez, Tracy Russel (Crawford Long Hospital)
James, Christopher (Southern Regional Hospital)
Ke, Rhona (Northside Hospital)
Margol, Esther (St. Joseph’s Hospital) – CO-MODERATOR
Muhammad, Cecilia, RN (Volunteer Coordinator, Atlanta Medical Center) – CO-MODERATOR
Rogers, Barbara (Director of Volunteer Services, Kennestone Hospital)
Umstead, Tom (Fulton County Volunteer of the Year, 2005)
Williams, Nancy (Columbus Regional Health Center)
Sun. 12:30pm – 2pm / WH 206
Advocacy for Patients during a Crisis of Care:
It’s difficult for patients to advocate for themselves when they are suffering and/or without
resources. The volunteer advocate can make all the difference in the world, especially at a
time of a crisis of care. This session includes many angles on patient advocacy, with
perspectives from doctors, advocacy organizers, and patients / survivors who have taken
advocacy efforts into their own hands.
Dorothy Leone-Glasser, RN (President, Advocates for Responsible Care) – MODERATOR
Commissioner Larry Johnson (Dekalb County Board of Commissioners, community leader)
Teodoro Maus (President of Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, former Mexico Consul General,
Author, Filmmaker)
Lindsay Jones (Associate Director of Emory Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, Professor of Law,
ARxC attornery)
Martin Asturias (News Correspondent, currently with Al Jazeera, videographer, producer)
Kim Schofield (Lupus Registry, patient advocate)
Sun. 1:00pm – 2:30pm / SOM 130
The Nuts & Bolts of Fundraising: An Introduction:
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This is a crash course on how to gain access to financial resources. You will have an
opportunity to learn the inside scoop on how to present your plan to potential funders, how
to plan fundraising events, and the do’s and don’ts of grant writing.
BenYoar, Shoshana (President, GRANT Scribes, Inc.)
Cato, Thelma J. – MODERATOR
Chambers, Sona (President, 4 A Great Cause)
Gross, Joanne - (event planner)
Lincenberg, Sheldon, MD (Founder, Kidejapa Foundation) – CO-MODERATOR
Omohwo, Edwin, MD, MPH (Founder/ President, Child Care Foundation)
Peterson, Brad (Founder, Virtual Golf Society)
Torres-Odom, Jennie (board member, Ware Foundation)
Sun. 1:00pm – 2:30pm / SOM A153 (40 person limit – first session is at WH 206 / 11am–12:30pm)
Family Involvement: Getting the Family on Board:
How to create a meaningful family experience through helping those in need: Perspectives
from a teen who started going on medical missions at age eight, insights from families who
have gone together on missions, and stories from those who have adopted children as
another positive spin off of their medical missions.
Dollar, Allen, MD (Chief of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital)
Roberts, Matthew (high school student, started going on mission trips to Dominican Republic at age 10)
Tarpley, John, MD (Dept of Surgery, Vanderbilt University) – MODERATOR
Sun. 2:00pm – 4:00pm / WH 207
Disaster Preparedness & Response:
Get an inside perspective on volunteering with the various U.S. government’s Health &
Human Services departments to prepare for and respond to disaster. Hear inspiring stories
about Americans helping during disasters including the World Trade Center, the Pentagon,
the anthrax outbreak in Washington, Hurricane Katrina, and the recent Haiti earthquake.
Learn how you can help…whether you are a health professional or a lay person.
Cobb, Clara, MSN, RN, CFNP, & Handra, Kathy (Assistant Surgeon General, Regional Health Administrator
and Acting Regional Director, Regional Health Administrator and Acting Regional Director, HHS, Region IV)
Jordon, James D., Jr. (Logistics Section Chief, Disaster Medical Assistance Team / GA-3) – MODERATOR
AFRICA – Break Out
Sun. 2:30PM – 3:30PM / SOM 110
An opportunity for mixing and mingling with international groups working in Africa
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN – Break Out
Sun. 2:30PM – 3:30PM / SOM 120
An opportunity for mixing and mingling with international groups working in Latin
America
ASIA & MIDDLE EAST – Break Out
Sun. 2:30PM – 3:30PM / SOM 130
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An opportunity for mixing and mingling with international groups working in Asia and the
Middle East
GENERAL SESSION:
FINAL WRAP UP: Launching Next Year’s Medical / Health Volunteerism
Conference / Celebration
Sun. 4:00pm – 5:30pm / WH 208
General wrap up session for anyone interested in giving feedback about this year’s
conference and/or getting involved in next year’s conference… moderated by Neil Shulman
MD. Panel of conference organizers will include Steve Kutner MD, Steve Thiltgen, Charles Moore, Marijan
Pejic, Megan Cohen, and Zoe Haugo.
A Snap-Shot Overview of the Conference:
Friday, April 16th
Time
7:00 – 7:30
7:30 – 8:15
8:15 – 9:00
9:00 – 9:45
Location
Glenn Memorial
Church
Glenn Memorial
Church
Glenn Memorial
Church
Glenn Memorial
Church
Room
Title
Welcome / Opening Remarks
George Lundberg, MD - A History and Overview of Volunteerism
Jim Withers, MD - The Philosophy of Service
Gary Hoffman, MD, MS/Brian Smith/John Wilson, MD
- Synergies and Obstacles in International Volunteerism
Saturday, April 17th
Time
8:30 – 4:00
8:30 – 4:00
8:30 – 4:00
8:30 – 4:00
8:30 – 4:00
8:30 – 11:30
8:30 – 11:00
8:30 – 12:00
8:30 – 12:30
Location
School of
Medicine
White Hall
Math / Science
School of
Medicine
School of
Medicine
White Hall
White Hall
School of
Medicine
School of
Medicine
Room
commons
Title
International Exhibits
lobby
atrium
A170
Local / National Exhibits
Local / National Exhibits
Photo Exhibit: Portraits on a Mission…A Skid Row Collaboration
Commons
Photo Exhibit: Faces of Tibet…Rounding with the Flying Doctors
208
207
130
Where to Begin: Getting Launched in the Volunteer World
Homeless Programs
Surgery Programs
120
Teaching and Developing Infrastructure for Programs In
Developing Countries
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8:30 – 1:00
8:30 – 1:00
White Hall
School of
Medicine
White Hall
White Hall
205
110
Health Education and Wellness
Community Empowerment and System Strengthening
206
207
White Hall
White Hall
School of
Medicine
School of
Medicine
School of
Medicine
School of
Medicine
206
208
130
Advocacy for Uninsured & Underinsured Patients
What Can Institutional Leadership Do to Encourage
Volunteerism?
Communication and Media Efforts
Community Clinics
Expanding Volunteer Efforts
120
Emergency/Trauma/ER Programs
110
Nursing and Pharmacy
A153
School of
Medicine
School of
Medicine
School of
Medicine
Glenn Memorial
Church
110
Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities & their Issues…
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act
Geography Break-Out Session: Africa
120
Geography Break-Out Session: Asia and Middle East
130
Geography Break-Out Session: Latin America & Caribbean
6:00 – 7:30
White Hall
205
7:30 – 9:30
Glenn Memorial
Church
10:00 – 11:30
11:00 – 2:30
11:30 – 2:30
11:30 – 4:00
12:00 – 3:00
12:30 – 3:00
1:00 – 3:00
2:00 – 3:00
3:00 – 4:00
3:00 – 4:00
3:00 – 4:00
4:30 – 6:00
GENERAL SESSION - ROUND UP: Your Ideas on How
to Make Medical & Health Volunteerism More
Contagious & Effective
TELEVISED We Speak! ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
Health Care Reform: What does it Mean and Where do
You Fit in?
TALENT SHOW: Medical Volunteerism’s Got Talent!
Sunday, April 18th
Time
9:00 – 5:30
9:00 – 5:30
9:00 – 5:30
9:00 – 5:30
Location
Room
Title
School of Medicine commons
International Exhibits
White Hall
lobby
Local / National Exhibits
Math / Science
atrium
Local / National Exhibits
School of Medicine commons Photo Exhibit: Portraits on a Mission…A Skid Row Collaboration
9:00 – 5:30
9:00 – 12:00
School of Medicine
School of Medicine
P190
110
Photo Exhibit: Faces of Tibet…Rounding with the Flying Doctors
Sustaining Volunteer Efforts
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9:00 – 11:00
9:00 – 12:00
White Hall
White Hall
207
208
9:00 – 11:00
9:00 – 2:30
9:00 – 2:00
10:00 – 1:00
White Hall
School of Medicine
White Hall
School of Medicine
206
120
205
130
11:00 – 12:30
11:00 – 2:00
11:00 – 3:00
12:00 – 2:30
12:00 – 2:00
12:30 – 2:00
1:00 – 2:30
White Hall
White Hall
Harland Cinema
School of Medicine
White Hall
White Hall
School of
Medicine
School of
Medicine
206
207
1:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:30
2:30 – 3:30
2:30 – 3:30
2:00 – 4:00
4:00 – 5:30
School of
Medicine
School of
Medicine
School of
Medicine
White Hall
White Hall
110
208
206
130
A153
Mental Health in America’s Youth
Volunteer in Your Own Community – Opportunities and Ideas
for Medical and Lay People
Hospice Volunteer Programs
Pediatric Programs
Dental Health Programs
Cultural Sensitivity and Ethical Responsibility
in Volunteer Efforts
Family Involvement: Getting the Family Onboard (first session)
Mental Health Programs
The Haiti Challenge and Response
Public Health Programs
Hospital Volunteer Programs
Advocacy for Patients During a Crisis of Care
The Nuts and Bolts of Fundraising: An Introduction
Family Involvement: Getting the Family Onboard
(second session) *note: this room holds only 40 people
– more space in earlier time/location
110
Geography Break-Out Session: Africa
130
Geography Break-Out Session: Asia and Middle East
120
Geography Break-Out Session: Latin America & Caribbean
207
208
Disaster Preparedness & Response
GENERAL SESSION - WRAP UP: Launching next
year’s Volunteerism Conference / Celebration