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    EmoryIMVC.orgs Quick

    Sessions Search FeatureYou can use this PowerPoint as a tool to quickly locate sessions that may interest you.

    Navigate through this PowerPoint just as you would through a website.

    Move your mouse to click around once you start the PowerPoint.

    Press F5 on your keyboard or go to viewPowerPoint, and then

    Click here to start

    Visit EmoryIMVC.org or IMVC.org for more information.

    Developed by Marijan Maki Pejic for the 2010 International MedicalVolunteerism Conference at Emory University. If you have anyquestions about the conference, send Zoe Haugo an email at

    [email protected]. If you have any questions about thewebsite or this PowerPoint, send Maki an email at

    [email protected].

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    International Sessions

    Teaching and Developing Infrastructure for Programs in Developing Countries

    Surgery Programs

    Community Empowerment & System Strengthening

    Where to Begin: Tips on Getting Launched to Volunteer

    What Can Institutional Leadership do to Encourage Volunteerism?

    Communications and Media Efforts

    Expanding Volunteer Efforts Emergency, Trauma, & ER programs

    Sustaining Volunteer Efforts

    Pediatric Programs

    Dental Health Programs

    Cultural Sensitivity & Ethical Responsibility in Volunteer Efforts

    The Haiti Challenge & Response

    Public Health Programs

    MOVING FORWARD: Your Ideas on How to Expand Medical & Health Volunteerism

    TELEVISED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Presented by: We Speak!

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    Local/ National Sessions Health Education and Wellness Homeless Programs

    Advocacy for the Health of Uninsured and Underinsured Patients

    Community Clinics

    Nursing & Pharmacy Programs

    Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and their Issues

    An Overview: Volunteering in Your Own Community Opportunities and Ideas

    for Medical & Lay People Hospice Volunteer Programs

    Mental Health in Americas Youth

    Family Involvement: Getting the Family on Board

    Mental Health Programs

    Hospital Volunteer Programs

    Advocacy for Patients during a Crisis of Care

    The Nuts & Bolts of Fundraising: An Introduction

    Family Involvement: Getting the Family on Board

    MOVING FORWARD: Your Ideas on How to Expand Medical & Health

    Volunteerism

    TELEVISED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Presented by: We Speak!

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    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 tocreate programs to teach the locals how to save lives. The challenges are many,whether setting up pediatric emergency care in Honduras and the Republic ofGeorgia, building new hospitals in Africa, or teaching radiology in the Andes of Peru.You will learn about an innovative teaching exchange project in which a US medicalschool helps teach cardiology at an Ethiopian medical school. Youll also hear fromthe son of the President of Liberia, who became a doctor in the US and returned toLiberia with a unique program to help rebuild the infrastructure by teaching local

    health care providers. This is a global summit of compassion focused on developingcountries.

    Dollar, Allen, MD (Chief of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital)

    Eaton, Cynthia Basso (President of Global Healing)

    Goo, David MD (Pediatric Emergency Medicine / Residency Coordinator / PALSTraining

    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)

    Tisnado, Jaime MD, FACR (Professor, Radiology & Surgery, VCU Medical Center)

    Sirleaf, James, MD (son of the President of Liberia, and chairman of HEARTT)

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    Sat. 8:30am 12noon / SOM 130

    Surgery Programs:

    Theres a gap in surgical skills within global health, with major differences between lowand high income countries. Academic programs and mission hospitals are trying to fillthis gap. Theres a wide variety of surgical interventions required, for exampleintroducing new technology to treat fistulas of African women, providing a newpsychological lease on lifefrom social outcast to cultural inclusion. The surgicalchallenges include treating injuries from natural disasters like the Haiti earthquake orperforming battlefield surgery in Sudan, Pakistan, and Congo. This session would notbe complete without the personal insight of an experienced academic surgeon whomakes trips to Egypt to perform difficult cardiothoracic surgicalproceduresimproving 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 (Samaritans 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)

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    Sat. 8:30am 1:00pm / SOM 110

    Community Empowerment & System Strengthening:

    Presenters offer a montage of experiences, from surgery to spiritual health, wheremedical volunteerism helps to strengthen communities around the world, includingMayan Indians in Guatemala and Nicaragua, exiled Tibetan monks in India, theriverbank people of the Amazon basin, orphans and street children in East Africa, andcollaborating 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, EmoryUniversity)

    Zughaier, Susu (Senior Associate, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory School ofMedicine)

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    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 socialentrepreneurs: The nuts and bolts of preparing for missions around the corner oraround the worldhow to get involved and overcome personal barriers as well asissues relating to malpractice, fundraising, and securing supplies. Learn how toprepare yourself and your mission team, whether you are young or old, a student or aretiree, an out-in-the-fielder or an organizer, a lay person or a health professional, alocal 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 ClinicAssociation)

    Kaloper, Steve (CEO / Founder, Development Services Group, LLC)

    Lundberg, George, MD (National Honorary Chair, TAP-IN / Founder, LundbergInstitute / 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 GlobalMinistries)

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    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 theimportance of a healthy lifestyle. This is an opportunity to hear about a wide array ofinnovative approaches to community outreach. These include music for kids, athleticprograms, community gardens, and costumed comedic presentations. Learn aboutthe 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/GalsEnhancing/Extending Life)

    Chung, Andy (President, Whats in a Doctors 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

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    Sat. 8:30am 11:00am / WH 207

    Homeless Programs:

    This will be an opportunity to learn about and to get involved in streetmedicine and house calls to the homeless in American cities, ruralareas, and throughout the world. Also, there will be expert insightsrelating to treating mental illness in the homeless, and teachingmeditation and mindfulness to the homeless. Opportunities aboundfor 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

    Withers, Jim, MD (Founder, Operation Safety Net)

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    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 advocacyefforts for Grady Hospital and Grady patients. A doctor shares hisadvocacy experiences ranging from indigent Grady patients to thePima Indians. A mother shares her motivations to start a nonprofit tohelp uninsured families confronted with a childs cancer diagnosis. Awide variety of other advocates share their experiences, including anoverview 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 ofClinicians for the Underserved)

    McDonald, Tim (Reverend, First Iconium Baptist Church) -MODERATOR

    Reed, James W., MD (Professor, Associate Chair of Medicine forResearch, Morehouse School of Medicine / Chief of Endocrinology,Grady Hospital)

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    Sat. 11:30am 3:30pm / WH 208

    Community Clinics

    Hear the stories, insights, and expertise of the health care warriors who tackle theproblems of access to care in their own communities. They have established andserved in clinics accessible to the underserved, not only providing services, butteaching future healthcare professionals. Merging spiritual, academic, and communityinitiatives, 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)

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    Sat. 11:00am 2:30pm / WH 207

    What Can Institutional 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, orchiropractors. Whether the programs they offer provide care for theunderserved in Tanzania or Peru, or for migrant farm workers in the state ofGeorgia, the purpose and the challenge is to plant the seeds and encouragestudents to appreciate the joy of making a difference by saving the lives orpreventing the suffering of people who otherwise would be without care.

    Blumenthal, Dan, MD (Associate Dean of Community Health, MorehouseSchool of Medicine)

    Clifton, Maurice, MD (Associate Dean of Student Affairs at MercerUniversity School of Medicine) MODERATOR

    Hillsberg, Bonnie, DC, MHA, M.Ed (Vice-President, Association of Cliniciansfor the Underserved)

    Jacobson, Hilary (International Service Learning)

    Miles, David, RN (Emergency Medicine, Emory University Hospital)

    Roth, Rachel (The Lamay Clinic Project, Cleveland Clinic College ofMedicine)

    Shieh, Jocelyn & Yu, Nina (Volunteer Emory)

    Wimberly, Yolanda, MD (Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine)

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    Sat. 11:30am 2:30pm / WH 206

    Communications and Media Efforts:

    From the cutting edge technology of telemedicine to the cultural sensitivity issues inverbal communication, learn how to communicate and make a difference. Thissession is a communing of artists and techies. A wide spectrum of innovators sharetheir efforts to make an impact, from public health presentations in a foreign languageto websites and collaborative books on health issues An author draws from his ownexperiences to write books inspiring others to thrive despite physical challenges, adoctor produces CDs to sensitize health care providers communicating with Latinos,and a photographer captures the work of medical volunteers in Tibet.

    OBrien, Barbara L, RN, MSN, Cert. & OBrien, Marc (Challenge Accepted and Metseries)

    Norton, Scott, MD, MPH (American Academy of Dermatology Association)

    Parham, Mahtab Melissa (Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children)

    Sinkinson, Craig MD (Mayan Medical Aid)

    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)

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    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. Gaininsights into mobilizing faith groups, students, professionals, and even using thetalents of the African Diaspora as a strategy to give back, especially in Nigeria, SierraLeone, and Liberia. Add the skill of social entrepreneurialism, and theres alwaysroom to expand. This session is moderated by the development associate of thenonprofit website www.medicalmissions.org, which connects medical volunteers withvolunteer opportunities around the world.

    Ahmed, Zain, MD (CEO, Global HEED) & Bandyopadhyay, Sonny, MD (GlobalHEED)

    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)

    Thiltgen, Steven (Business Development Associate, MedicalMissions.Org)MODERATOR

    Ojomo, Akinwale (General coordination and logistics, RSG / Global DevelopmentInstitute)

    Rutledge, Kenneth, MD (Atlanta Christian Medical and Dental Association)

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    Sat. 1:00pm 3:00pm / SOM 110

    Nursing & Pharmacy Programs:

    A unique perspective on volunteer nursing andpharmaceutical activities in developing countries, fromchallenges with the pharmaceutical supply chains tonurses who empower the poor, thus creating lastingchange. Learn how to contribute in these challenging

    situations and avoid nurse burn out while making apositive impact.

    Flores, Dennis, RN (President-elect of Association ofNurses in AIDS Care) MODERATOR

    McMahon, Mary RN (President, Nurses for the Nations) Norton, Scott, MD MPH (American Academy ofDermatology Association)

    Notrica, Michelle, PharmD

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    Sat. 12:30 3:00pm / SOM 120

    Emergency, Trauma, & ER programs:

    Whether providing emergency care in Nigeria, teaching basic andadvanced resuscitation techniques on the streets of India, or settingup intensive care units in a variety of third world countries, this teamof presenters has one objectiveto save lives and decreasemorbidity during an emergency.

    Abraham, George, MD (Indian Institute of Emergency MedicalServices)

    Ajibade, Omotola (Emory University) - CO-MODERATOR

    Caldwell, Amber (Director of Development, Institute for GlobalOrthopedics and Traumatology)

    Chopra, Quincy (Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services)

    Staton, Gerald MD (Professor of Medicine, Emory Clinic) MODERATOR

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    Sat. 2:00pm 3:00pm / SOM A153

    Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and their

    Issues:

    Members of the Commission on Disability Affairs in FultonCounty address the challenges and innovativeaccomplishments resulting from advocacy for those whoare disabled.

    Firestone, Melissa Henry (Chairman, Commission onDisability Affairs, Fulton County, GA) MODERATOR

    Shannon, Jylyan CO-MODERATOR

    Shannon, Vernitia (Commission on Disability Affairs,Fulton County, GA) CO-MODERATOR

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    GENERAL SESSION:

    MOVING FORWARD: Your Ideas on How to ExpandMedical & Health Volunteerism

    Sat. 4:30pm 6:00pm / Glenn Memorial Church

    1700N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322

    This session is geared towards all conference participants(attendees, speakers, exhibitors). This will give anoverview of the diverse content of the conference,recognizing the spectrum of speaker and exhibitorgroups. There will also be an open forum to encouragesynergy between diverse volunteer efforts. New ideas /comments / reactions on how to energize local andinternational volunteerism will be welcomed from theaudience members.

    Moderated by Neil Shulman MD, Steve Kutner MD, &Steve Thiltgen.

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    TELEVISED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:

    Presented by: We Speak!

    Topic: Health Care Reform: What does it Meanand 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 statusof government health care reform, and the roleof American citizens in volunteering to shapepositive reform.

    Moderated by Pres F. President, President &Executive Producer, We Speak!

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    Sun. 9:00am 12noon / SOM 110

    Sustaining Volunteer Efforts:

    Whether establishing surgical missions or delivering disaster relief,volunteering as a student emergency tech in Nigeria or doingmission work in Haiti or Peru to help with medical, social, and dentalneedsthe aim is to make this humanitarian work sustainable. Hereis an opportunity to gain insights into innovation that helpsvolunteers have a lasting impact on the health of the communitythey serve.

    Ajibade, Olaseni (student, Emory University)

    Alvarado, Carlos S, MD (Peruvian American Medical Society)

    Centrone, Wayne, MD (Executive Director, Health BridgesInternational) MODERATOR

    Gehringer, Bob, MD (Health Bridges International)

    Leeds, Ira (Executive Director, Emory Project Medishare / President,Project Casse)

    McQueen, Kelly, MD (Coordinator, Burden of Surgical DiseaseWorking Group)

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    Sun. 9:00am 2:30pm / SOM 120

    Pediatric Programs:

    This group of doctors, nurses, and dentists give insights into the challenges and triumphsof volunteering pediatric services in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and

    Mongolia. Their efforts include screening for prevention intervention, providingprimary care services, and treating children who require complicated surgicalintervention (birth defects, plastic and reconstructive surgery, 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)

    Rich, Anita RN, BSN, PCCN (Samaritans Purse Childrens 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)

    Silver, William, MD (FACE TO FACE: International)

    Milhoan, Kirk MD, PhD, FACC, FAAP (Medical Director, For Hearts and Souls) MODERATOR

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    Sun. 9:00am 12noon / WH 208

    An Overview: Volunteering in Your Own Community Opportunities and Ideas forMedical & Lay People:

    A smorgasbord of individual stories and opportunities, from doctors who provide freeheart surgery and lung transplants to a lay retiree who visits sick kids with bedsidereading. A wide spectrum of opportunities are out there right in your backyard:offering charity care in your own private practice, joining the ranks of lay people andhealthcare professionals in the Medical Reserve Corp, offering your skills at healthfairs, or exploiting your creativity like the doc who sings to help feed the hungry. Theskys the limit!

    Adams, Jewel, RN (Nursing Clinical Support, Emory) Appelrouth, Dan, MD (Founder, Atlanta Hunger Relief Fund)

    Cobb, Clara, MSN, RN, CFNP (U.S. Public Health Service, Assistant SurgeonGeneral, Regional Health Administrator and Acting Regional Director, HHS, RegionIV)

    Handra, Kathy (U.S. Public Health Service, HHS, Region IV)

    Hatcher, Charles, MD (former Chairman, Director, and CEO, Emory Clinic / Professorof 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, andContinence 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)

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    Sun. 9:00am 11:00am / WH 206

    Hospice Volunteer Programs:

    This presentation provides insights into a variety of hospice volunteeropportunities for lay people and healthcare professionals. Learnfrom the personal experiences of the prior head of CNN ScienceNews who mixed volunteering, family, and film-making to impactvolunteers via an end-of-life documentary. Get an inside perspectivefrom volunteering doctors and volunteer coordinators. Learn how toget involved with organizations like Visiting Nurse / Hospice Atlanta

    and United Hospice Atlanta.

    Barash, Bailey (BBarash Productions, LLC / former Director, HealthScience News, CNN)

    Renault, Gillian (Communications Consultant, Visiting Nurse |Hospice Atlanta) - MODERATOR

    Nelms, Doris (Cell Volunteer manager, United Hospice Atlanta) Taylor, David, MD (Chairman, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Ochsner ClinicFoundation, Emory)

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    Sun. 9:00am 11:00 am / WH 207

    Mental Health in Americas 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. Hell be joined by a colleagueChicago police officer and a Dekalb County executive who runs a unique camp toinspire youth to commit to healthy choices. In addition, youll learn from a ClevelandClinic physician who created a program to teach medicine and boost the self-esteemof inner city kids. Youll also hear about a program to steer kids away from thedirection of drugs and alcohol, alternative methods of helping kids who sufferdepression, and a testimony from the 1st vice president of the GA Association ofBlind Students about positive role modeling.

    Chapman, Eddie (Project Administrator, Safety Cops / Organizer, Charitable CopsCare 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 ofHealing)

    Moody, Revonda (Director, Camp Stand) CO-MODERATOR

    Murray, Dennis S, Sr. (Executive Director, Youth Development & Capacity Building,Inc.)

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    Sun. 9:00am 2:00pm / WH 205

    Dental Health Programs:

    A collection of unique perspectives on how to get dental care to thosein need locally or internationally, through mission trips to remotevillages on the Amazon River, in Alaska, and in Vietnam, or servinginner city Atlanta communities where model clinics have beenestablished. There are even insights from a dentists mission trips toteach 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 BenMassell Dental Clinic)

    Millener, Natalie (Club HEAL) CO-MODERATOR

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    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 andthe donor when it is culturally enriching. The presenters will giveinsights 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 (Samaritans Purse / World Medical Missions) Evert, Jessica, MD (Medical Director, Child Family Health

    International)

    Spurlock, Rick, MD (Co-Founder, Emory Medishare/EmergencyPhysicans 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)

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    Sun. 11:00am 12:30pm / WH 206 (this session will be repeated at SOMA153 /1:00 2:30pm with limited seating)

    Family Involvement: Getting the Family on Board:

    How to create a meaningful family experience through helping those inneed: Perspectives from a teen who started going on medical missionsat age eight, insights from families who have gone together onmissions, and stories from those who have adopted children as anotherpositive 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 toDominican Republic at age 10)

    Tarpley, John, MD (Dept of Surgery, Vanderbilt University) MODERATOR

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    Sun. 11:00am 2:00pm / WH 207

    Mental Health Programs:

    Learn about a wide array of volunteer opportunities, such as a unique programthat connects faith communities with mental health advocates, or a nationalprogram using street-based and radio outreach to positively impact mentalhealth issues. The spectrum of disorders addressed will include substanceabuse, dementia, and Tourrette Syndrome (with special emphasis on acamp experience for kids). The approaches are often innovative, such as atherapeutic garden for patients and caregivers in an Alzheimers day facility.

    Another highlight is a psychiatrists perspective on how to sensitize the brain

    towards environmental concerns.

    Albert, Charles L (former Mayor, Fernandina Beach, FL / NarcoticsAnonymous)

    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)

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    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 wereindirectly affected by the earthquake, dealing with the psychological aftermath among Haitians,rebuilding hospitals, and working at the forefront of disaster relief. These health professionals andorganizers have learned lessons which could help to develop new strategies for dealing with similar

    situations in the future. Heres a real opportunity to learn from the past and move forward.

    Beally, Melissa (Project Haiti)

    Cadet, Jean, MD (native Haitian, Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, EmoryUniversity)

    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 Kutner, Stephen, MD (Founder/ Medical Director, Jewish Healthcare International)

    Leeds, Ira (Executive Director, Emory Project Medishare / President, Project Casse)

    Lincenberg, Sheldon, MD (Founder, Kidejapa Foundation)

    McMahon, Mary, RN (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 NursesAssoc.-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 PhysicansInternational)

    Wheatley, Matthew, MD (Faculty Sponsor, Emory Medishare)

    Zuberi, Jalal, MD (Dept. of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine)

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    Sun. 12noon 2:00pm / SOM 110

    Public Health Programs:

    Public health volunteers from Cambodia to South Africa, from Ugandato Nicaragua give insights into making a difference in public healtharound 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 communicablediseases.

    Church, Nina (NIKA Water) Grim, Clarence, MD (Senior Consultant, Shared Care Research and

    Education Consulting, Inc) -- CO-MODERATOR

    Jessop, Kyle (United States Peace Corps) MODERATOR

    Mina, Michael (Founder/Director Grassroot Health, Inc.)

    Wilson-Baker, Jennett, RN (Executive Director, CREED)

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    Sun. 12noon 2pm / WH 208

    Hospital Volunteer Programs:

    Hospital volunteers from Atlanta and beyond join together to celebratethe work they do. Unique insights from teens, retired folks, andvolunteer coordinators. These opportunities are available for anybodyinterested in the medical field and anyone who wants to use theirexperience 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. Josephs Hospital) CO-MODERATOR

    Muhammad, Cecilia, RN (Volunteer Coordinator, Atlanta MedicalCenter) CO-MODERATOR

    Rogers, Barbara (Director of Volunteer Services, KennestoneHospital)

    Umstead, Tom (Fulton County Volunteer of the Year, 2005)

    Williams, Nancy (Columbus Regional Health Center)

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    Sun. 12:30pm 2pm / WH 206

    Advocacy for Patients during a Crisis of Care:

    Its difficult for patients to advocate for themselves when they aresuffering and/or without resources. The volunteer advocate canmake all the difference in the world, especially at a time of a crisis ofcare. This session includes many angles on patient advocacy, withperspectives from doctors, advocacy organizers, and patients /survivors who have taken advocacy efforts into their own hands.

    Bremner, Doug, MD (Director, Emory Clinical NeuroscienceResearch Unit / Professor, Psychiatry and Nuclear Medicine, EmoryUniversity School of Medicine)

    Leone-Glasser, Dorothy, RN (Advocates for Responsible Care)MODERATOR

    Schofield, Kim (Advocacy Chair, Lupus Foundation of America, GA

    Chapter) Shippee, John (volunteer, Regional Council of Churches of GreaterAtlanta)

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    Sun. 1:00pm 2:30pm / SOM 130

    The Nuts & Bolts of Fundraising: An Introduction:

    This is a crash course on how to gain access to financialresources. You will have an opportunity to learn the insidescoop on how to present your plan to potential funders,how to plan fundraising events, and the dos and donts ofgrant writing.

    Cato, Thelma J. CO-MODERATORLincenberg, Sheldon, MD (Founder, Kidejapa Foundation) CO-MODERATOR

    Omohwo, Edwin, MD, MPH (Founder/ President, ChildCare Foundation) CO-MODERATOR

    Ambroze, Debbie / BenYoar, Shoshana (GRANTScribes, Inc.)

    Gross, Joanne / Kaiser, Juliann (event planner)Torres, Jennie (grant writer)

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    Sun. 1:00pm 2:30pm / SOM A153 (40 person limit firstsession is at WH 206 / 11am12:30pm)

    Family Involvement: Getting the Family on Board:

    How to create a meaningful family experience throughhelping those in need: Perspectives from a teen whostarted going on medical missions at age eight, insightsfrom families who have gone together on missions, and

    stories from those who have adopted children as anotherpositive spin off of their medical missions.

    Dollar, Allen, MD (Chief of Cardiology, Grady MemorialHospital)

    Roberts, Matthew (high school student, started going onmission trips to Dominican Republic at age 10)

    Tarpley, John, MD (Dept of Surgery, VanderbiltUniversity) MODERATOR

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