Conference Program

Terrorism and Trauma: a transatlantic perspective

Monday, September 20, 2004

8:30 a.m.

Coffee & Registration

9:00 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

David Ramsay, D.M., D.Phil., President, University of Maryland
Donald Wilson, M.D., M.A.C.P., Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Sir John L. Lilleyman, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P., President, The Royal Society of Medicine
Jack Tinker, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., Emeritus Dean, The Royal Society of Medicine
The Honorable Benjamin Cardin, U.S. House of Representatives

SESSION ONE 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Protect the Homeland and Protect Privacy:  Compatible or Conflicting Policies?

Moderator:
Michael Greenberger, J.D.
Professor, University of Maryland School of Law
Director, University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security

Panelists:
Colonel Robert Kadlec, M.D.
Director of Biodefense, National Security Council
Kate Martin, J.D.
Director, Center for National Security Studies
Joseph Whitley, J.D.
General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security
Peter Clarke, CVO, QPM, LL.B
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Health Security:  Governmental Responses

Moderator:
Michael Greenberger, J.D.
Professor, University of Maryland School of Law,
Director, University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security

Panelists:
Lawrence O. Gostin, J.D.
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Director, Center for Law & the Public’s Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities

Karen Rothenberg, J.D., M.P.A.
Dean and Marjorie Cook Professor of Law, University of  Maryland School of Law

Jerome M. Hauer, M.P.H.
Director, Response to Emergencies and Disasters Institute
Former Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness in United States Department of Health and Human Services

Penelope Bevan, M.B., Ch.B., M.P.H., F.F.P.H.M.
Head of Emergency Preparedness
Department of Health, United Kingdom

Panel Discussion:  All Speakers [Session 1]

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

SESSION TWO 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

WHAT IF?

Moderator:
Colin Mackenzie, M.B., Ch.B, F.R.C.A., F.C.C.M.
Director, National Study Center for Trauma & EMS

1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

WHAT IF?
We had a Super-spreader SARS Bioterrorist at Atlanta Airport?
Colonel Warren Whitlock, M.D.
Center for Total Access, Ft. Gordon, Georgia

 1:50 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

WHAT IF?
Anthrax Spores were Deliverd to the UN, NY Stock Exchange and Five Major Government Agencies in Washington, D.C.?
Elin Gursky, Sc.D
Senior Fellow for Biodefense and Public Health Programs, The ANSER Institute for Homeland Security

2:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

WHAT IF?
Quarantine Restrictions were Placed on London vs. Washington, D.C.? 
John Simpson
Deputy Director, Health Protection Agency
Department of Health, United Kingdom

2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Trish Perl, M.D.,  M.Sc.
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Epidemiology

 2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

WHAT IF?
Panel Discussion:  All Speakers  [Session 2]

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Refreshment Break

SESSION THREE 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

The Potential Benefits from $ & £ Spent for Preparedness

Moderator:
Sir John Lilleyman, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P.
President, The Royal Society of Medicine

3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Infrastructure for Surveillance
Penelope Bevan
Head of Emergency Preparedness
Department of Health, United Kingdom

4:10 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

United Kingdom Experience in Terrorism
Deputy Superintendent Philip Aiken
Police Service of Northern Ireland

 4:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.

Nuclear Threat Initiative
Peggy Hamburg, J.D.
Vice President for Biological Programs, Nuclear Threat Initiative

4:50p.m. - 5:10 p.m.

Vaccine Research
Myron Levine, M.D.
Center for Vaccine Research

5:10 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion:  All Speakers [Session 3]

5:30 p.m.

Reception:
Evening Cocktail Reception & Poster Viewing

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

SESSION FOUR 8:30 a.m. - 12:45 a.m.

Controversies in Resuscitation

Moderator:
Brian Browne, M.D.
Director, Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center

 8:30 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.

To Field Intubate or Not – That is the Question?

Con:
Paul Pepe, M.D.
Professor and Division Chairman, Emergency Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Pro:
Doug Floccare, M.D.
Aeromedical Director, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems

9:10 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Hot or Cold?

Cold:
Samuel Tischerman, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M.
Professor, University of Pittsburgh Medical School

Hot:
Peter Andrews, M.D., F.R.C.A.
Director of Intensive Care Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
Maintaining Normothermia

10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Lower Pressure/Give Air vs. Normal Pressure, Add O2

(10 min) Low Pressure:  Richard Dutton, M.D.
                                      University of Maryland Shock Trauma, Baltimore

(10 min) Give Air:   Robert Rosenthal, M.D.
                              University of Maryland Shock Trauma, Baltimore

(20 min) Normal Pressure-Add O2:   Mervyn Singer, F.R.P.C.
                                                         Professor Intensive Care
                                                         University College, London

10:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
         
          Refreshment Break

11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

          (20 min) Uncross-matched Blood Saves Lives
                       John Hess, M.D.
                        Associate Director, University of Maryland Blood Bank

          (20 min) Uncross-matched Blood Unnecessary
                        Micheal J. G. Thomas, M.A., M.B., B.Chir., F.R.C.P.
                        Clinical Director, The Blood Care Foundation, United Kingdom

 11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Damage Control Abdomen vs. Damage Control Torso and Ortho

(20 min) Abdomen: Thomas Scalea, M.D.
                               Shock Trauma, Baltimore

(20 min) Ortho & Torso:  Steve Mannion, M.A., M.B., B.Chir., F.R.C.S.
                                       Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Blackpool, United Kingdom

12:20 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Panel Discussion:  All Speakers [Session 4]

 12:45 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.

Lunch and Poster Judging

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

OPTIONAL Six tours including:

1. BSL 3 Lab
2. Trauma Resuscitation Unit & Telemedicine Control STC Control
3. Heliport & Hyperbaric O2 Chambers STC
4. EMS Systems Communication (SYSCOM) at MIEMSS
5. Maryland Poison Center
6. Stroke Intervention Center

Speakers Dinner

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

SESSION FIVE 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Terrorist Inflicted Injuries

Moderator:
Mervyn Singer, F.R.C.P.
Professor of Intensive Care, University College, London

20 min presentations (15 min talk, 5 min discussions)

8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.

Shredding
Duncan Angus McGrouther, F.R.C.S.
Professor, Plastic Surgery, Manchester, United Kingdom

8:50 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.

Ballistics and Burns
Leopoldo C. Cancio, M.D.
Surgeon, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

9:10 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Bombs
James McGuigan, F.R.C.S.
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

 9:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

Chemical
Colonel Michelle Ross
Deputy Commander, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground

9:50 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.

Radiation/Nuclear 
David Hartley, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
University of Maryland School of Medicine

 10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion:  All Speakers [Session 5]

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Refreshment Break

SESSION SIX 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Research in Progress on Terrorist Threats and Trauma

Moderator:
Jack Tinker, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.
Emeritus Dean, The Royal Society of Medicine

Gary Fiskum, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Research Director, Anesthesiology Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Andrew J.H. Simpson, M.B.B.S., M.Sc., F.R.C.Path.
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Porton Down, United Kingdom

James Campbell, M.D.
Professor, Pediatric and Infectious Diseases
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Mervyn Singer, F.R.C.
Professor of Intensive Care
University College, London

10 min oral presentation/5 min questions

SESSION SEVEN 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Poster in MSTF Atrium and Judging of Best Poster

Moderator:
Sir John Lilleyman, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P.
President, The Royal Society of Medicine

Colin Mackenzie, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.A., F.C.C.M.
Director, National Study Center for Trauma & Emergency Medical Services

Elisabeth Paice, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., F.R.C.P.
Dean Director of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education for London

 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Lunch

SESSION EIGHT 1:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Education and Training

Moderator:
Barbara Bass, M.D.
Professor of Surgery, Surgical Care Center, VAMHCS, Baltimore

1:45 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.

The Fatigued Internist
Charles Czeisler, M.D., Ph.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

2:05 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.

The Overworked Surgeon
Robert Rhodes, M.D.
Associate Executive Director
American Board of Surgery

2:25 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Future Residency Training and Hours
Elizabeth Paice, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., F.R.C.P.
Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine
Dean Director, London Deanery, United Kingdom

2:45 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.

How will Changes in Education & Training be Implemented?
Dame Lesley Southgate, D.B.E., F.R.C.G.P.
Professor, Primary Care Medical Education
University College, London, United Kingdom

3:05 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion:  All Speakers [Session 8]

 3:30 p.m.

Summary & Closing Remarks
Jack Tinker, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.
Emeritus Dean, The Royal Society of Medicine