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Appendix B: Speaker Biographies
Appendix B: Speaker Biographies
Pages 79-92
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At various times during the past decade, he has overseen development and evolution of NYC DOHMH's Health Alert Network; hospital public health emergency preparedness activities; surveillance and epidemiologic response planning for biological emergencies locally and regionally; planning and readiness for joint investigations with local and federal law enforcement of suspected or confirmed biological threat agent incidents; and coordination of biodetection (e.g., BioWatch) activities, including management of projects that specifically addressed biosecurity in the NYC subway and commuter rail systems.
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Annelli was Director of Emergency Programs for VS when he and his staff activated National Disaster Medical System resources to assist in an avian influenza outbreak in Virginia and deployed 350 veterinarians to the United Kingdom to assist with a major foot and mouth disease outbreak. He was also instrumental in rewriting ESF-11 of the National Response Plan to include care of pets in disasters.
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Ashkenazi has become increasingly interested in disaster management and has served in humanitarian missions in Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe. He has given courses in disaster medicine, disaster management, crisis leadership, urban terrorism, preparedness and response for mass casualty events, and individual and community resilience.
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Cory M Bryant, Ph.D., currently leads food defense international outreach efforts and intentional contamination regulatory development under the Food Safety Modernization Act.
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Dr. Dick possesses the field experience that is necessary to balance his perspectives: he has served as Area Veterinarian in Charge, Area Epidemiologist, and Field Veterinary Medical Officer in the past, as well as Incident Commander and Regional Incident Commander on two different disease eradication campaigns.
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(standing committee) , is president and chief executive officer of LEG Inc., a consulting firm providing strategic advice and counsel in domestic and national security, global energy issues, counterterrorism, crisis and consequence management, strategic planning and assessment, and homeland security.
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Hepburn was stationed at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston Texas for residency training in internal medicine, chief residency, and fellowship training in infectious diseases.
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Kautter served as the team leader of CFSAN's Food Defense Oversight Team, where he provided technical support in establishing food defense concepts in Agency programs; oversight and leadership in the development of vulnerability assessments for Agency programs. He was also the primary coordinator of the FDA portion of the DHS document, "National Infrastructure Protection Plan" (NIPP)
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Kravinsky served as the Director of Strategic Planning for Homeland Defense in OSD, overseeing homeland defense equities in the Quadrennial Defense Review, the National Implementation Plan for Counterterrorism, the National Response Framework, and other national strategies. Leslie Lenert, M.D., is Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah.
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He served as medical epidemiologist for disease control and surveillance in the Communicable Disease Branch from 1992 to 2002, then was in charge of epidemiology and surveillance capacity building from 2002 to 2008, and became director of the Medical Consultation Unit of the Communicable Disease Branch in 2008. Prior to joining the NC DHHS, he was external consultant for the World Bank in four consultations in Madagascar in 1990-1991; Regional Medical Officer in Botswana for 4 years (1986-1989)
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He trained in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and practices internal medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital and the Cherokee Indian Hospital. Kevin Russell, M.D., graduated from University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Medical School in 1990; after a family practice
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In July of 2008, CAPT Russell assumed the responsibilities of Director, Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DOD-GEIS) , and Deputy Director, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)
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He has also served as a technical advisor for pilot testing and implementation of an electronic medical records system now in final implementation in several clinics at Tarrant County Public Health. Under his leadership, the Tarrant County center has made significant contributions in biosurveillance systems development, health information exchange for outbreak detection and situational awareness, and in building health care disaster response core competencies for all hazards.
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Public Health Service and worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , first as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer then as a Preventive Medicine Fellow.
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