“Preparedness for and Response to High Consequence Urban Terrorism”
Colonel (Ret.) Professor Isaac Ashkenazi MD, MSc, MPA, MNS – an international expert
on disaster management and leadership with both extensive professional and academic
experience. He is considered one of the world’s foremost experts in medical
preparedness for complex emergencies and disasters.
“Challenges for Identification and the Role of Forensic Centers”
Tzipi Kahana, Superintendent, Forensic Anthropologist and liaison officer. Israel National
Police, Stationed at the National Centre of Forensic Medicine, Israel.
“Psycho-Social Needs: Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress”
Estelle Rubinstein – Deputy Director, Department of Social Work Services, Hadassah
University Hospital; Coordinator of the team of social workers in the Centre for
Emergency Medicine in the immediate aftermath of mass casualty events.
“The First Minutes after the Pigua (Incident)”
Alon Basker – Training Department Deputy Director, Magen David Adom (Israeli EMS)
When: July 13, 2009 9 AM – Noon (Registration starts at 8:30)
Where: Thomas Jefferson University, Bluemle Life Sciences Building (first floor), located on 10th Street, between Walnut and Locust Streets
Please RSVP to 1-800- JEFFNOW by Thursday, July 9
There is no charge for attending. For more information, please contact:
Lou Balcher, Director of Academic Affairs
and Speakers Bureau
Consulate General of Israel in Philadelphia
email:mailto: academy@philadelphia.mfa.gov.il
or
Edward Jasper, MD, Director, Center
for Bioterrorism and Disaster
Preparedness TJU/TJUH
email: mailto: edward.jasper@jefferson.edu
This program is sponsored by Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals and the
Consulate General of Israel for the Mid-Atlantic Region
