World Health Care Congress is pleased to announce the 2009 Emergency Medicine: Business Management and Planning conference scheduled for June 17-19, 2009 in Dallas, TX. This summit provides a unique opportunity to hear from health care professionals on the day-to-day challenges of running an emergency department to preparing the facility to handle a man-made or natural disaster. This summit convenes health care executives to share their expertise and discuss new and innovative ways to handle all aspects of an Emergency Department.

• Best Practices on How to Effectively Manage the Day-to-Day Issues and Situations Within an Emergency Department
• Case Studies on Efficient Patient Throughput Methodologies
• Creating an Environment of Open Communication and Teamwork
• Strategies for Disaster and Surge Planning
• Leveraging Technology to Improve Patient Safety

Summit Chairperson
Robert E. Suter, DO Professor, Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Parkland Health and Hospital System; Past-President, World Federation of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
Keynote Presenters
Jean Bennett, MSM, MSN, RN Senior Regional Emergency Coordinator, Region VI, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), US Department of Health and Human Services; Captain (Retired), Navy Nurse Corps	Angela F. Gardner, MD FACEP President-Elect, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Taskforce Member, The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine
Michael Kuechenmeister, FASHE, CHFM, CPE Consultant, Joint Commission Resources; Director, Plant Operations and Construction, West Chester Medical Center, Health Alliance Hospital System	Gregg Pane, MD, FACEP Director, National Health Care Preparedness Programs, Office of the Secretary US Department of Health and Human Services
Summit Advisors
Michael I. Bernstein Director for Healthcare Consulting, Moss Adams LLP; Immediate Past Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Valley Medical Center	Joseph Feldman, MD Chair, Emergency, Trauma Department Hackensack University Medical Center
Sheldon Jacobson, MD Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine	Robert L. Wears, MD, MS Emergency Physician and Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida; Visiting Professor, Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College London; Board of Directors, Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation
Leslie Zun, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago Medical School Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
Confirmed Speakers Include
Claire Boisvert Business Systems Manager, Emergency Department Catholic Medical Center	David F. M. Brown, MD, FACEP Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
John J. Burke Fire Prevention Officer, Sandwich Fire Rescue; Operations Section Chief and Facilities Unit Leader, Barnstable County Incident Management Team; Adjunct Professor, Center for Health Care Emergency Management, Boston University School of Medicine	Don Dillahunty, DO, MPH President and Chief Executive Officer, PrimaCare Medical Centers; President-Elect, Urgent Care Association of America
Amy Dobberteen Assistant Deputy Director, Chief of Enforcement California Department of Managed Health Care	Kay Gordon, RN, MICN, CEN, SEM, CHS-IV Chair of Environment of Care Committee and Safety Officer, Doctors Medical Center Instructor, Noble Training Center (NTC), DHS/FEMA
Brandon W. Graham Associate Director, Office of Homeland Security The George Washington University	Matthew Greenston, MD, FACEP Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Services Catholic Medical Center
Debra Harris, RN Director of Operative and Emergency/Trauma Services, CHRISTUS Jasper Memorial Hospital; Council Chair, East Texas Gulf Coast Regional Trauma Advisory	Donna Hewett, RN, MSN Patient Logistics Manager Scripps Green Hospital
Paul Hochfeld, MD Emergency Physician and Chairman of the Peer Review Committee, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Producer and Director, "Health, Money and Fear"	Stephen T. Holland, MD, FACEP, MPA Chief Medical Officer and Emergency Physician Saint Mary's Health System
Kenneth L. Jobe, CHSP, NREMT Safety Officer Memorial Health System of East Texas	Patricia A. La Brosse, PMHCNS-BC President, Louisiana State Nurses Association; Contract Instructor, Management Series, University of Louisiana at Lafayette College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions
Erik A. Larsen, MD, FACEP Associate Medical Director, Emergency Department, White Plains Hospital Center Associate Medical Director, LifeNet-NY, STAT Flight	Jennifer E. Miller, PhD Founder and Executive Director Bioethics International
Lucille Fatone Mulla, RN, BSN, MN Vice President, Emergency Services and Disaster Management Catholic Medical Center	Christopher Nemeth, PhD, CHFP Principal Scientist, Group Leader Cognitive Systems Engineering, Klein Associates Division of Applied Research Associates
Mark D. Olszyk, MD, MBA, FACEP Deputy Chief of Staff, VA Maryland Health Care System; Chairman, National VA Advisory Committee for Emergency Medicine	Nick Paslidis, MD, PhD, MHCM, CHCQM President and Chief Executive Officer Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care
David C. Pelini, MD, FACEP System Medical Director, Emergency Services Memorial Hermann Health System	Shawna J. Perry, MD Director, Patient Safety Systems Engineering, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems
Sharon Rand, CPA Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer Community Health Systems, Inc.	Charles W. Reneau, MSM, CHS-III, SEM, CEM, ABCP Director, Bioterrorism/Emergency Preparedness Program, Georgia District Four Health Services Principal Instructor, Noble Training Center (NTC), DHS/FEMA
Kathy Rodgers, RN, MSN, CCRN, CEN, CNS Trauma Program Manager CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital	Jedd Roe, MD, MBA, FACEP Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine William Beaumont Hospital
Dan Schrimsher, CHMM, BCFE, CPEA, CHS, MEP, CET, REP, RS, JD, PhD Master Instructor, Office of Domestic Preparedness, US Department of Homeland Security; Principal Instructor, Noble Training Center (NTC), DHS/FEMA	Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH Deputy Director Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services (HCPHES)
Julia Sinclair, MBA Executive Director, Emergency Services Massachusetts General Hospital	Robert Stone, MD, FACEP Director, Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan (HCHP); State Coordinator, Indiana Chapter, Physicians for a National Health Program; Assistant Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
Thomas Tallman, DO, FACEP Chair, Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Co-Director, Event Medicine, Emergency Services Institute, E19	Rhiannon Brwynn Thomas, PHD, BCETS, BCEIT President, International Center for Resilience and Human Continuity Clinical Neuropsychologist Diplomat, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (AAETS)
Theodore Tully Jr., AMET-P Vice President, Center for Emergency Services Westchester Medical Center, Westchester County Health Care Corporation	Lori A. Upton, RN, BSN, MS, CEM Assistant Director, Emergency Management, Texas Children’s Hospital; Executive Director, Regional Hospital Preparedness Council; Medical Operations Chief, Catastrophic Medical Operations Center