VH1400: Council on Children and Disasters Program

Protecting the Medical Home in Disasters: Policies, Innovations, and Practices

Monday, October 11, 2021

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT

CME: 3.00

Session Type: Section/Council Program

Topic(s): Disaster Preparedness

Sponsor(s): Council on Children and Disasters

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Leaders in the field will discuss the optimization of medical care using the medical home and telemedicine and how national and state approaches/policies have impacted pediatric care during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Breakout interactive sessions will include tabletop exercises specific to natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks.

Virtual Faculty(s)

Tehnaz Boyle, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center / Boston Univeristy School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Tamar M. Haro

Senior Director, Federal and State Advocacy
American Academy of Pediatrics

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Alison Schonwald, MD, FAAP

Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Moderator(s)

Sarita Chung, MD, FAAP

Associate Physician in Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Natasha Gill, MD, MPH, FAAP
Amyna Husain, DO

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Baltimore , Maryland, United States
Steven E. Krug, MD, FAAP

Former Head, Division of Emergency Medicine
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Joelle N. Simpson, MD, MPH

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending, Division Chief of Emergency Medicine
Children's National Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia, United States