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SECOND ANNUAL MEDICAL CONFERENCE
DISASTER MEDICINE AND HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS:
Lessons Learned from International Experience
SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011
1 PM to 4:30 PM
Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto
155 College Street, 6th Floor
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS:
- DR. OFER MERIN, Chief of IDF Field Hospital, Haiti; Trauma Surgeon and Deputy Director General, Shaare Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem. “Medical achievements in times of crisis”
- DR. PETER CHU, Trauma Surgeon, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Associate Professor, U of T; “Medical humanitarian missions to the developing world (Haiti & Africa)”
- DR. SANDY BUCHMAN, Palliative Care Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital; Assistant Professor, U of T; President-Elect Chair of the Board, College of Family Physicians of Canada. "Strengthening competency in palliative care at St. Luke's Hospital Zomba Central District, Malawi"
- DR. BERNIE GOLDMAN, Cardiac Surgeon, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Professor, U of T; Chairman, Save A Child's Heart’ Canada. “Providing critical cardiac care for children from under-developed countries”
- LEYA ARONSON, RN: Hospital for Sick Children and North York General Hospital, "Medical humanitarian missions in Guyana"
- MAJ. ANDREW BECKETT, Trauma Surgeon, DART (Canada’s Military Disaster Assistance Response Team), “Haiti with Op Hestia”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Presentation of medical issues that arise from treating patients in the context of disaster relief and humanitarian missions
- Education about humanitarian work carried out by various medical organizations
- Information about the necessary steps required to organize and carry out successful humanitarian or disaster relief missions
This event is accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada — 3 Mainpro-M1 credits and The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada — 3 Section 1 credits.
Physicians/Dentists: $25
General Admission: $20
Students: FREE |
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