The third meeting of the IOM's Committee on Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation was held on May 1-2, 2003 in Washington, DC at the Academy for Educational Development Conference Center (1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW). On May 1st, the meeting was open to the public, and the following presentations were given.
Overview of CDC Activities to Date
Joe Henderson
Associate Director
Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Response, CDC
Gina Mootrey, D.O., M.P.H.
Senior Research Officer
Immunization Safety Branch
National Immunization Program, CDC
The ACIP Smallpox Vaccine Safety Working Group and the Vaccine Safety System
John Neff, M.D.
Director, Center for Children with Special Needs
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center (Seattle, WA)
Vice Chair, ACIP Smallpox Vaccine Safety Working Group
The State Prespective
Mary Selecky
Secretary of Health, Washington State Department of Health
President, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Gianfranco Pezzino, M.D., M.P.H.
State Epidemiologist, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
President, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
The Local Perspective
Yvonne Madlock, M.A.T.
Director, Memphis & Shelby County Health Department
Shelby County Government Division of Health Services (Tennessee)
Karen Nikolai, M.P.H., M.C.P.
Program Supervisor, Immunization Services
Hennepin County Community Health Department (Minnesota)
The Hospital/Health System Perspective
Ron J. Anderson, M.D.
President & CEO
Parkland Health & Hospital System (Texas)
Franklyn Judson, M.D.
Director of Public Health
Denver Health (Colorado)
Perspective of a Hospital/Health System NOT Participating in the Smallpox Vaccination Plan
Michael Edmond, M.D., M.P.A.
Hospital Epidemiologist
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority
The Health Plan Perspective
David Witt, M.D.
Chair of Infectious Diseases
Northern California Kaiser Permanente
and
Skip Skivington, M.B.A.
National Director, Healthcare Continuity
Kaiser Permanente