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Friday, October 20, 2006
0700 Breakfast served: Board of Regents Room, USUHS
0800 Meeting of the SMCAF Council
Board of Regents Room, USUHS
1000 Break
1015 SMCAF Business Meeting
Saturday, October 21, 2006
0730 Bus picks up at Hyatt
Registration Open, Building B Lobby,
USU
Continental Breakfast
0800 Welcome, including distribution of Membership Certificates
Michael J. Scotti. Jr., President,
SMCAF
0805 USUHS Welcome
Charles L. Rice, MD, President, USU
0810 Opening Remarks
LTG Kevin C. Kiley, Army Surgeon
General
0815 Keynote Address: The History of Military Medicine’s
Contributions in Combating
Infectious Disease
MG Eric B. Schoomaker, USA, CDR US
Army Medical Research and Material
Command,
COL Steve Craig, USA MC Consultant
for Medical History
0915 Break
0930 Symposium:Vaccine Development
1100 Lunch / Committee Meetings
Pick-up box lunch and report to
committee rooms
1300 Symposium
Influenza: Past, Present and Future
1415 Break
1430 Symposium:
Emerging Diseases
1600 Buses depart to Hotel
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Banquet, USUHS
Mess Dress or Black Tie
1830 Bus picks up at Hyatt
1845 Social (cash bar)
1930 Banquet- USU
Honor Guard – Posting of the Colors
Introduction: Dr. Michael J. Scotti
Toasts
Invocation
Dinner
2015 Guest speaker – Dr. Mason Ahearn
Entertainment
Presentation of the John R. Seal
Award
Concluding Remarks- LTG Kiley
2200/2230 Bus departs to Hyatt
Sunday, October 22, 2006
0745 Bus departs hotel / Continental Breakfast
0800 Welcome and Administrative comments
Michael J. Scotti, Jr., M.D.,
President, SMCAF
0805 Aeromedical Evacuation
MG Patrick H. Brady, USA (Ret)
Medal of Honor Recipient
0850 Future Trends in Graduate Medical Education
Robert A. DeLorenzo, LTC, USA
0950 Break
1015 Integration of Professional Staffing National Capitol Region
COL Mary Catherine Nace, MC, USA
1100 Closing Remarks: Michael J. Scotti, Jr., M.D., President, SMCAF
1105 SMCAF Business Meeting
1200 Bus Departs to Hotel
Lunch/Council Meeting at USUHS
cafeteria, small dining room
1300 Buses depart to hotel
Committee Meetings
At the annual meeting committees will meet on
Saturday afternoon during lunch. Box lunches will be provided for
members to enjoy as they participate in committee meetings. You are
encouraged to take up issues in your committee about which the
council can discuss, inquire, vote, resolve, study, engage in
correspondence with the OSD, other government agencies, and the
Surgeons General. Committee room assignments will be available at
the registration desk on Saturday morning.
The Current Committee Chairs are:
Archive and Medical History: John R. Pierce, M.D.
Electronic Media and Communications: A. Herbert Alexander,
M.D.
Ethical Issues in Military Medicine: Edmund G. Howe, M.D.
Legislative and Legal: Peter F. Hoffman, M.D.
Medical Education: Joel C. Labow, M.D.
Membership: Kenneth G. Swan, M.D.
Professional Services: George K. Anderson, M.D.
Recruitment and Retention: A. Mason Ahearn,
M.D.
PROGRAM PURPOSE
The Purpose of the continuing education program at the 61st annual
meeting of the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces is
to provide continuing education specific to military medicine,
uniformed physicians and medical consultants to the armed forces;
and provide the opportunity to network for the purpose of
advancement of military medicine.
ACCREDITATION
The Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing
Medical Education (ACCME) to provide education for physicians.
REPORT OF THE AMA
DELEGATE
On 10 June 2006, the Society hosted its second AMA reception. About
thirty former, current, or future military physicians were in
attendance. The meeting was chaired by the President of the Society,
Dr. Michael Scotti, MG, USA (Ret).
Informational reports were presented on the current status of Base
Realignment and Closure initiatives. Plans are proceeding to create
a new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the Bethesda
Campus as well as a new facility on the south campus at Ft. Belvoir.
Necessary funds have reportedly been identified even though the
total will require resources beyond that provided in the BRAC
legislation.
The Service representatives reported on current problems with
recruiting with both the Air Force and the Army being several
hundred physicians below authorized strength. Additional bonuses
have been authorized for HPSP students and residents in the
Financial Assistance Program. Active duty members may also enter a
medical school with no loss of rank under a pilot study. It was
noted that recruiting for osteopathic students is especially
successful with 40% of Army HPSP students being in DO schools. Brig
Gen Young, USAF, MC spoke to recruiting initiatives in the Air Force
and noted a plan to increase the number of USUHS AF students to 70.
Additionally, ROTC detachments and pre-med advisers are viewed as
particularly important targets for recruiting efforts. Dr. George
Anderson, USAF, Maj Gen (Ret) spoke to the creation of a mentor
network under the sponsorship of The Association of Military
Surgeons of the United States.
A major agenda item for the House of Delegates Meeting was a report
by the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs dealing with the role
of physicians in prisoner interrogations. Testimony was given by Lt
Gen Peach Taylor, USAF, MC, Surgeon General of the Air Force and by
COL Cam Ritchie, MC, USA, the Army Surgeon General’s Consultant in
Psychiatry. Dr. Jack Smith, MC, USN (Ret), representing the ASD
(HA), noted that the report, after some judicious editing, was
consistent with a Department of Defense Instruction
REPORT from
Recruitment & Retention Committee
We plan a busy meeting at lunch on Saturday Oct 21.
Our guest will be COL Bernard DeKoning, MC, USA, LTG Kiley's Point
Man on the Army's MC Participation in HPSP Recruiting Project. Ben
is a new SMCAF Member, and he will be showing the Army's new MC
Recruiting DVD.
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