OVMC TO HOST BIOTERRORISM SYMPOSIUM
02/01/07

Contact: Howard Gamble, MPH
Title: Marketing & Public Relations
Phone: (304)234-8135

Ohio Valley Medical Center will sponsor a special Bioterrorism Continuing Medical Education Symposium on Thursday, February 8, 2007. The conference will be held from 4:30-7:00pm at OVMC’s Nurses Residence, Auditorium. The program is part of OVMC’S CME Lecture Series.
Presenters for the 2007 Bioterrorism Symposium include:

• Barbara J. Connors, DO, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Region III Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services.

• Joe E. Richards, CEO, West Virginia Emergency Medical Services Technical Support Network.

• Allisynne M. Dunlap, Program Director, WV EMS TSN, Inc.

• Lou Vargo, Deputy Director, Wheeling-Ohio County Emergency Management Agency.

• Allen B. Simms, OVMC & East Ohio Regional Hospital Safety Director.

• Neal F. Aulick, II, MD, Director, Emergency Medicine Physicians & EMSTAR at OVMC/EORH.

• Wheeling Police Chief Kevin Gessler and Wheeling Fire Chief Steve Johnston.

Topics covered in the symposium will include: an introduction to bioterrorism; Nuclear, Biological & Chemical (NBC) incidents preparedness on the state level; Nuclear, Biological, & Chemical (NBC) preparedness on the local level; the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) and decontamination equipment review; management of patients exposed to Nuclear, Biological & Chemical (NBC) agents and a panel discussion lead by Dr. Carlos Jimenez.

The symposium will offer 2 AMA PRA category 1 credits for physicians. Medial professionals wishing to register for this symposium or for more information can call (304) 234-1729.

Ohio Valley Medical Center, located in Wheeling West Virginia, and East Ohio Regional Hospital, located in Martins Ferry Ohio, is a 340 bed combined organization providing quality primary and tertiary healthcare to the Ohio Valley. Ohio Valley Health Services and Education Corporation is the integrated health care delivery system comprising of the two hospitals, River Health Enterprises and Family Service-Upper Ohio Valley.