Disaster Medicine Lecture Series

2023-2024

September 20, 2023

Andy Garrett, MD, MPH and James P. Phillips MD, FACEP

"Get to know your Disaster Faculty"

October 30, 2023

James P. Phillips MD, FACEP

"Left of BOOM - Foundations in Disaster Preparedness"

December 6, 2023

Andy Garrett, MD, MPH

"Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks"

2022-2023

September 14, 2022

Andy Garrett, MD, MPH

"The Disproportionate Risk of Children in Disaster"

October 19, 2022

Ramin Asgary, MD

"Introduction to Humanitarian Assistance Medicine"

November 10, 2022

James P. Phillips MD, FACEP

"Unrest in America: Weapons and Injuries during Recent Protests and Riots"

January 26, 2023

James P. Phillips MD, FACEP

"Bioweapons"

February 14, 2023

Andy Garrett, MD, MPH

"Aviation Physiology"

March 22, 2023

James P. Phillips MD, FACEP

"Explosives and Blast Injuries"

April 18, 2023

Larissa Unruh, MD (DM Fellow)

"Disparities in Disaster"

2021-2022

September 16, 2021

James P. Phillips MD, FACEP

"The Disaster Cycle and Key Disaster Terminology"

October 14, 2021

CEO, Federation of State Medical Board

"Federal Government's Role in Supporting Disaster Response"

November 18, 2021

Geoff Shapiro, co-chair of the national committee on TECC

"Profile of Wounding in Civilian Mass Shooting Incidents and the principles of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)"

January 27, 2022

James P. Phillips MD, FACEP

"Blast Injury and Improvised Explosive Devices"

February 10, 2022

Craig Spencer, MD MPH

"My Career in Disaster Medicine and Global Health: Surviving Ebola and other Adventures"

March 10, 2022

Michael Anderson, MD, MBA, FAAP, FCCM

"The Role of Health Care Coalitions in Disasters: COVID-19"

April 7, 2022

Andy Garrett, MD, MPH

"Disaster Preparedness"

May 12, 2022

Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH

"How the Children's National Hospital system responded to the Challenge of COVID-19"

2020-2021

October 20, 2020

Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH, and James Phillips, MD

"Key Considerations in Prehospital Casualty Triage"

November 11, 2020

Mark Kiem, MD, MBA

"GW Disaster Medicine Grand Rounds - The Need for a U.S. National Disaster Safety Act"

January 26, 2021

Michael Anderson, MD, MBA, FAAP, FCCM, FAARC

"Pediatric Disaster Preparedness"

February 19, 2021

Jordan Selzer, MD

"Cyber Disasters and Effect on Patient Care"

March 4, 2021

Elisa Milani, MD

"Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Process"

2019-2020

October 14, 2019

James Phillips, MD, and Joelle Simpson, MD

"Considerations for Mass Gathering Medical Care"

November 1, 2019

James Phillips, MD

"The Disaster Cycle and Key Terminology"

January 22, 2020

Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH, FACEP

"Science in Disasters"

February 27, 2020

Joelle Simpson, MD & James Phillips, MD

"Covid-19: Updates and Recommendations on the Coronavirus Outbreak"

2018-2019

September 21, 2018

James Phillips, MD, and Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH

"Introduction to Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management"

October 16, 2018

James Phillips, MD, and Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH

"Understanding Key Principles of Hospital Mass Casualty Management Using a Table Top Exercise Demonstration"

November 26, 2018

Julia M. Ritch, J. Sam Hurley, MPH, EMPS, NRP, and Brendan Sinatro, MPH

"Disaster Preparedness Panel - Understanding Emergency Support Function 8 in Washington, DC"

January 23, 2019

Andy Garrett, MD, MPH

"Disaster Management at the Federal Level"

February 25, 2019

James Phillips, MD, and Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH

"Current Events in Disaster Medicine"

March 11, 2019

Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH

"Planning for Children and Disasters"

April 15, 2019

Timir Alptunaer, MD

"Cyclone Adai - Mozambique 2019"

May 6, 2019

Doug Postels, MD

"Dengue, Ebola, and other Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers"

2017-2018

September 20, 2017

Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH

"Extreme Event Exercise"

October 17, 2017

Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH

"Current Events in Emergency Management"

January 10, 2018

Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH

"Current Events in Emergency Management"

February 5, 2018

James Phillips, MD

"TARMAC Attacks - A Paradigm Shift in Terrorism Tactics"

March 7, 2018

John M. McNamara, MD, MPH, MS

"Medicine in Refugee and Displaced Populations"

April 4, 2018

James Phillips, MD

"From Austin to Boston - IEDs, Bombmaking, and Blast Injuries"

2016-2017

August 31, 2016

Bruno Petinaux, MD, and Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH 

"Current Events in Emergency Management"

October 3, 2016

Bruno Petinaux, MD, and Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH 

"Current Events in Emergency Management"

October 11, 2016

Jeff Lowell, MD 

"Medicine and Community Intersect - Emergency Management"

November 2, 2016

Bruno Petinaux, MD, and Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH 

"Current Events in Emergency Management"

November 30, 2016

Bruno Petinaux, MD 

"Presidential Inauguration"

January 9, 2017

Kat Dunne 

"Pediatric Mass Casualty Management"

February 9, 2017

Bruno Petinaux, MD, and Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH 

"Current Events in Emergency Management"

March 13, 2017

Bruno Petinaux, MD, and Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH

“Case Review of the Flint Michigan Crisis - Lessons Learned in Emergency Management”

April 25, 2017

Bruno Petinaux, MD

“Current Events in Emergency Management”

2015-2016

October 19, 2015

Bruno Petinaux, MD 

"A Papal Visit"

October 30, 2015

Bruno Petinaux, MD 

“Moving from Theory to Reality”

November 12, 2015

Bruno Petinaux, MD 

“Urban Search and Rescue”

February 11, 2016

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Urban Search and Rescue: Part 2"

2014-2015

October 13, 2014

Bruno Petinaux, MD and and MS2 Emergency Management Track Students

"Summer Experiences and Update on Recent Responses"

November 10, 2014

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Tubes and Hands:  How to Move Specimens in an Infectious Environment"

November 17, 2014

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Emergency Management in the Legal Context"

January 30, 2015

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Disaster Simulation - Part 1"

February 9, 2015

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Disaster Simulation - Part 2"

April 22, 2015

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Social Media and Disaster"

2013-2014

September 13, 2013

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Implications of Current Events for Emergency Management"

November 8, 2013

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Recent Events in Emergency Management"

November 18, 2013

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Typhoon Haiyan:  Recovery Efforts"

January 31, 2014

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Emergency Management Phases - Part 1"

February 28, 2014

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Emergency Management Response"

March 17, 2014

Jennifer Stuth, MD

"Active Shooter - Incident Management"

2012-2013

November 12, 2012

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Crisis Standards of Care, A Continuum of Healthcare During Times of Disaster"

November 14, 2012

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"Sheltering in Place for a Planned Event"

January 18, 2013

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"The Sky is Falling:  Part 1"

February 1, 2013

Bruno Petinaux, MD

"The Sky is Falling:  Part 2"

April 15, 2013

Neha Puppala, MD, EMS

"Medical Emergency Management in Resource Utilization and Tactical and Operational Scenarios"