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Risky Business: Planning for Pandemic Flu – June 21, 2006
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George Huber, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Corporate Relations and Regional Programming, UPMC
Opening Remarks Transcript
Loren Roth, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Quality Care and
Chief Medical Officer, UPMC
Welcome Transcript
Tara O’Toole, MD, MPH
CEO and Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
Conference Opening Transcript

Short documentary produced in 2001 by the Center for Biosecurity with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Recounts the acute shortages of health personnel, supplies, equipment and hospital beds that occurred during the 1918 flu pandemic.

Movie: Hospitals “Full Up”: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic View Movie
Moderated by: Tara O’Toole, MD, MPH
CEO and Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
Panel 1: The Avian Influenza Threat—Status and Implications No Recording
Tara O’Toole, MD, MPH
CEO and Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
Pandemic Influenza 101 Presentation
Colonel Randy Larsen, USAF (Ret.)
Founding Director, Institute for Homeland Security, and Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
Potential Impact on Business and Society Transcript
  Question and Answer Session I Transcript
  Break (Foyer 2)
Moderated by:  Beth Maldin, MPH
Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
Panel 2: Public Health and Medical Planning in Pennsylvania Transcript
Jeffrey Blystone
Public Health Program Administrator, Bureau of Community Health Systems, Pennsylvania Department of Health
PA DOH Pandemic Plans and Planning Assumptions Transcript
Presentation
Video
Bruce Dixon, MD
Director, Allegheny County Health Department
Allegheny County Pandemic Plan and Communications Transcript
Video
Charles Mackett III, MD, FAAFP
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Family Medicine, UPMC
The Doctor is In Transcript
Powerpoint
Video
  Question and Answer Session II Transcript
Video
  Pick-up Lunch (Foyers 2 and 3)

Moderated by:  Kathleen Criss, CBCP
Director, Disaster Management Center, UPMC

Panel 3: Business Continuity for Pandemic Influenza Transcript
Susan Vismor
Senior Vice President, Corporate Crisis Management
Mellon Financial Corp.
HR Practices for Pandemic Influenza No Recording
Stephan Schenk
Vice President and Director for Business Resiliency and Operating Risk, PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
Global Pandemic Preparedness Planning for Financial Continuity No Recording

John Saunders
Director of Computer Services & IT Procurement, Giant Eagle Inc.

Keeping our Shelves Stocked Transcript
Video
Michael P. Comiskey
Executive Director, Pittsburgh Regional Business Coalition for Homeland Security
Maintaining Local Operations Transcript
Presentation
Video
  Question and Answer Session III Transcript
Video
 

Break (Foyers 2 and 3)

Moderated by: Bob Winters
Protective Security Advisor, Pittsburgh District
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Panel 4: Critical Infrastructure Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza Transcript
Brian L. Riordan, MBA
General Manager, Corporate Risk Management, Allegheny Energy

John Shaner
General Manager, Restoration and Emergency Preparedness
, Allegheny Power

Keeping the Lights On No Transcript
Presentation Video
Daniel Flanagan
Industrial Hygienist, Port Authority
of Allegheny County
Getting from A to Z in a Pandemic No Recording
Robert Clark
Manager, Business Continuity and Emergency Management Group, Verizon Business
Working from Home During a Pandemic…Maybe Not?   No Recording
  Question and Answer Session IV Transcript
George Huber, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Corporate Relations and Regional Programming, UPMC
Closing Remarks Transcript
Video
 
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