Uniformed Services University (USU)-Henry Jackson Foundation (HJF) Military Medicine Symposium: Advancing Public-Private Partnerships

USU-HJF Military Medicine Symposium: Advancing Public-Private
Partnerships

Thursday, September 23, 2010
7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC

www.hjf.org/symposium

The Center for Public-Private Partnerships at the Henry M.
Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine,
along with the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, will present a symposium that will highlight advances
in military and civilian medicine and foster public-private
collaborations to accelerate scientific discovery to benefit
wounded warriors.

Panels will highlight research, clinical care and interventions
focused on:

* Regenerative medicine for wounded warriors
* Traumatic stress among veterans, including resilience
and suicide prevention
* Military-Community partnerships to support veterans

Agenda

The following agenda includes confirmed speakers.

Opening Keynote: TBA

*Speaker: Robert Hale, Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
Brooke Army Medical Center
Topic: The current status of clinical care and the potential role
of regenerative medicine in treating wounded warriors with
disabling and disfiguring cranial and maxillofacial injuries

Panel 1: Topics in Regenerative Medicine
*Moderator: MG (Ret) George Weightman, Associate Director and
Chief Operating Officer, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative
Medicine
Panelists:
*Joachim Kohn, Ph.D., Director, Rutgers-Cleveland Clinic
Consortium of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative
Medicine
*Regina Armstrong, Ph.D., Director, Center for Neuroscience and
Regenerative Medicine
*LTC(P) Evan Renz, Director, Clinical Division, U.S. Army
Institute of Surgical Research
*John McDonald, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the International Center
for Spinal Cord Injury at the Kennedy Krieger Institute

Afternoon Keynote: TBA

Speaker: TBA
Topic: Overview of current efforts toward enhancing behavioral
health care and support for service members and their families

Panel 2: Topics in Suicide Prevention and Resilience
*Moderator: Robert Ursano, M.D., Director, Center for the Study
of Traumatic Stress
Panelists:
*COL Ron Poropatich, Deputy Director of the Telemedicine and
Advanced Technology Research Center
*John Fortunato, Ph.D., Chief, Restoration and Resilience Center,
Fort Bliss
*COL John Bradley, Chief of Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical
Center
*Deployment Health Clinical Center
*Red Sox Foundation, Home Base Program

Panel 3: Military Leaders Panel
Including:
*Lt. Gen. Charles B. Green, Air Force Surgeon General
*Maj. Gen. Douglas J. Robb, Joint Staff Surgeon

Networking Reception


Registration

For more information, including the latest agenda, registration
and exhibitor information, contact Jackie Alafoginis at (301)
294-1441 or jalafoginis@hjf.org, or visit www.hjf.org/symposium.