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 International Sessions
• Teaching and Developing Infrastructure for Programs in Developing Countries
• Surgery Programs
• Community Empowerment & System Strengthening
• Where to Begin: Tips on Getting Launched to Volunteer
• What Can Institutional Leadership do to Encourage Volunteerism?
• Communications and Media Efforts
• Expanding Volunteer Efforts
• Emergency, Trauma, & ER programs
• Sustaining Volunteer Efforts
• Pediatric Programs
• Dental Health Programs
• Cultural Sensitivity & Ethical Responsibility in Volunteer Efforts
• The Haiti Challenge & Response
• Public Health Programs
• MOVING FORWARD: Your Ideas on How to Expand Medical & Health Volunteerism
• TELEVISED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Presented by: We Speak!

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 Local/ National Sessions
• Health Education and Wellness
• Homeless Programs
• Advocacy for the Health of Uninsured and Underinsured Patients
• Community Clinics
• Nursing & Pharmacy Programs
• Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and their Issues
• An Overview: Volunteering in Your Own Community – Opportunities and Ideas f
or Medical & Lay People
• Hospice Volunteer Programs
• Mental Health in America’s Youth
• Family Involvement: Getting the Family on Board
• Mental Health Programs
• Hospital Volunteer Programs
• Advocacy for Patients during a Crisis of Care
• The Nuts & Bolts of Fundraising: An Introduction
• Family Involvement: Getting the Family on Board
• MOVING FORWARD: Your Ideas on How to Expand Medical & Health
Volunteerism
• TELEVISED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Presented by: We Speak!

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Sat. 8:30am – 12:30pm / SOM 120
Teaching and Developing Infrastructure for Programs in Developing Countries:

A dedicated group of doctors share their experiences of reaching out around the world to
create programs to teach the locals how to save lives. The challenges are many,
whether setting up pediatric emergency care in Honduras and the Republic of
Georgia, building new hospitals in Africa, or teaching radiology in the Andes of Peru.
You will learn about an innovative teaching exchange project in which a US medical
school helps teach cardiology at an Ethiopian medical school. You’ll also hear from
the son of the President of Liberia, who became a doctor in the US and returned to
Liberia with a unique program to help rebuild the infrastructure by teaching local
health care providers. This is a global summit of compassion focused on developing
countries.

• Dollar, Allen, MD (Chief of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital)

• Eaton, Cynthia Basso (President of Global Healing)
• Goo, David MD (Pediatric Emergency Medicine / Residency Coordinator / PALS
Training
• Center Faculty, Emory University Dept. of Pediatrics) - MODERATOR
• Kutner, Steve MD (founder/ med director of Jewish Healthcare International)
• Oubre, Bert, MD (president of Cutting Edge Foundation)
• Tisnado, Jaime MD, FACR (Professor, Radiology & Surgery, VCU Medical Center)
• Sirleaf, James, MD (son of the President of Liberia, and chairman of HEARTT)

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Sat. 8:30am – 12noon / SOM 130
Surgery Programs:

There’s a gap in surgical skills within global health, with major differences between low
and high income countries. Academic programs and mission hospitals are trying to fill
this gap. There’s a wide variety of surgical interventions required, for example
introducing new technology to treat fistulas of African women, providing a new
psychological lease on life…from social outcast to cultural inclusion. The surgical
challenges include treating injuries from natural disasters like the Haiti earthquake or
performing battlefield surgery in Sudan, Pakistan, and Congo. This session would not
be complete without the personal insight of an experienced academic surgeon who
makes trips to Egypt to perform difficult cardiothoracic surgical procedures…
improving attitudes towards the U.S. in the Middle East.

• Adolph, Harold, MD, FACS (Christian Medical & Dental Associations) – CO-

MODERATOR
• Browne, Orie, MD (Co-Founder of Surgeons for Global Health)
• Cooper, Warren, MD (Samaritan’s Purse / World Medical Mission) 
• Mansour, Kamal, MD (Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine)
• Pollack, Jon, MD (Emory Global Surgery Initiative) - MODERATOR
• Steffes, Bruce, MD (CEO, Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons)
• Melchizedek, Uriah (Program Coordinator, Operation Giving Back)
• Wheeless, Clifford, MD (OB/GYN, Johns Hopkins University)

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Sat. 8:30am – 1:00pm / SOM 110
Community Empowerment & System Strengthening:

Presenters offer a montage of experiences, from surgery to spiritual health, where

medical volunteerism helps to strengthen communities around the world, including
Mayan Indians in Guatemala and Nicaragua, exiled Tibetan monks in India, the
riverbank people of the Amazon basin, orphans and street children in East Africa, and
collaborating researchers in Israel and Palestine.

• Agee, Marie (Director, Special Projects, Health Talents International)

• Foster, Stanley, MD (Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health) - MODERATOR
• Frye, Liz, MD (Psychiatry, Emory University)
• Fuerstman, Lou, MD / Chatterjee, Rinku, MD (Medical Care International)
• Kowalske, Richard, MD (President, Helping Hands Foreign Missions)
• Omohwo, Edwin, MD, MPH (Founder/ President, Child Care Foundation) - CO-
MODERATOR
• Moreira, Jonathas, Rev. Dr. (Founder/President/CEO, World Hope Missions Ministry)
• Raore, Bethwel, MD (Foundation for International Education in Neurosurgery, Emory
University)
• Zughaier, Susu (Senior Associate, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory School of
Medicine)

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Sat. 8:30am – 11:30am / WH 208
Where to Begin: Tips on Getting Launched to Volunteer:

This presentation acts as a springboard for future medical volunteers and social
entrepreneurs: The nuts and bolts of preparing for missions around the corner or
around the world…how to get involved and overcome personal barriers as well as
issues relating to malpractice, fundraising, and securing supplies. Learn how to
prepare yourself and your mission team, whether you are young or old, a student or a
retiree, an out-in-the-fielder or an organizer, a lay person or a health professional, a
local or an international volunteer.

• Barber, Lindsey & Kravitz, Josh (MedShare)

• Beason, Jacinda (Founder & CEO, J.L. Beason Consulting) – CO-MODERATOR
• Edinburgh, Margaret R. (Rose Marje Creations & Communications)
• Hiller, Martin (FTCA Consultant / first President of the National Free Clinic
Association)
• Kaloper, Steve (CEO / Founder, Development Services Group, LLC)
• Lundberg, George, MD (National Honorary Chair, TAP-IN / Founder, Lundberg
Institute / former Editor in Chief, JAMA)
• Norton, Scott, MD, MPH (American Academy of Dermatology Association)
• Reichart, Bill (Non-Medical Atlanta Area Director, Christian Medical & Dental
Association) – MODERATOR
• Stone, Barbara (Consultant, Mission Volunteers: UMCOR United Methodist Global
Ministries)
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Sat. 8:30am – 1:00pm / WH 205
Health Education and Wellness:

The best way to keep people healthy is to teach them the basics of medicine and the
importance of a healthy lifestyle. This is an opportunity to hear about a wide array of
innovative approaches to community outreach. These include music for kids, athletic
programs, community gardens, and costumed comedic presentations. Learn about
the unique missions of an alliance of nice guys/gals, a private practicing cardiologist,
and a health literacy program for the Hispanic community.

• Antin, Deb, & Pucci, Spencer (*ANGEL Network: Alliance of Nice Guys/Gals
Enhancing/Extending Life)
• Chung, Andy (President, What’s in a Doctor’s Bag Club, GA Tech chapter)
• Chung, Andrew B, MD/PhD (Cardiology, Emory University)
• Clark, Margaret A, MS, RN, RRT - NPS (Not One More Life)
• Compere, Suzy (Executive Director, Equilibrium Earth Ltd)
• Drenkard, Cristrina, MD (Lupus Foundation of America, GA Chapter)
• Hampton, Lynn (Impact Athletics)
• Urbina, Belisa (Renovacion Conyugal)
• Fine, Kenneth, MD (Mission of Nutrition)
• Seibel, Mache, MD (HealthRock) – MODERATOR

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Sat. 8:30am – 11:00am / WH 207
Homeless Programs:

This will be an opportunity to learn about and to get involved in street

medicine and “house calls to the homeless” in American cities, rural
areas, and throughout the world. Also, there will be expert insights
relating to treating mental illness in the homeless, and teaching
meditation and mindfulness to the homeless. Opportunities abound
for anyone to volunteer, whether you are trained medical personnel,
a student, or a retiree.

• Beaty, Anita Law (Homeless Task Force)

• Dorsett-Wainwright, Jolita (Medical Research Coordinator &
President, S.R.T Inc.)
• Frye, Liz, MD (Psychiatry, Emory University)
• Grabbe, Linda, RN (Community Advanced Practice Nurses)
• Morreale, Steve, MD, MPH (Physician Consultant, University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center) - MODERATOR
• Withers, Jim, MD (Founder, Operation Safety Net)

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Sat. 10:00am – 11:30am / WH 206
Advocacy for the Health of Uninsured and Underinsured Patients:

A reverend and a state senator share the challenges of their advocacy

efforts for Grady Hospital and Grady patients. A doctor shares his
advocacy experiences ranging from indigent Grady patients to the
Pima Indians. A mother shares her motivations to start a nonprofit to
help uninsured families confronted with a child’s cancer diagnosis. A
wide variety of other advocates share their experiences, including an
overview from a national effort to advocate for underserved patients
and the clinicians who attempt to serve them.

• Aliniece, Pamela (Founder, Laughing at Leukemia)

• Fort, Vincent (Georgia State Senator) – CO-MODERATOR
• Hillsberg, Bonnie, DC, MHA, M.Ed (Vice-President, Association of
Clinicians for the Underserved)
• McDonald, Tim (Reverend, First Iconium Baptist Church) -
MODERATOR
• Reed, James W., MD (Professor, Associate Chair of Medicine for
Research, Morehouse School of Medicine / Chief of Endocrinology,
Grady Hospital)

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Sat. 11:30am – 3:30pm / WH 208
Community Clinics

Hear the stories, insights, and expertise of the health care warriors who tackle the
problems of access to care in their own communities. They have established and
served in clinics accessible to the underserved, not only providing services, but
teaching future healthcare professionals. Merging spiritual, academic, and community
initiatives, they share the ultimate challenge: providing access to quality care for all
Americans.

• Goodman, CJ, MD (OB/GYN, House of Grace clinic)

• Himelick, Tom, PA-C (Coordinator, South Georgia Farmworker Health Project)
• Johns, Tony (Pastor / Community Involvement Director, City of Refuge)
• Kreisle, Mary, RN (Physicians Care Clinic) - MODERATOR
• Lesser, Lanny, MD (Co-Founder, Gwinnett Community Clinic)
• Looper, Donna (Executive Director, Free Clinic Network)
• Moore, Charles, MD (Director of HEAL, Inc, City of Refuge)
• Rostad, Mitch (President of HEAL at Emory)
• Thurston, Joanne (Executive Director, Cobb County Medical Society) – CO-
MODERATOR
• Warren, Bill, MD (Founder and President, Good Samaritan Health Center)
• Watford, Sheryl (Executive Director, Fayette Care Clinic)

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Sat. 11:00am – 2:30pm / WH 207
What Can Institutional Leadership do to Encourage Volunteerism?:

Many academic institutions are dedicated to fostering a spirit of volunteerism in

their training of future doctors, physician assistants, nurses, or
chiropractors. Whether the programs they offer provide care for the
underserved in Tanzania or Peru, or for migrant farm workers in the state of
Georgia, the purpose and the challenge is to plant the seeds and encourage
students to appreciate the joy of making a difference by saving the lives or
preventing the suffering of people who otherwise would be without care.

• Blumenthal, Dan, MD (Associate Dean of Community Health, Morehouse

School of Medicine)
• Clifton, Maurice, MD (Associate Dean of Student Affairs at Mercer
University School of Medicine) – MODERATOR
• Hillsberg, Bonnie, DC, MHA, M.Ed (Vice-President, Association of Clinicians
for the Underserved)
• Jacobson, Hilary (International Service Learning)
• Miles, David, RN (Emergency Medicine, Emory University Hospital)
• Roth, Rachel (The Lamay Clinic Project, Cleveland Clinic College of
Medicine)
• Shieh, Jocelyn & Yu, Nina (Volunteer Emory)
• Wimberly, Yolanda, MD (Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine)

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Sat. 11:30am – 2:30pm / WH 206
Communications and Media Efforts:

From the cutting edge technology of telemedicine to the cultural sensitivity issues in
verbal communication, learn how to communicate and make a difference. This
session is a communing of artists and techies. A wide spectrum of innovators share
their efforts to make an impact, from public health presentations in a foreign language
to websites and collaborative books on health issues… An author draws from his own
experiences to write books inspiring others to thrive despite physical challenges, a
doctor produces CDs to sensitize health care providers communicating with Latinos,
and a photographer captures the work of medical volunteers in Tibet.

• O’Brien, Barbara L, RN, MSN, Cert. & O’Brien, Marc (Challenge Accepted and Met
series)
• Norton, Scott, MD, MPH (American Academy of Dermatology Association)
• Parham, Mahtab Melissa (Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children)
• Sinkinson, Craig MD (Mayan Medical Aid)
• Green, James, MD (DocRoc) – MODERATOR
• Pejic, Maki (EmoryIMVC web manager, Emory University)
• Hays, Paul (community activist)
• Wolkis, Ed (photographer)
• Kelli, Heval (student, Morehouse School of Medicine)

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Sat. 12noon – 3:00pm / SOM 130
Expanding Volunteer Efforts:

Presenters offer innovative approaches to expanding mission opportunities in faith-based

and secular situations, whether by ship, by air, on land, or in cyberspace. Gain
insights into mobilizing faith groups, students, professionals, and even using the
talents of the African Diaspora as a strategy to give back, especially in Nigeria, Sierra
Leone, and Liberia. Add the skill of social entrepreneurialism, and there’s always
room to expand. This session is moderated by the development associate of the
nonprofit website www.medicalmissions.org, which connects medical volunteers with
volunteer opportunities around the world.

• Ahmed, Zain, MD (CEO, Global HEED) & Bandyopadhyay, Sonny, MD (Global

HEED)
• Gale, John P, DMD (Board of Advisors/Team Leader, Flying Doctors of America)
• Hawkins, Richard, MD (President, Georgia Society of Anesthesiology)
• Lincenberg, Sheldon, MD (Founder, Kidejapa Foundation)
• Nelson, Kevin F. (Mercy Ships Regional Development Manager South East US)
• Thiltgen, Steven (Business Development Associate, MedicalMissions.Org)
MODERATOR
• Ojomo, Akinwale (General coordination and logistics, RSG / Global Development
Institute)
• Rutledge, Kenneth, MD (Atlanta Christian Medical and Dental Association)

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Sat. 1:00pm – 3:00pm / SOM 110
Nursing & Pharmacy Programs:

A unique perspective on volunteer nursing and

pharmaceutical activities in developing countries, from
challenges with the pharmaceutical supply chains to
nurses who empower the poor, thus creating lasting
change. Learn how to contribute in these challenging
situations and avoid “nurse burn out” while making a
positive impact.

• Flores, Dennis, RN (President-elect of Association of

Nurses in AIDS Care) – MODERATOR
• McMahon, Mary RN (President, Nurses for the Nations)
• Norton, Scott, MD MPH (American Academy of
Dermatology Association)
• Notrica, Michelle, PharmD

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Sat. 12:30 – 3:00pm / SOM 120
Emergency, Trauma, & ER programs:

Whether providing emergency care in Nigeria, teaching basic and

advanced resuscitation techniques on the streets of India, or setting
up intensive care units in a variety of third world countries, this team
of presenters has one objective…to save lives and decrease
morbidity during an emergency.

• Abraham, George, MD (Indian Institute of Emergency Medical

Services)
• Ajibade, Omotola (Emory University) - CO-MODERATOR
• Caldwell, Amber (Director of Development, Institute for Global
Orthopedics and Traumatology)
• Chopra, Quincy (Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services)
• Staton, Gerald MD (Professor of Medicine, Emory Clinic) –
MODERATOR

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Sat. 2:00pm – 3:00pm / SOM A153
Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and their Issues:

Members of the Commission on Disability Affairs in Fulton

County address the challenges and innovative
accomplishments resulting from advocacy for those who
are disabled.

• Firestone, Melissa Henry (Chairman, Commission on

Disability Affairs, Fulton County, GA) – MODERATOR
• Shannon, Jylyan – CO-MODERATOR
• Shannon, Vernitia (Commission on Disability Affairs,
Fulton County, GA) – CO-MODERATOR

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GENERAL SESSION:
MOVING FORWARD: Your Ideas on How to Expand
Medical & Health Volunteerism
Sat. 4:30pm – 6:00pm / Glenn Memorial Church
1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322

This session is geared towards all conference participants

(attendees, speakers, exhibitors). This will give an
overview of the diverse content of the conference,
recognizing the spectrum of speaker and exhibitor
groups. There will also be an open forum to encourage
synergy between diverse volunteer efforts. New ideas /
comments / reactions on how to energize local and
international volunteerism will be welcomed from the
audience members.
Moderated by Neil Shulman MD, Steve Kutner MD, & Steve
Thiltgen.
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TELEVISED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
Presented by: We Speak!
Topic: Health Care Reform: What does it Mean
and Where do You Fit in?
Sat. 6:00pm – 7:30pm / White Hall 205

A panel of policy makers, medical professionals,

and patient advocates discuss the current status
of government health care reform, and the role
of American citizens in volunteering to shape
positive reform.
Moderated by “Pres” F. President, President &
Executive Producer, We Speak!
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Sun. 9:00am – 12noon / SOM 110
Sustaining Volunteer Efforts:

Whether establishing surgical missions or delivering disaster relief,

volunteering as a student emergency tech in Nigeria or doing
mission work in Haiti or Peru to help with medical, social, and dental
needs…the aim is to make this humanitarian work sustainable. Here
is an opportunity to gain insights into innovation that helps
volunteers have a lasting impact on the health of the community
they serve.

• Ajibade, Olaseni (student, Emory University)

• Alvarado, Carlos S, MD (Peruvian American Medical Society)
• Centrone, Wayne, MD (Executive Director, Health Bridges
International) – MODERATOR
• Gehringer, Bob, MD (Health Bridges International)
• Leeds, Ira (Executive Director, Emory Project Medishare /
President, Project Casse)
• McQueen, Kelly, MD (Coordinator, Burden of Surgical Disease
Working Group)

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Sun. 9:00am – 2:30pm / SOM 120
Pediatric Programs:
This group of doctors, nurses, and dentists give insights into the challenges and triumphs
of volunteering pediatric services in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and
Mongolia. Their efforts include screening for prevention intervention, providing
primary care services, and treating children who require complicated surgical
intervention (birth defects, plastic and reconstructive surgery, neurologic defects,
congenital heart defects, or urologic surgery).

• Abughazaleh, Khaled DDS, DMD (Palestine Children's Relief Fund)

• Bailey, Carl, MD (Healing the Children, NE)
• Boulis, Nick MD (American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Project Shunt)
• Buffin, Dana, MD (Healing the Children, NE)
• Freed, Susan, PT (Emory Department of Physical Therapy –collaboration w/
Rehabilitation Department at Obras Sociales in Guatemala)
• Kennedy, Ann, NP (the Kenya Project)
• Middlebrooks, Brenda, CPNP (Children's Cross Connection)
• Rich, Anita RN, BSN, PCCN (Samaritan’s Purse Children’s Heart Project)
• Roser, Steve, DMD, MD (Team Leader, Healing the Children, NE)
• Sosebee, Steve MD (President & CEO, Palestine Children's Relief Fund)
• Sutherland, Nadia, MD (Joshua International Ministries)
• Smith, Edwin, MD (Children's Cross Connection)
• Silver, William, MD (FACE TO FACE: International)
• Milhoan, Kirk MD, PhD, FACC, FAAP (Medical Director, For Hearts and Souls) –
MODERATOR

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Sun. 9:00am – 12noon / WH 208
An Overview: Volunteering in Your Own Community – Opportunities and Ideas for
Medical & Lay People:

A smorgasbord of individual stories and opportunities, from doctors who provide free
heart surgery and lung transplants to a lay retiree who visits sick kids with bedside
reading. A wide spectrum of opportunities are out there right in your backyard:
offering charity care in your own private practice, joining the ranks of lay people and
healthcare professionals in the Medical Reserve Corp, offering your skills at health
fairs, or exploiting your creativity like the doc who sings to help feed the hungry. The
sky’s the limit!

• Adams, Jewel, RN (Nursing Clinical Support, Emory)

• Appelrouth, Dan, MD (Founder, Atlanta Hunger Relief Fund)
• Cobb, Clara, MSN, RN, CFNP (U.S. Public Health Service, Assistant Surgeon
General, Regional Health Administrator and Acting Regional Director, HHS, Region
IV)
• Handra, Kathy (U.S. Public Health Service, HHS, Region IV)
• Hatcher, Charles, MD (former Chairman, Director, and CEO, Emory Clinic / Professor
of Surgery, Emeritus, Emory University School of Medicine)
• Lawrence, Clint, MD (Pulmonologist, Emory Clinic) – CO-MODERATOR
• Murphree, Rose, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN (Clinical Instructor, Wound, Ostomy, and
Continence Nursing Education Center, Emory University School of Medicine) –
MODERATOR
• Umstead, Tom (Fulton County Volunteer of the Year, 2005)
• Wallace, Debbie, DrPH (Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse)

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Sun. 9:00am – 11:00am / WH 206
Hospice Volunteer Programs:

This presentation provides insights into a variety of hospice volunteer

opportunities for lay people and healthcare professionals. Learn
from the personal experiences of the prior head of CNN Science
News who mixed volunteering, family, and film-making to impact
volunteers via an end-of-life documentary. Get an inside perspective
from volunteering doctors and volunteer coordinators. Learn how to
get involved with organizations like Visiting Nurse / Hospice Atlanta
and United Hospice Atlanta.

• Barash, Bailey (BBarash Productions, LLC / former Director, Health

Science News, CNN)
• Renault, Gillian (Communications Consultant, Visiting Nurse |
Hospice Atlanta) - MODERATOR
• Nelms, Doris (Cell Volunteer manager, United Hospice Atlanta)
• Taylor, David, MD (Chairman, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine,
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Ochsner Clinic
Foundation, Emory)

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Sun. 9:00am – 11:00 am / WH 207
Mental Health in America’s Youth:

Hear the experiences of a Chicago city police officer who teamed up with Michael Jordan
to educate inner city kids and prevent serious mishaps. He’ll be joined by a colleague
Chicago police officer and a Dekalb County executive who runs a unique camp to
inspire youth to commit to healthy choices. In addition, you’ll learn from a Cleveland
Clinic physician who created a program to teach medicine and boost the self-esteem
of inner city kids. You’ll also hear about a program to steer kids away from the
direction of drugs and alcohol, alternative methods of helping kids who suffer
depression, and a testimony from the 1st vice president of the GA Association of
Blind Students about positive role modeling.

• Chapman, Eddie (Project Administrator, Safety Cops / Organizer, Charitable Cops

Care About Chicago) - MODERATOR
• Fernandez, Mary (1st vice president of GA Association of Blind Students)
• Williams, Rickey B (Chicago Police Department)
• Hoffman, Gary S., M.D., M.S. (Professor, Director of Staff Volunteer Programs,
Cleveland Clinic)
• Machinga, Kimarie, PhD (metaphysical psychologist / Pure Energy, The Art of
Healing)
• Moody, Revonda (Director, Camp Stand) – CO-MODERATOR
• Murray, Dennis S, Sr. (Executive Director, Youth Development & Capacity Building,
Inc.)

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Sun. 9:00am – 2:00pm / WH 205
Dental Health Programs:

A collection of unique perspectives on how to get dental care to those

in need locally or internationally, through mission trips to remote
villages on the Amazon River, in Alaska, and in Vietnam, or serving
inner city Atlanta communities where model clinics have been
established. There are even insights from a dentist’s mission trips to
teach non-dentists to perform certain dental treatments.

• Edward, LeTisha, DDS – MODERATOR

• Cunningham, Bruce, DMD
• Davis, Walter Ray Jr, DDS, MSD (Rivers of the World)
• Shulman, Stan, DDS (East Meets West Foundation, Dental Division)
• Patten, Karyl, DDS (Good Samaritan Clinic)
• Miller, Gary (CEO, Jewish Family & Career Services / The Ben
Massell Dental Clinic)
• Millener, Natalie (Club HEAL) – CO-MODERATOR

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Sun. 10:00am – 1:00pm / SOM 130
Cultural Sensitivity & Ethical Responsibility in Volunteer Efforts:

Volunteering can do more harm than good if it is not culturally sensitive.

It can do a tremendous amount of good for both the recipient and
the donor when it is culturally enriching. The presenters will give
insights into cross-cultural issues including social, economic, ethnic,
religious, educational, or language. Organizers, surgeons,
obstetricians, and ER doctors will present an array of perspectives.

• Cooper, Warren, MD (Samaritan’s Purse / World Medical Missions)

• Evert, Jessica, MD (Medical Director, Child Family Health
International)
• Spurlock, Rick, MD (Co-Founder, Emory Medishare/Emergency
Physicans International) – CO-MODERATOR
• Flier Hudson, Vicki (President, Highroad Global Services)
• Suchdev, Parminder, MD (Global Health, Emory Medishare)
• Tarpley, Margaret (Senior Associate in Surgery, Vanderbilt
University, APDS Web Master) – MODERATOR
• Stewart, Richard, MD (OB/GYN, Atlanta)

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Sun. 11:00am – 12:30pm / WH 206 (this session will be repeated at SOM
A153 /1:00 – 2:30pm with limited seating)
Family Involvement: Getting the Family on Board:

How to create a meaningful family experience through helping those in

need: Perspectives from a teen who started going on medical missions
at age eight, insights from families who have gone together on
missions, and stories from those who have adopted children as another
positive spin off of their medical missions.

• Dollar, Allen, MD (Chief of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital)

• Roberts, Matthew (high school student, started going on mission trips to
Dominican Republic at age 10)
• Tarpley, John, MD (Dept of Surgery, Vanderbilt University) –
MODERATOR

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Sun. 11:00am – 2:00pm / WH 207
Mental Health Programs:

Learn about a wide array of volunteer opportunities, such as a unique program

that connects faith communities with mental health advocates, or a national
program using street-based and radio outreach to positively impact mental
health issues. The spectrum of disorders addressed will include substance
abuse, dementia, and Tourrette Syndrome (with special emphasis on a
camp experience for kids). The approaches are often innovative, such as a
therapeutic garden for patients and caregivers in an Alzheimer’s day facility.
Another highlight is a psychiatrist’s perspective on how to sensitize the brain
towards environmental concerns.

• Albert, Charles L (former Mayor, Fernandina Beach, FL / Narcotics

Anonymous)
• Cohen, Sheldon, MD (Psychiatrist, Atlanta) – MODERATOR
• Hays, Paul – (National Alliance on Mental Health)
• Kardon, Patricia, RN (Exec. Director, Tourette Information Center & Support
of Georgia / Camp Twin Lakes)
• Parker, Monica, MD – (Registry for Remembrance)
• Radulovacki, Branko, MD (founding member, FaithWorks)
• Williams, Pamela (Executive Director, AiJalon Inc)

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Sun. 11:00am – 3:00pm / Harland Cinema
The Haiti Challenge & Response:
A global perspective on medical volunteering in Haiti, including helping the needy in rural areas who
were indirectly affected by the earthquake, dealing with the psychological aftermath among Haitians,
rebuilding hospitals, and working at the forefront of disaster relief. These health professionals and
organizers have learned lessons which could help to develop new strategies for dealing with similar
situations in the future. Here’s a real opportunity to learn from the past and move forward.

• Beally, Melissa (Project Haiti)

• Cadet, Jean, MD (native Haitian, Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, Emory
University)
• Curci, Sylvie (student, Emory University)
• Frye, Liz, MD (Psychiatry, Emory)
• Haynes, Twilla (Founder, Eternal Hope in Haiti, Inc.)
• Hilaire, Mews, RRT (native Haitian, Emory Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center) - MODERATOR
• Kutner, Stephen, MD (Founder/ Medical Director, Jewish Healthcare International)
• Leeds, Ira (Executive Director, Emory Project Medishare / President, Project Casse)
• Lincenberg, Sheldon, MD (Founder, Kidejapa Foundation)
• McMahon, Mary, RN (President, Nurses for the Nations)
• Melchizedek, Uriah (Program Coordinator, Operation Giving Back)
• Rizor, Randy, MD (Eternal Hope in Haiti, Inc.)
• Rondil Hagen, Lydie, RN, BSN (Founder/Pres, Vanyan Sante Klinik / Haitian American Nurses
Assoc.-Atlanta Chapter)
• Roser, Steve, MD (Team Leader, Healing the Children, NE)
• Saint Louis, DiDi, MD, MPH (native Haitian, OB/GYN, The Haitian Alliance) – CO-MODERATOR
• Spurlock, Rick, MD (Co-Founder, Emory Medishare / Co-Founder, Emergency Physicans
International)
• Wheatley, Matthew, MD (Faculty Sponsor, Emory Medishare)
• Zuberi, Jalal, MD (Dept. of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine)

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Sun. 12noon – 2:00pm / SOM 110
Public Health Programs:

Public health volunteers from Cambodia to South Africa, from Uganda

to Nicaragua give insights into making a difference in public health
around the world. Their efforts result in clean water, sanitation,
screening for and educating about health problems like
hypertension & pulmonary ailments, and teaming to wipe out
communicable diseases.

• Church, Nina (NIKA Water)

• Grim, Clarence, MD (Senior Consultant, Shared Care Research and
Education Consulting, Inc) -- CO-MODERATOR
• Jessop, Kyle (United States Peace Corps) – MODERATOR
• Mina, Michael (Founder/Director Grassroot Health, Inc.)
• Wilson-Baker, Jennett, RN (Executive Director, CREED)

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Sun. 12noon – 2pm / WH 208
Hospital Volunteer Programs:

Hospital volunteers from Atlanta and beyond join together to celebrate

the work they do. Unique insights from teens, retired folks, and
volunteer coordinators. These opportunities are available for anybody
interested in the medical field and anyone who wants to use their
experience and expertise to make a difference.

• Dhawan, Neeta (student, Emory)

• Gonzalez, Tracy Russel (Crawford Long Hospital)
• James, Christopher (Southern Regional Hospital)
• Ke, Rhona (Northside Hospital)
• Margol, Esther (St. Joseph’s Hospital) – CO-MODERATOR
• Muhammad, Cecilia, RN (Volunteer Coordinator, Atlanta Medical
Center) – CO-MODERATOR
• Rogers, Barbara (Director of Volunteer Services, Kennestone
Hospital)
• Umstead, Tom (Fulton County Volunteer of the Year, 2005)
• Williams, Nancy (Columbus Regional Health Center)

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Sun. 12:30pm – 2pm / WH 206
Advocacy for Patients during a Crisis of Care:

It’s difficult for patients to advocate for themselves when they are
suffering and/or without resources. The volunteer advocate can
make all the difference in the world, especially at a time of a crisis of
care. This session includes many angles on patient advocacy, with
perspectives from doctors, advocacy organizers, and patients /
survivors who have taken advocacy efforts into their own hands.

• Bremner, Doug, MD (Director, Emory Clinical Neuroscience

Research Unit / Professor, Psychiatry and Nuclear Medicine, Emory
University School of Medicine)
• Leone-Glasser, Dorothy, RN (Advocates for Responsible Care) –
MODERATOR
• Schofield, Kim (Advocacy Chair, Lupus Foundation of America, GA
Chapter)
• Shippee, John (volunteer, Regional Council of Churches of Greater
Atlanta)

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Sun. 1:00pm – 2:30pm / SOM 130
The Nuts & Bolts of Fundraising: An Introduction:

This is a crash course on how to gain access to financial resources. You

will have an opportunity to learn the inside scoop on how to present
your plan to potential funders, how to plan fundraising events, and the
do’s and don’ts of grant writing.

• Cato, Thelma J. – CO-MODERATOR

Lincenberg, Sheldon, MD
(Founder, Kidejapa Foundation) – CO-MODERATOR

• Omohwo, Edwin, MD, MPH (Founder/ President, Child Care

Foundation) – CO-MODERATOR
Ambroze, Debbie /
BenYoar, Shoshana (GRANT Scribes, Inc.)

• Gross, Joanne / Kaiser, Juliann (event planner)

Torres, Jennie (grant writer)

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Sun. 1:00pm – 2:30pm / SOM A153 (40 person limit – first
session is at WH 206 / 11am–12:30pm)
Family Involvement: Getting the Family on Board:

How to create a meaningful family experience through

helping those in need: Perspectives from a teen who
started going on medical missions at age eight, insights
from families who have gone together on missions, and
stories from those who have adopted children as another
positive spin off of their medical missions.

• Dollar, Allen, MD (Chief of Cardiology, Grady Memorial

Hospital)
• Roberts, Matthew (high school student, started going on
mission trips to Dominican Republic at age 10)
• Tarpley, John, MD (Dept of Surgery, Vanderbilt
University) – MODERATOR

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