COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPING A CONSENSUS CASE DEFINITION FOR CMI JUNE 26, 2013 National Academy of Sciences Building 2101

Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20418 OPEN SESSION 1:00 -6:00 PM NAS Lecture Room 1:00 1:10 PM 1:10 2:00 PM Welcome and Introductions Background and Charge to the Committee Q and A with committee Ken Shine, MD, Chair VA Panel (confirmed participants): Robert L. Jesse, MD, PhD Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health Department of Veterans Affairs Robert Jaeger, PhD Victor Kalasinsky, PhD VA Office of Research and Development Gulf War Veterans (confirmed participants): Anthony Hardie Enlisted, USA, Retired (RAC member) Angela L. McLamb MSG, Army/ARNG, Retired Denise Nichols (US Air Force Flight Nurse, Retired) David Winnett CAPT, USMC, Retired Very Roddy USAF, NCO, Retired (written statement only)

2:00 3:00

Discussion with 1991 Gulf War Veterans regarding symptoms

3:00 4:00

Background and Discussion of VA RAC efforts in the area of CMI case definition

4:00 5:30

Discussion with Physicians/Researchers who have treated GW vets regarding symptomatology and lab tests/findings

VA RAC(confirmed participants): James Binns, Chair, VA RAC James P. OCallaghan, PhD Lea Steele, PhD Roberta White, PhD, Scientific Director Physicians/researchers(confirmed participants): Wes Ashford, MD, PhD Director, War Related Illness and Injury Center, CA Jim Baraniuk, MD, Georgetown University Seth Eisen, MD, Director, VA Health Services Research and Development Service, Office of Research and Development, Beatrice Golumb, MD, PhD University of California, San Diego (by phone) Drew Helmer, MD, MS Director, War Related Illness and Injury Center, NJ Steven Hunt, MD VA Puget Sound Helath Care System Veterans, active duty, VSOs, government officials, general public, interested parties Ken Shine, Committee Chair

5:30 6:00 PM

Public Comments: Questions and comments from attendees Closing Remarks