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Hai,Chi
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ThomasDKi
rs
ch,
MD,
MPH
•DirectorofOper at
ions,Depar
tmentof
Emer gencyMedi cine,J
ohnsHopkins
•Deput yDi rect
oroftheOffic eofCri
tical
EventPr eparednessandResponse(CEPAR)
•Co-DirectoroftheCent erf
orRef
ugee
andDi sasterResponse(CRDR)
pr
esent
edbyt
he
Emer
gencyMedic
ineDepart
ment
Emer
gencyMedic
ineInt
eres
tGroup
Amer
icanMedi
calSt
udentAssoci
ati
on

T
ues
day
,Sep21,
2010-Noon
Ol
dLi
brar
yAudi
tor
ium
Dr.Kir
schhasext ensivedisast
er,i
nternat
ionalhealt
handheal thcaremanagementexper i
enc e.Fort
hepas t15years
hehass ervedast heNationalPhysici
anAdvisorfortheAmer icanRedCrossDi s
ast
erHealt
hSer vi
ces,andhasc on-
sul
tedondi s
aster-r
elat
edis s
uesfortheWor l
dHeal thOrganizati
on,Unic
ef,theCenter
sforDiseaseControlandt he
UnitedStatesAgencyf orInternati
onalDevelopment( Offic eofForei
gnDi s
as t
erAss
ist
ance).Healsohasr eal-
li
fe
dis
as t
ermanagementexper i
enc efr
om locali
ncidentstotheresponsestothe9-11ter
rori
stattac
ksandHur ri
canes
Katri
naandRi ta.

Dr.Kir
schisanexper i
encededuc atorandhaslectur
ednat i
onal l
yandi nter
nat i
onall
yonavar i
etyofhealthis
sues.He
teachesthecourse,“
Publ i
cHealt
hI ssuesi
nDisast
ers”attheBloomber gSc hool ofPubl
icHeal t
handi st
heDi rect
orof
theJohnsHopki nsWildernessMedi ci
neCourse.Heisanaut horof24s c
ientificarti
cl
es,dozensofabs t
ractandfour
text
bookc hapters.Heisalsothes econdedit
orofani nt
ernati
onal healt
ht extbook(Emer gentFiel
dMedi ci
ne)and
aneditorandreviewerfortheleadi ngemergencymedi ci
nejour nal
,theAnnal sofEmer gencyMedi ci
ne.Hes erved
astheeditoroftheinternati
onalsectionoft
heAnnal sofEmer gencyMedi cinefrom 1995-2000.

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