13th Annual Miami-Dade County Healthcare Preparedness Symposium – Thinking Beyond Healthcare Preparedness: Building Resiliency During Challenging Times

March 29, 2023 to March 30, 2023

13th Annual Miami-Dade County Healthcare Preparedness Symposium – Thinking Beyond Healthcare Preparedness: Building Resiliency During Challenging Times will cover Healthcare Preparation and Response to Disasters and Emergencies including lessons learned and evidenced based material on a variety of topics.  It will provide a forum for the healthcare community to interact with one another on a county, region and state level to help promote emergency preparedness in healthcare settings and coordinate and improve the delivery of healthcare emergency response services and cultivate communication between county level organizations and community-wide emergency planning and response partners.

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Target Audience

Physicians, Nurses, Healthcare System Administrators, Clinical Leadership, Emergency Management, Operational Staff, First Responders, Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Rescue, Miami-Dade Regional Domestic Security Task Force Partners, and all other interested healthcare professionals. 

Learning Objectives

  • Identify potential hazards impacting healthcare organizations and communities. 
  • Develop relationships with peers and key community and healthcare partners to create dynamic support networks.
  • Identify resource availability and resource implementation needs.
  • Establish preparedness and response capabilities and mitigation strategies to lessen the impact of emergencies and disasters.
     
Course Summary
Course opens: 
02/15/2023
Course expires: 
05/28/2023
Event starts: 
03/29/2023 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
03/30/2023 - 5:00pm EDT
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Monica Calogne
Administrator
FHCA District 1 President
Palmetto Subacute Care
Miami, FL

G. Patricia Cantwell, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 
Director, Pediatric Palliative Medicine
Medical Manager, US&R South Florida Task Force 2
University of Miami Health System/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Sherry Capers, MSW FPEM
Emergency Management Coordinator
Miami-Dade County Department of Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Miami, FL

Charles Cyrille
Division Director
Miami Dade County Office of Emergency Management
Miami, FL

Alazandria Cruze, MPH, CPH
Emergency Management Coordinator, Office of Emergency Management 
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department
Miami, FL

Rick Elder
Consultant
The Joint Commission
Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Irima Gonzalez, M.D., R.N., BSN
Deputy Director of Public Health Preparedness
Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County
Miami, FL

John Hatfield
Director of Plant & Safety Operations
Encompass Health formally Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Miami
Miami, FL

Annika Holder
Division Director
Office of Neighborhood Safety
Miami, FL

Raied Jadallah
Deputy Fire Chief
Emergency Operations
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department 
Doral, FL

Gerard Job, M.D.
Medical Director
Miami Dade Fire Rescue
Miami, FL

Troy Johnson
Emergency Management Coordinator
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue
Office of Emergency Management
Miami, FL

Daniel Lopez
Support Delivery Manager
Akamai
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Jesus "Jessie" Menocal
Corporate Manager | Emergency Preparedness & Security
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, FL

Victor Milian
Sergeant
Miami-Dade Police Department
Miami, FL

Robert Molleda
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
National Weather Service/NOAA
Miami/South Florida Forecast Office 

Heidi Nichols, CFPH 
Forensic Photographer
Miami Dade County Medical Examiner Department
Miami, FL

Bob Palestrant
District Chief
Region 7 Terrorism Liaison Officer (TLO)
Program Coordinator
Fort Lauderdale /Hollywood International Airport
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue & Emergency Services Dept.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Veronia Perez, AEM
EM Coordinator, Office of Emergency Management
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue
Miami, FL

Constance Pullen 
Nurse, Quality Consultant  
The Joint Commission 
Oakbrook Terrace, IL

James Michael Shultz, M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor 
Director, P3H: Protect & Promote Population Health in Complex Crises
Director, Center for Disaster & Extreme Event Preparedness (DEEP Center)
Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS)
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 
Miami, FL

Miriam Singer 
President and CEO
Jewish Community Services of South Florida 
Miami, FL 

Kimberly Smoak 
Deputy Secretary/State Survey Agency Director
Division of Health Quality Assurance
Agency for Health Care Administration
Tallahassee, FL

Gastrude Tassy-Toussaint, MSHE 
Operations Management Consultant II-SES
Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County 
Miami, FL

Vincent Torres
Director, Emergency Management
UHealth Facilities Operations & Planning
Department of Public Safety
Division of Emergency Management
University of Miami Health System 
Miami, FL

Tamara Turk 
Training and Exercise Coordinator 
Miami-Dade Healthcare Preparedness Coalition 
Miami, FL

Richard Whitehurst
Corporate Manager Environmental Health & Safety, Emergency Preparedness & Security
Baptist Health South Florida 
Miami, FL

Heather Winters
Chief Programs Officer
Jewish Community Services of South Florida 
Miami, FL 
 

The following faculty of this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentations or discussions will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.
 
Monica Calogne
G. Patricia Cantwell, M.D.
Sherry Caper
Alazandria Cruze
Rick Elder
Irima Gonzalez, M.D., R.N., BSN
John Hatfield
Annika Holder
Raied Jadallah
Gerard Job, M.D.
Troy Johnson
Daniel Lopez
Jesus "Jessie" Menocal
Victor Milian
Robert Molleda
Heidi Nichols, CFPH 
Bob Palestrant
Constance Pullen 
James Michael Shultz, M.S., Ph.D.
Kimberly Smoak 
Gastrude Tassy-Toussaint, MSHE 
Vincent Torres
Tamara Turk 
Richard Whitehurst
Heather Winters
 

Heidi Nichols, CFPH, faculty for this educational event, is a consultant for Tri-Tech Forensics, Inc., and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. 

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual has been mitigated.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*

*Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Baptist Health South Florida and The Miami-Dade County Healthcare Preparedness Coalition. Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been approved for up 14 credit hours, CE Broker Course #20-939653 and 20-939657, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and by the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.

This activity has also been approved for up to 14 credit hours for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs, Respiratory Therapists (direct delivery). Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.

Please login or register for a Baptist Health CME account to take this course.