North Carolina                      Disaster SYMPOSIUM
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  • ABOUT
    • Conference Overview
  • 2025 Symposium
    • 2025 Agenda
    • 2025 Presentations
    • 2025 Speaker Bios
  • Registration
    • Registration
    • Travel/Lodging
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2025 NCDS AGENDA

Tuesday mARCH 25, 2025

7:30-8:30 - Registration Open

Continental Breakfast served in Vendor Hall   

8:30-9:00 - Opening Remarks

9:00-9:45 - "The First 30 Minutes..."

Dr. Reed Smith - Virginia Hospital Center Arlington, Attending Physician

9:45 - 10:15 - BREAK (Provided in Vendor Hall)

10:15-11:00 - "Hospital Emergency Management Lessons Learned"

Mike Paul - UNC Health Wayne, Director - Emergency Management

11:15-12:00 - "Validating Implementation of NG911 - 2024 Hurricane Helene in NC"

Kristen Falco –  NC 911 Board - Eastern Regional Coordinator 

Tom Rogers – NC 911 Board- Network Engineer and Program Manager

Pokey Harris - NC 911 Board - Executive Director  

Greg Dotson - North Carolina NG911 MAC Manager

12:00-1:00 - LUNCH (Provided in Vendor Hall)

1:00-1:45 - "Hurricane Helene Mass Fatality Management"

Ryan Jury - North Carolina Division of Public Health, Acting Senior Deputy Division Director

2:00-2:45 - "Burn Disasters in NC - Lessons & Resources"

Derek Miller - NC Jaycee Burn Center/UNC, Burn Outreach & Prevention Educator

2:45-3:15 - BREAK (Provided in Vendor Hall)

3:15-4:00 - "Seriously, a Hurricane in the Mountains? A Healthcare Coalition's Response to Helene"

Mark Stepp - Mountain Area Healthcare Preparedness Coalition, Regional Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator

4:15-5:00 - "Lessons Learned from the Duke Critical Care Tower Oxygen Supply Failure"

Jason Zivica - Duke University Health System, Assistant Vice President, Workplace Violence Prevention and Emergency Preparedness

Wednesday MARCH 26, 2025

7:30-8:00 - Continental Breakfast served in Vendor Hall

8:00-8:45 - "The Role of Collaboration in Coordinated Statewide Patient Movement"

Kimberly Clement (Moderator) –  NCOEMS- Healthcare Preparedness Program Manager

Brian Langston - Cape Fear Valley Health, Corporate Director of Patient Logistics and Mobile Integrated Healthcare

Kevin Corbin - UNC Health, Associate VP of Operations

Marcy van Schagen - WakeMed, Director System Capacity & Patient Placement

9:00-9:45 - "Resilient Beginnings: Safeguarding Neonatal and Pediatric Patients After the Storm"

Nichole Shimko - Golisano Children's Hospital, Manager Transport Team

9:45-10:15 - BREAK (Provided in Vendor Hall)

10:15–11:00 - "Duke University Hospital Flooding"

David Marsee - Central Carolina Healthcare Preparedness Coalition, Regional Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator

Shawn Rozalez - Duke University Health System, EM Coordinator

11:15–12:00 - "Mass Gatherings: One Small Step to Disaster"

Jeff Ferguson - Henrico County Division of Fire, Medical Director

12:00-1:00 - LUNCH (Provided in Vendor Hall)

1:00-1:45 - "UNC Special Pathogens Response Center (SPARC)"

Brooke Brewer – UNC Hospitals, Program Manager - UNC SPARC

Paula Hoyle - UNC Hospitals, Nurse Educator - UNC SPARC

Natalie Schnell - UNC Hospitals, Nurse Educator - UNC SPARC

2:00-2:45 - "That Could Never Happen Here: An Assessment of Healthcare Facilities after Helene"

Jason Zivica - Duke University Health System, Assistant Vice President, Workplace Violence Prevention and Emergency Preparedness

2:45-3:00 - Closing Remarks & Door Prizes

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