Global Health Symposium
Friday and Saturday, January 18 –19, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
| 7:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 9 a.m. |
Welcome -Fiemu Nwariaku, M.D., FACS, FWACS |
| 9:15 a.m. |
WHO Global Initiative for Emergency & Essential Surgical Care: Technologies to Meet Local Needs -Meena Cherian, M.D. |
| 10 a.m. |
An Interactive Health Platform for Global Health -Lakshmin Tamil, Ph.D. |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 11 a.m. |
Monitoring Patients with Chronic Diseases Via SMS Technology - From Pilot to Commercialization in Nigeria - Okechukwu Okuzu |
| 11:45 a.m. |
Panel Q&A |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. | Mobile Phones: The Unexpected Health Care Tool in Global Health - Egbe Osifo-Dawodu, M.D., M.B.A., M.Sc., MRCP |
| 2 p.m. | Medical Devices and Biomaterials for the Developing World: Leveraging Naturally-Derived Polymers -Sujata Bhatia, M.D., Ph.D., PE |
| 2:45 p.m. | Refreshments |
| 3 p.m. | Blue Marble Health -Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., FASTMH, FAAP |
| 3:45 p.m. | Q&A |
| 4:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
Saturday, January 19, 2013
| 8 a.m. |
Registration |
| 9 a.m. |
Welcome -Fiemu Nwariaku, M.D., FACS, FWACS |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Design and Implementation of an Electronic Trauma Health Records for Low Resource Settings - Morad Hameed, M.D., M.P.H., FRCS, FACS |
| 10 a.m. | Q&A |
| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Completing the Loop: Bringing Science to the Patient Through Commercialization -Lawrence Allred, Ph.D. |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Q&A |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Appropriate Technology for Global Health -Nicholas Comninellis, M.D., M.P.H., DIMPH |
| 12:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks -Greg Fitz, M.D. |
| 12:30 p.m. | Adjourn |