Full Details of Valley Fever Symposium on September 23 and 24th
Valley Fever Symposium – Hosted by Congressman Kevin McCarthy
Day 1 – Local Awareness
Monday, September 23, 2013
Kern County Department of Public Health – Hans Einstein Center
1800 Mount Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93306
4:30PM – 5:30PM - Valley Fever Survivors Reception
Location: Kern County Public Health Department – Hans Einstein Center
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Public Forum with Congressman Kevin McCarthy and CDC Director Thomas Frieden, M.D. and NIH Director Francis Collins, M.D.
Day 2 - Valley Fever Symposium
Title: Fighting Valley Fever – A Call to Action Valley Fever Symposium
CSUB – Multi Purpose Room
9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311 (Parking Lot L)
7:30am - Check In and Networking
7:45am - Opening remarks
8:00am – Valley Fever: The Disease
Dr. Claudia Jonah – Health Officer, Kern County Public Health Services Department
Kirt Emery – Senior Epidemiologist, Kern County Public Health Services Department
Dr. Mike MacLean – Health Officer, Kings County Department Of Public Health
Dr. Mike Lancaster – Laboratory Director, Kern County Public Health Services Department
Dr. Royce Johnson – Chair, Department of Medicine, Kern Medical Center
Dr. Paul Krogstad – UCLA Medical Center
Dr. Antje Lauer – California State University, Bakersfield
10:00am – Valley Fever: The Role of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Moderator: Dr. Tom Frieden - CDC Director
Panelists:
Dr. Benjamin Park – CDC
Dr. Sekai Chideya - CDC
Dr. Tom Chiller - CDC
Dr. Peter Kelly - Arizona Department of Health Services
Dr. Janet Mohle-Boetani - California Correctional Health Care Services
Dr. James Watt - California Department of Public Health
11:15am – Valley Fever: The Role of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Moderator: Dr. Francis Collins - NIH Director
Panelists:
Dr. Dennis M. Dixon – NIH
Dr. Richard Hector – University of California, San Francisco
Attorney David Larwood - Valley Fever Solutions
Dr. John Galgiani – University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence
12:30pm BREAK - NO HOST LUNCH
1:00pm – The Congressional Valley Fever Task Force
Panelists:
Congressman Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), Co-Chair
Congressman David Schweikert (AZ-6), Co-Chair
Congressman David Valadao (CA-21)
2:00pm – Valley Fever: California Public Policy Challenges
Moderator: California State Senator Jean Fuller
Panelists:
California State Senator Andy Vidak
Dr. Janet Mohle-Boetani - California Correctional Health Care Services
Dr. James Watt - California Department of Public Health
BREAK
3:00pm – Valley Fever: Susceptible Populations, Prevention, and Treatment
Moderator: Michelle Levander, Director, The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, Editor, ReportingonHealth.org, USC Annenberg School of Journalism
Panelists:
Dr. Paul Krogstad – UCLA Medical Center
Dr. Anthony Thomas - Dignity Health Memorial Hospital
Dr. Francesca Geertsma - Dignity Health Memorial Hospital
4:00pm – Valley Fever: Pets and Animals
Panelists:
Dr. Cattrina Lucas
Dr. Kristy Utt
4:45pm - Concluding remarks
For updates, please call 661-327-3611 or by email at RSVP.McCarthy@mail.house.gov