Monday Pre-Conference Workshops and Plenary Session
10:00am – 2:00pm
BALTIMORE 1-2
The #1 Obstacle to High Reliability (1.5 F2F ACHE/3 CE)
Brady Reed, Arbinger Institute – view slides
Jason Woo, MD, Mindset4Results
Miguel Lapuz, Assistant Under Secretary for Health (VA); John Melton (VA); BG
Mary Krueger, Atlantic Regional Commander (DHA); COL Tara L. Hall (USA);
MG (ret) Barb Holcomb, RN, MSN (USA) (moderator)
10:00am – 2:00pm
ANNNAPOLIS 3-4
Acupuncture Certification Training Tier One: Battlefield Acupuncture (3 CE)
(Contact your instructor for slides or requests for course content)
Lewis Hoffman, MD, FAAP; Erik Koda; Laura Taylor; Arnyce Pock, MD, MPHE; Jeff Leggit; Song Niemtzow; Richard Niemtzow;
Eileen Danielski
10:00am – 1:30pm
ANNAPOLIS 1-2
International Perspectives on Recent Global Health Engagements: A Panel Presentation on Interoperability, Medical Enablers and Medical Roles of Care (3 CE) – view intro slides
• Interoperability – Enriching the Military Health System’s ability to operate domestically and internationally with military and civilian partners
Maj Gen Paul Friedrichs, Joint Staff Surgeon (moderator);
RADM Hitosha Ogawa (Japan) view slides
MG Tim Hodgetts (UK);
Mgen Marc Bilodeau (Canada)
• Medical Enablers – Enhancing the militaries ability to project and sustain forces domestically and internationally through force health protection –
Maj Gen Paul Friedrichs, Joint Staff Surgeon (moderator); Surg Captain Donald Verschoor (Netherlands);
MG Norbert Weller (Germany);
Commodore Nicole Curtis (Australia) view slides
• Medical Roles of Care – Improving the ability to conduct treatment, evacuation, resupply, and functions essential to the maintenance of the health of the force –
Dr. Derek Licina, (moderator) – view intro slides;
Brig Gen Aldhaheri Aysha (UAE); Maj Gen Guillaume Pelee de Saint-Maurice (France) – view slides
Lt Gen Pierre Neirinckx (Belgium) view slides
Plenary Session
2:00 – 5:00 pm Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
• Opening Ceremonies and Plenary Session Welcomes view video
BG John Cho, MC, USA (ret), AMSUS Executive Director and CEO; MG Philip Volpe, MC, USA (ret), Chair, AMSUS Board of Directors; Dr. Shereef Elnahal, Under Secretary for Health, US Department of Veterans Affairs and 2022-2023 AMSUS Executive Advisory Council President and 2023 Annual Meeting Co-chair
• Keynote Address: Physician Leadership and the Urgency of the Moment in Medicine view video
Dr. Gerald Harmon, Immediate Past President, American Medical Association
• VHA Achievements and Priorities for 2023 view video
Dr. Shereef Elnahal, Under Secretary for Health, US Department of Veterans Affairs
