For Immediate Release
U.S. Senator John Kerry, Governor Mike Huckabee and New Orleans Public Health Officials to Speak at National Meeting in Philadelphia
Special Experts Panel: Frontline Accounts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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On Sunday, December 11 th, the nation’s largest meeting of public health professionals kicks off with speeches from U.S. Senator John Kerry, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Philadelphia health commissioner Walter Tsou and public health experts sharing frontline accounts of the 2005 hurricanes. |
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- U.S. Sen. John Kerry;
- Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, chair of the National Governors Association and one of “America’s 5 Best Governors” (Time Magazine, Nov. 2005);
- Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, executive director, American Public Health Association;
- Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, president,American Public Health Association;
- Kevin Stephens, MD, JD, director, New Orleans Health Department;
- Jimmy Guidry, MD, state health officer and medical director, Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals;
- Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH, chair of the Department of Environmental and Health Sciences, Tulane University; and
- Eduardo Sanchez, MD, commissioner of health, Texas Department of Health.
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Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. |
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Sunday, December 11, 2005
Opening Session begins: 12:00 noon
Special Hurricane Panel: Approximately 1:30 pm |
To register and receive a press pass, please contact APHA’s Press Office at 202-253-2147 or 202-557-6370 (mobile numbers). More information is available at www.apha.org.
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Founded in 1872, the APHA is the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world. The association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States. APHA represents a broad array of health providers, educators, environmentalists, policy-makers and health officials at all levels working both within and outside governmental organizations and educational institutions.
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