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Anthony Ercolano
Special Projects
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anthony.ercolano@downtownhospital.org
On September 10, 2009, Downtown Hospital conducted its 7th Annual International Emergency Preparedness Symposium at the Goldman Sachs Training Center in Lower Manhattan. Featured speakers discussed and reviewed the medical, governmental, corporate and social responses to a potential Influenza pandemic and the actions planned to protect the public. Keynoting the list of presenters were Dr. Marcelle Layton, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Communicable Disease, of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; and Dr. Guthrie Birkhead, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Public Health, New York State Department of Health. More than 235 participants attended this event. Since 2003, the Hospital has brought together emergency preparedness specialists from all over the world to share their expertise in the better preparation of health care professionals, emergency response personnel, and community leaders for future emergencies. The Hospital is most grateful to The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., for the contribution of their Training Center for the Symposium.
Caption: The Emergency Preparedness Symposium featured presentations by (left to right) Nathaniel Hupert, M.D., Alfred A. Villacara, D.M.D., Marcelle C. Layton, M.D., with remarks by Jeffrey Menkes, President and CEO, New York Downtown, and Bruce D. Logan, M.D., Symposium Director and Chair Emeritus of the Hospital’s Department of Medicine.
