You are cordially invited:
Scientific Conference
When Every Second Counts
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
a9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.a
Rambam Health Care Campus
Spencer Auditorium, Sammy Ofer Tower
a8 Haaliya Street, Bat Galim, Haifa
Master of Ceremonies
Prof. Karl Skorecki
Director of Medical and Research Development
Rambam Health Care Campus
8:30 - Registration and Welcoming Reception
9:00 - Greetings
Prof. Rafael Beyar, Director
Rambam Health Care Campus
9:20 - Mass Casualty Management
Prof. Shimon Reisner, Deputy Director
Rambam Health Care Campus
9:40 - Disaster Preparedness
Col. John McManus, MD, MCR, FACEP, FAAEM, U.S.A.,
Internationally recognized expert in emergency medicine with
military experience in Iraq and Afghanistan
10:00 - Challenges for Trauma Care in the 21st Century
Prof. William P. Schecter, MD, F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M.
Professor of Clinical Surgery Emeritus
University of California
San Francisco School of Medicine
10:20 PM - Coffee break
10:50 - Pathways and Obstacles to Discovery
Prof. Dan Schechtman
Faculty of Materials Engineering
2011 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
11:10 - Level One Trauma Center
Dr. Hany Bahouth
Head of Trauma Unit and Emergency Surgery Services
Rambam Health Care Campus
11:30 - Greetings
Prof. Michael Silbermann
Executive Director of the Middle East Cancer Consortium
and former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine,
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
11:35 - Expanding the Israel - U.S.A. Partnership in a Changing Middle East
His Excellency Mr. Daniel B. Shapiro
Ambassador of the United States of America to Israel
11:50 - Interdisciplinary Panel and Conclusion
12:30 - Luncheon and Ribbon-cutting Ceremony
Attended by MK Rabbi Yakov Litzman, Deputy Minister of Health,
the Ofer Family, and friends and supporters of Rambam