The National Conference on Wilderness Medicine
Santa Fe, New Mexico
May 29 - June 2, 2019
Optional Pre-conference:
Global Health / Humanitarian Medicine Symposium
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Co-Sponsored by The Brigham & Women's Hospital & The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Theme: Humanitarian Response to the Global Population Crisis

This optional workshop is accredited for 8.0 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Humanitarian Medicine overlaps in a significant way with Wilderness Medicine because both involve rendering health care in remote or austere environments with minimal equipment. Learn ways to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian strategies for relief, protection, and prevention.
Global health plays an increasingly crucial role in global security. The symposium addresses critical global health threats and responses to some of the complex health issues that challenge us all.
This optional symposium which precedes the National Conference on Wilderness Medicine is Co-Sponsored by The Brigham & Women’s Hospital & The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. It brings together several well-known authorities in Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine.

Wednesday May 29, 2019
7:30 am Registration and Coffee
8:00 am Global Population: Humanitarian Health Perspectives
Michael J. VanRooyen, MD, MPH
8:30 am Challenging Cases in Global Health, the Wilderness & Beyond: Lessons Learned from the Field Timothy B. Erickson, MD &
Michael J. VanRooyen, MD, MPH
9:30 am Climate Change and Global Health
Sheryl Olson, RN, BSN, FAWM
10:20 am Global Women’s Health: Awareness and Call to Action
Valerie Dobiesz, MD, MPH
11:10 am Clean Water in a Contaminated World
Howard Donner, MD
12:00 pm Lunch Break (Lunch is included)
1:00 pm The Global Impact of Contaminated Water
Eric A. Weiss, MD
1:50 pm Global Threats and Bioterrorism
Jeri Mendelson, MD
2:40 pm Global Health & Humanitarian Medicine in the 21st Century
Phil Rasori, MD
3:30 pm Cutting-Edge Humanitarian Medicine Articles That Will Change your Practice & Perspective Timothy B. Erickson, MD & Michael J. VanRooyen, MD, MPH
4:00 pm Panel Discussion - Avenues for Getting Involved in Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine: Individuals Making a Difference
V. Dobiesz, T. Erickson, M. VanRooyen, P. Rasori
Symposium Co-Directors
Michael J. VanRooyen, MD, MPH, FACEP: Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Director, Vice Chairman, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health.
Timothy B. Erickson, MD, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT: Chief, Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.
The remainder of faculty listed on the faculty page.
Cost of symposium (includes lunch and 8 Additional hours of cme) $150
All CME proceeds will go to aid the Shiprock Northern Navajo Medical Center.
UPCOMING CME DESTINATIONS BY DATE
Feb 23 - Feb 27, 2019
March 2 - 9, 2019
March 13 - 17, 2019
April 5 - 15, 2019
April 24 - May 11, 2019
April 8 - 19, 2019
May 29 - June 2, 2019
Intensive Skills Course & Mt. Shasta
June 8 - 14, 2019
July 9 - 12, 2019
July 27 - 31, 2019
Sept 4 - 14, 2019
Middle Fork Salmon Rafting/Flyfishing
Sept 9 - 14, 2019
Sept 14 - 24, 2019
Sept 19 - 27, 2019
Oct 2 - 13, 2019
Oct 6 - 11, 2019
Africa Wildlife Safari & Kilimanjaro
Oct 6 - 20, 2019
Africa Wildlife Safari & Kilimanjaro
Oct 21 - Nov 4, 2019
Oct 26 - Nov 5, 2019
November 7 - 17, 2019
Jan 18 - 27, 2020
Jan 18 - 29, 2020
Patagonia Rafting & Multi-Sport
Jan 27 - Feb 4, 2020
Jan 30 - Feb 8, 2020
Big Sky Ski Resort, MT
Feb 22 - 26, 2020
April 3 - 13, 2020
April 5 - 22, 2020
April 23 - May 10, 2020
Big Sky Resort, MT
May 25 - 29, 2020
Santa Fe
May 27 - 31, 2020
Sept 2 - 12, 2020
Africa Wildlife Safari & Kilimanjaro
Oct 4 - 18 2020
Oct 11 - 21, 2020
UPCOMING CME DESTINATIONS BY DATE
Feb 23 - Feb 27, 2019
March 2 - 9, 2019
March 13 - 17, 2019
April 5 - 15, 2019
April 24 - May 11, 2019
April 8 - 19, 2019
May 29 - June 2, 2019
Intensive Skills Course & Mt. Shasta
June 8 - 14, 2019
July 9 - 12, 2019
July 27 - 31, 2019
Sept 4 - 14, 2019
Middle Fork Salmon Rafting/Flyfishing
Sept 9 - 14, 2019
Sept 14 - 24, 2019
Sept 19 - 27, 2019
Oct 2 - 13, 2019
Oct 6 - 11, 2019
Africa Wildlife Safari & Kilimanjaro
Oct 6 - 20, 2019
Africa Wildlife Safari & Kilimanjaro
Oct 21 - Nov 4, 2019
Oct 26 - Nov 5, 2019
November 7 - 17, 2019
Jan 18 - 27, 2020
Jan 18 - 29, 2020
Patagonia Rafting & Multi-Sport
Jan 27 - Feb 4, 2020
Jan 30 - Feb 8, 2020
Big Sky Ski Resort, MT
Feb 22 - 26, 2020
April 3 - 13, 2020
April 5 - 22, 2020
April 23 - May 10, 2020
Big Sky Resort, MT
May 25 - 29, 2020
Santa Fe
May 27 - 31, 2020
Sept 2 - 12, 2020
Africa Wildlife Safari & Kilimanjaro
Oct 4 - 18 2020
Oct 11 - 21, 2020