2017 Travel Medicine Symposium
 
Conference Faculty and Planning Committee
CONFERENCE FACULTY

Gitanjli (Tanya) Arora, MD, DTMH
Pediatrics
Division of Palliative Medicine
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Susan Boiko, MD, FAAP, FAAD
Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology
University of California, San Diego
Partner Emeritus Dermatology
Southern California Medical Group
Carlsbad, CA

Jose Dryjanski, MD
Regional Chair Infectious Disease
Chair of Regional P&T
Southern California Medical Group
Woodland Hills, CA

David Glass, PhD
Research Scientist III
Research and Evaluation
Southern California Medical Group
Pasadena, CA

Kathleen O'Brien, MD, MPH, RDMS
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Education
The Permanente Federation
Sacramento, CA

Hessam Tabrizi, MD
Family Medicine
Southern California Medical Group
San Diego, CA

Anvar Velji, MD, FRCP(C), FACP, FIDSA
Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
Associate Dean of Global Health
California University of Science & Medicine, School of Medicine
Colton, CA

David Witt, MD, FIDSA
Infectious Diseases
The Permanente Medical Group
San Rafael, CA



FACULTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Kaiser Permanente requires that all planners and faculty participating in CME activities disclose any financial relationship with a commercial interest that might pose a potential, apparent, or real conflict of interest with regard to the individual's contribution to the activity. A commercial interest is defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients; the most common examples are pharmaceutical and medical device companies. All potential conflicts of interest are mitigated prior to the start of the conference and in accordance with the policies of the KP National CME Program. 

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN

Bruno Lewin, MD, DTMH

Conference Chairman
Director, Travel Advisory Service
Chair, RIPC
Co-Director, Global Health Program
Southern California Medical Group
Los Angeles, CA

CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE

Dennis Andrade, MD

Conference Planning Committee
Family Medicine
Co-Director,
Global Health Program
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
San Diego, CA

Howard Backer, MD, MPH, FACEP
Conference Planning Committee
Director, California Emergency Medical Service Authority
Medical Advisor, Mountain Travel Sobek
Piedmont, CA

J. Brian Bronson, MD
Conference Planning Committee
Chief, Family Medicine
Physician Director, Outpatient Quality and Complete Care Management
Travel Advisory Service Administrator
Southern California Medical Group
San Diego, CA

Maria Carrasco, MD, DTMH, FAAFP
Conference Planning Committee
Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Paul Dohrenwend, MD
Conference Planning Committee
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Southern California Medical Group
San Diego, CA

Amy Duckro, DO, MPH, FIDSA
Conference Planning Committee
Department of Infectious Diseases
Colorado Permanente Medical Group
Lafayette, CO

Hernando Garzon, MD
Conference Planning Committee
Director, KP Global Health Programs
Director, NCAL Regional Emergency Management
The Permanente Medical Group
Berkeley, CA

Ryan Paterson, MD, DiMM, DTMH
Conference Planning Committee
Emergency Medicine
Colorado Permanente Medical Group
Denver, CO

Patricia Ramos, MD, MCRP, FAAEM
Conference Planning Committee
Medical Director, KP Center for Innovative Medical Simulation
Chief Medical Officer, Oregon Disaster Medical Team
Northwest Permanente Medical Group
Portland, OR

D. Scott Smith, MD, MSc, DTMH, FIDSA
Conference Planning Committee
Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine
The Permanente Medical Group
Redwood City, CA

Johnnie Yates, MD, DTMH, FAAFP
Conference Planning Committee
Medical Director, Travel Medicine Clinic
Hawaii Permanente Medical Group
Honolulu, HI

Sarah Shimer
National CME Program Manager
The Permanente Federation
Oakland, CA

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Yolanda Dorsey, CMP
Senior Meeting Planner – SCPMG
Pasadena, CA