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2008 Maine Immunization Conference

Immunizations: Considering the Past, Embracing the Future
One Conference - Two Separate Days and Locations
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
University of Maine at Presque Isle
Presque Isle, ME
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Augusta Civic Center
Augusta, ME


Program Information

Conference Agenda
8:00 am Registration  
8:30 Welcome and Maine Immunization Program Update Shawn Box, BS
Assistant Director, Health Program Manager
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
9:00 Distribution and Control of Mumps: A Description of the 2007 Swell in Numbers Alexander G. Dragatsi, MPH
Epidemiologist
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
9:15 Keynote: Differential Diagnosis - Overview of Vaccine Preventable Diseases Presque Isle: Col. Theodore Cieslak, MD
Defense Department Liaison, CDC
Department of Defense

Augusta: Imad Durra, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist
Eastern Maine Medical Center
10:15 Break  
10:30 Enhancing the Clinical Immunization Encounter Donna Weaver, RN, MN
Nurse Educator
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
11:30 CASA Update and Award Ceremony Karen Damren
Health Program Manager
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
12:00 Lunch  
1:00 CDC Immunization Update: A National Perspective Donna Weaver, RN, MN
Nurse Educator
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2:00 Break  
2:15 Meningitis: Getting It - A Disease, A Vaccine Jeri Brooks Greenwall
NMA Advisory Board Member
National Meningitis Association
3:15 Ask The Experts - Panel Discussion Shawn Box, BS, Col. Theodore Cieslak, MD (Presque Isle), Imad Durra, MD (Augusta), Alexander G. Dragatsi, MPH, Jeri Brooks Greenwell, Donna Weaver, RN, MN
4:00 Adjourn  

Sponsored By:
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Infectious Disease
Immunization Program


Supported By:
AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc.
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