Panel Meeting 10-05-2004

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Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - Seventh Meeting

The seventh panel meeting was held on October 05, 2004, from 9:00am to 5:00pm, eastern daylight savings time. On-site registration began at 8:30am. The meeting was held at St. John's University, Saval Auditorium, 101 Murray Street (between Greenwich Street and West Side Highway), New York City (Manhattan). The auditorium is located on the second floor of the building and is accessible to those with handicaps. A government-issued identification (e.g., driver's license) is required for entry.

St. John's University
Saval Auditorium, 2nd Floor
101 Murray Street (between Greenwich Street and West Side Highway)
New York, NY 10007

Seventh Meeting of the WTC Expert Technical Review Panel Final Agenda
You can listen to an audio presentation of the WTC Expert Technical Review Panel Final Agenda presentations. The audio files are designed for the technical user with a high-speed Internet connection. These files can require considerable download times over a 56k dial-up modem connection. Please note if you are unable to listen to the audio we have provided a detailed summary of the meeting along with the written public comments from the meeting.
8:30am	Registration Begins
9:00am	Welcome, Purpose of Today's Meeting and Opening Remarks Drs. Paul Gilman (Chair) and Paul Lioy (Vice Chair)	Listen to this Section (MP3 format, 1:19:57, 75MB)
9:10am	Report from Community Participation Committee Catherine McVay Hughes, Community Liaison
9:30am	Report from Signature Subgroup and Discussion Greg Meeker (USGS) and Nancy Adams (EPA/ORD National Homeland Security Research Center)
10:00am	Overview Presentation of Revised Sampling and Analyses Proposal Paul Gilman (EPA) Followed by Panel Discussion
11:00am	Public Comment/Question and Answer Session	Listen to this Section (MP3 format, 1:19:57, 75MB)
12:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm	Continue Panel Discussion re Revised Sampling and Analyses Proposal	Listen to this Section (MP3 format, 58:34, 55MB) Listen to this Section (MP3 format, 21:22, 20MB)
2:30pm	Human Health Effects Panel Asthma in New York City's Chinatown after 9/11 Anthony Szema, MD - SUNY Stony Brook Medical Center	Listen to this Section (MP3 format, 1:19:57, 75MB) Listen to this Section (MP3 format, 1:19:42, 75MB) Listen to this Section (MP3 format, 21:09, 20MB)
3:45pm	Briefing on GAO Testimony on September 11: Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack Janet Heinrich, DrPH, RN - Director, Health Care - Public Health Issues, General Accounting Office
4:10pm	Public Comment/Question and Answer Session
5:00pm	Adjourn

Documents

Federal Register Notice (PDF 6pp, 111KB)
Final Agenda (PDF 1pp, 88KB)
Logistical Fact Sheet (PDF 3pp, 96KB)
Summary Report of the Seventh Meeting of the World Trade Center Technical Review Panel (PDF 21pp, 251KB)
- Appendix A - Agenda (PDF 2pp, 18.3KB)
- Appendix B - Public Comments (PDF 7pp, 114KB)

Background Documents	Presentations
Proposed Monitoring Program to Determine Extent of WTC Impact - Draft 9/29/2004 (PDF 19pp, 534KB) September 11: Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack Janet Heinrich - Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives (PDF 34pp, 203KB)	Dr. Nancy Adams: Sampling to Validate WTC Signatures (PowerPoint 6pp, 3.3MB) View as PDF document (6pp, 386KB) Dr. Paul Gilman: Updates to Proposal to Sample Buildings for the Presence of World Trade Center Dust (PowerPoint 12pp, 3.8MB) View as PDF document (12pp, 416KB) Janet Heinrich, DrPH, RN: Monitoring Health Effects of the September 11 Attack on the World Trade Center (PowerPoint 13pp, 123KB) View as PDF document (13pp, 38KB) Janet Heinrich, DrPH, RN: Table 1: Programs to Monitor Health Effects in the Aftermath of World Trade Center (WTC) Attack (PDF 2pp, 34KB) Catherine McVay Hughes: Community Participation Committee Report to the World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel (PowerPoint 17pp, 91KB) View as PDF document (17pp, 73KB) Dr. Anthony M. Szema: Asthma In New York's Chinatown After 9/11 (PowerPoint 65pp, 6.3MB) View as PDF document (65pp, 978KB)

Background Documents

Presentations

Proposed Monitoring Program to Determine Extent of WTC Impact - Draft 9/29/2004 (PDF 19pp, 534KB)
September 11: Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack Janet Heinrich - Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives (PDF 34pp, 203KB)

Dr. Nancy Adams: Sampling to Validate WTC Signatures (PowerPoint 6pp, 3.3MB)
- View as PDF document (6pp, 386KB)
Dr. Paul Gilman: Updates to Proposal to Sample Buildings for the Presence of World Trade Center Dust (PowerPoint 12pp, 3.8MB)
- View as PDF document (12pp, 416KB)
Janet Heinrich, DrPH, RN: Monitoring Health Effects of the September 11 Attack on the World Trade Center (PowerPoint 13pp, 123KB)
- View as PDF document (13pp, 38KB)
Janet Heinrich, DrPH, RN: Table 1: Programs to Monitor Health Effects in the Aftermath of World Trade Center (WTC) Attack (PDF 2pp, 34KB)
Catherine McVay Hughes: Community Participation Committee Report to the World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel (PowerPoint 17pp, 91KB)
- View as PDF document (17pp, 73KB)
Dr. Anthony M. Szema: Asthma In New York's Chinatown After 9/11 (PowerPoint 65pp, 6.3MB)
- View as PDF document (65pp, 978KB)

Biosketches for Panel Member Alternates and Presenters at the October 5 Meeting
Janet Heinrich, DrPH, RN Dr. Heinrich is a Director for the Health Care Group in the U.S. Government Accountability Office. She oversees all issues dealing with Public Health. She was Director of the American Academy of Nursing for seven years and before that -- served as the Director of Extramural Programs for the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She has experience as a public health nurse in both urban and rural areas and worked in public policy at the local, state and federal levels. Dr. Heinrich is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Nursing. She received a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene & Public Health, and a Doctorate of Public Health from Yale University, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health in the School of Medicine. Anthony M. Szema, M.D., FCCP, FACAAI, FAAAAI, FACP Dr. Szema is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Surgery/Otolaryngology, Director of the Allergy and Asthma Center, and Director of the Fellowship Training Program in Clinical Adult and Pediatric Allergy/Immunology (2004-present) at the SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine. In addition, he holds the post of Chief of the Allergy Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Northport, N.Y. Dr. Szema is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Clinical Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, and Critical Care Medicine 2002, ACLS, ATLS, PALS 2003. His research and committee projects include: Bronchodilation and Anti-Inflammatory Responses by VIP; Program chair for plenary session, CHEST 2003, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP); Award for distinguished service from ACCP 2002; Chair, Airways Network, ACCP (2000-2002); and Vice Chair, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Committee ACCP 1999. Dr. Szema received his B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Industrial and Management Engineering in 1986 and his M.D. from Albany Medical College in 1991. He served his residency in Medicine at Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia. He also received fellowships at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York in: Pulmonary Medicine, 1994-6; in Clinical Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 1995-7; and in Critical Care Medicine 1996-7.

Biosketches for Panel Member Alternates and Presenters at the October 5 Meeting

Janet Heinrich, DrPH, RN
Dr. Heinrich is a Director for the Health Care Group in the U.S. Government Accountability Office. She oversees all issues dealing with Public Health. She was Director of the American Academy of Nursing for seven years and before that -- served as the Director of Extramural Programs for the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She has experience as a public health nurse in both urban and rural areas and worked in public policy at the local, state and federal levels.

Dr. Heinrich is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Nursing. She received a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene & Public Health, and a Doctorate of Public Health from Yale University, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health in the School of Medicine.
Anthony M. Szema, M.D., FCCP, FACAAI, FAAAAI, FACP
Dr. Szema is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Surgery/Otolaryngology, Director of the Allergy and Asthma Center, and Director of the Fellowship Training Program in Clinical Adult and Pediatric Allergy/Immunology (2004-present) at the SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine. In addition, he holds the post of Chief of the Allergy Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Northport, N.Y. Dr. Szema is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Clinical Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, and Critical Care Medicine 2002, ACLS, ATLS, PALS 2003. His research and committee projects include: Bronchodilation and Anti-Inflammatory Responses by VIP; Program chair for plenary session, CHEST 2003, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP); Award for distinguished service from ACCP 2002; Chair, Airways Network, ACCP (2000-2002); and Vice Chair, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Committee ACCP 1999.

Dr. Szema received his B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Industrial and Management Engineering in 1986 and his M.D. from Albany Medical College in 1991. He served his residency in Medicine at Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia. He also received fellowships at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York in: Pulmonary Medicine, 1994-6; in Clinical Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 1995-7; and in Critical Care Medicine 1996-7.

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