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Agenda
Healthy Food Agenda
Attendee List
Book Signing
2008 Charlotte Brody Award and Nursing Student Essay Contest
The First "Courage in Science" Award
Exhibitor Guide
Keynote Speakers
Posters
Sponsors
Stephanie Davis Waste Reduction Award and Scholarship

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10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Panels (A)
(A1) Creating Healing Environments: Case Studies
Michelle Halle Stern, AIA, PE, Perkins+Will
Tyler Krehlik, LEED AP, Anshen+Allen Architects

(A2) Achieving Food Credits in the Green Guide for Healthcare Construction
Jamie Harvie, PE, Institute for a Sustainable Future
Marie Kulick, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy


(A3) Climate Change 101: The Law of Greenhouse Gases, Threats to Public Health and Clinical Implications
Holly Carpenter, RN, BSN, American Nurses Association
Walter Vernon, PE, LEED AP, Mazzetti & Associates
Erica Frank, MD, MPH, Departments of Health Care and Epidemiology and Family Practice at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver; Physicians for Social Responsibility

(A4) Electronics Purchasing, Management and Disposal: An Overlooked Opportunity to Reduce Your Ecological Footprint
Facilitator: Judy Levin, The Center for Environmental Health
Susan Zabo, Ohio Hospital Association
Judy Levin, The Center for Environmental Health
Sarah O’Brien, Green Electronics Council
Pradeep Saxena, Kaiser Permanente

(A5) Taking the "Toxic" Out of Products: Health Care's Role
Facilitator: Tracey Easthope, Ecology Center
Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, Science and Environmental Health Network
Al Iannuzi, Johnson & Johnson
Marilyn Johnson, Dolphin Software

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Concurrent Panels (B)
(B1) Raising Awareness about Exposures and Advocacy
Facilitator: Karen Ballard, MA, RN
Kristen Welker-Hood, DSc, MSN, RN, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Jane Houlihan, Environmental Working Group
Michelle Lauer, RN, BSN, BC, Christiana Care Health System
Renee Smith, BSN, MS, CPAN, CAPA, Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, Geisinger Medical Center

(B2) Greening the Red Bag -- Single Use Device Reprocessing and Success
Facilitator: Janet Brown, Practice Greenhealth
Jack McGurk, Systems Improvement Initiators, Inc.
Lory Olsson, Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
Beth Wulfeck, Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati

(B3) Define and Conquer: Accomplishing Green Healthcare Projects
Facilitator: Paul Lipke, Sustainable Step New England
Christina Ayers, AIA, LEED AP, Cleveland Clinic
Kristi Ennis, AIA, LEED AP, Boulder Associates
Todd Henderson, AIA, LEED AP, Boulder Associates

(B4) Greening the NICU & Beyond: Pediatric Hospitals Highlight Green Advances
Facilitator: Teresa Mendez-Quigley, MSW, LSW, Women’s Health & Environmental Network
Marcia Barr, BSCE, BBEC, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Sue Heffernan, MN, RN, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle
Diane Imrie, MBA, RD, Fletcher Allen Health Care
Paul Rosenau, MD, Vermont Children’s Hospital

(B5) Innovations in Sustainable Healthcare Food Service: Case Studies
Marydale DeBor, New Milford Hospital, CT
Erica Frank, MD, MPH, University of British Columbia in Vancouver; Physicians for Social Responsibility
Lorenzo Wimmer, Kentfield Rehabilitation Hospital

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Concurrent Panels (C)
(C1) Improving Energy Effectiveness in Health Care
Facilitator: Adele Houghton, AIA, LEED® AP, Green Guide for Health Care, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
Steve Guttman, PE, LEED AP,Guttmann & Blaevoet
Kim Shinn, PE, LEED AP, CxA, Engineering for Architecture


(C2) There’s Gotta Be a Better Way: Participatory Workshop on Reducing the Use of Toxic and Untested Chemicals in Products
Lara Sutherland, Practice Greenhealth

(C3) Engagement: The Key to Environmental Responsibility
Facilitator: Cecilia DeLoach, Practice Greenhealth
Aura Rose, Healthwise Communications
Myra Gray Fouts, RN, MSN, OCN, CNAA, Aptium Oncology
Jolin Wang, LEED AP, Ewing Cole
Natalie Miovski, AIA, LEED AP, Ewing Cole

(C4) Reducing Chemical Exposure through Purchasing: Case Studies in Green Cleaners and Integrated Pest Management
Facilitator: Mary Larsen of Advocate Lutheran
Erica Stewart, Kaiser Permanente National
Catherine Zimmer, MS, Minnesota Technical Assistance Program, University of Minnesota
Jay Feldman, Beyond Pesticides

(C5) Regulated Medical Waste Treatment: Case Studies for On-site and Off-site Ttreatment
Facilitator: Joan Plisko, PhD, Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
Jerry Adams, MD, Georgetown University Hospital, Medstar Health
Stan Robinson, University of Chicago Medical Center
Ira Salkin, PhD, F(AAM), International Society on Analytical Analysis of Treatment Technologies (ISTAT)

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Panels (D)
(D1) Transitioning Away from PVC to Safer Alternatives: Science, Precaution, and Action
Facilitator: Michelle Gottlieb, MEM
Richard Grady, MD, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle; Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
Sue Heffernan, MN, RN, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle
Steven Gilbert, PhD, DABT, Institute of Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders


(D2) Bugs, Drugs, and Flu: Human Health Impacts of Intensive Animal Agriculture and What Health Care Can Do
Michael Greger, MD, Director, Public Health and Animal Agriculture, The Humane Society of the United States
Rebecca Golberg, PhD, Environmental Defense

(D3) Working Together for Sustainability
Facilitator: Janet Brown, Practice Greenhealth
Cecilia DeLoach, Practice Greenhealth
Rachelle Wenger, MPA, Catholic Healthcare West

(D4) Pharmaceutical Management Models: Managing, Collecting and Reducing
Joel Kreisberg, DC, MA, Founder/Executive Director, Teleosis
Catherine Zimmer, MS, Healthcare Specialist for the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program, University of Minnesota
Julie A. Becker, PhD, MPH, Founder, Women's Health & Environmental Network

(D5) Climate Change 401: Ecological Footprint and the Quest for Carbon Neutrality
Robin Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP, Perkins+Will
Mike Wallace, Wallace Partners

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Keynote address by Jeremy Lazarus, MD (replacing Ronald M. Davis, MD)
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Concurrent Panels (E)
(E1) Defining the 21st Century Hospital: Design Innovations in Green Buildings
Ray Pradinuk, MBAIC, LEED AP, Stantec Architecture
Paul Marmion, PE, LEED AP, Stantec Engineering
Jillian Burgess, LEED AP, RMJM Hillier
David Altenhofen, AIA, CSI, CCS , RMJM Hillier

(E2) Industrialized Food Systems and Public Health
Facilitator: Michelle Gottlieb, MEM
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh's Center for Enviromental Oncology
Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, Science and Environmental Health Network

(E3) Raising the Bar: Construction and Demolition Recycling Successes
Facilitator: Cecilia Deloach, Practice Greenhealth
Mark Lennon, The Institutional Recycling Network
John Ebers, Metro Health
Nick Nichols, Gundersen Lutheran

(E4) Growing Wealth, Growing Health: Hospitals Leadership in Creating the Sustainable Bio-economy
Marie Kulick, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Mark Rossi, PhD, Clean Production Action
David Wallinga, MD, MPA, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

(E5) Energy Purchasing: Clean and Green Energy Procurement
Facilitator: Gina Pugliese, Premier
Nick DeDominicis, Director, Healthcare Clean Energy Exchange
Tom Hawes, World Energy
Walter Vernon, PE, LEED AP, Mazzetti & Associates
Jeffrey Keyak, Kaiser Permanente







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