Meeting Goals:
To discuss and gain a better understanding of priority capacity concerns in normal and surge conditions, including those that have been presented previously at hearings, specifically:

• Hospital, trauma and emergency capacity
• Workforce (including training and exercises)
• Essential public health personnel
• Public health laboratories
• Rural shortages

9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.        Opening Remarks, Meeting Goals
                                        (Executive Director Jim Mayer)

9:40 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.        Introductions of Advisory Committee & Committee Process

9:55 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.      Introduction of Speakers
                                        (Project Manager Hattie Rees Hanley)

10:00 a.m. – 2:30  p.m.     Capacity Distribution and Planning for Normal and Surge Conditions
 

Between the following presentations will be Q & A and roundtable discussion:

1) Mike Boyd, UCDMC Associate Director – Welcome and remarks on academic medical center capacity.

2) Edward O’Neil, Ph.D., and Catherine Dower, J.D., Center for the Health Professions, UCSF – Workforce capacity, including public health workers.

3) Kenneth Takata, Public Health Lab Director, Department of Health and Human Services, Sacramento County – Statewide lab capacity.

4) Carol Mordhorst, Public Health Director, Mendocino County Department of Public Health – Rural shortages.