Purpose: To provide a forum in which members of the College with special interest and/or expertise in the medical and non-medical management of disasters, mass casualty incidents, and mass gathering events can develop a knowledge base, share information, receive and give counsel and serve as a resource to the ACEP Board of Directors, the College membership, external organizations and agencies as well as others. To provide and promote the expertise of Section members in Disaster Medicine.

Madison, WI - Decontamination Training Exercise at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Photo by Todd Brown
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2009-10 Section Officers:
Chair - Stuart B. Weiss, MD, FACEP
Vice-Chair - Ira R. Nemeth, MD, FACEP
Immediate Past Chair - Andrew M. Milsten, MD, MS, FACEP
Secretary - Joseph Sabato, Jr., MD, FACEP
Newsletter Editor - Henry A. Curtis, MD
Newsletter Advisor - Eric S. Weinstein, MD, FACEP
Web Site Editor - Christopher S. Kang, MD, FACEP
Board Liaison - Ramon W. Johnson, MD, FACEP
Staff Liaison - Marshall Gardner, EMT-P
For inquiries, questions, or comments about the section, please send an e-mail to the staff liaison.
Disaster Section members may send an e-mail to all members of this section via the section e-list at disaster.section@elist.acep.org
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