INDUSEM Expert Professor Issac from Israel Opines on Orlando Massacre & Emergency Response

“INDUSEM Expresses Deep Shock and Sorrow on the happenings in Orlando. At the same time INDUSEM Commends the Efforts of the Emergency Health Care Providers which include the Health Care Providers from the Ambulance Services and The Trauma Surgeons, Radiologists, Nurses, Emergency Physicians and all Specialty Physicians from the Orlando Health Care System. What happened was Worse Demonstration of Inhumanity What Happened in response was the best demonstration of Class One humanity” Said INDUSEM CEO Dr. Sagar Galwankar.

The Orlando Incident has sent a strong message to the world that this can happen anywhere. It also reminds the Health Systems across the World that they have to be prepared for Emergency Response to a surge of Emergency Trauma Patients 24X7

INDUSEM has always played an instrumental role in building Emergency Response Capacity across India using technical expertise from Experts in the United States and Israel.

Professor Issac is one such expert who has played a monumental role in bringing the “Crisis Leadership Model” in India.

INDUSEM is endorsing the Opinion of Professor Isaac as we continue to push the Emergency Preparedness Efforts across India.
The Post Mentions:

About Professor Isaac:

Isaac Ashkenazi (born 1957 in Israel) is an Israeli Professor of Disaster Medicine at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and a consultant to Harvard University. He is considered one of the world’s foremost experts in medical preparedness for complex emergencies and disasters. In 1997, he was promoted to full Colonel with the responsibilities of Surgeon General for the Home Front Command (HFC) and the National Medical Coordinator for Mass Casualty Incidents and Disasters. As the Surgeon General of the HFC he led medical mission teams to give assistance to the USA Embassy survivors in Nairobi, after the terrorist attack (August 1998), to the survivors of the earthquake in Turkey on YouTube (August and November 1999) and in Greece. Ashkenazi is Professor of Disaster Medicine at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and a consultant to Harvard University, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and other national and international agencies. Ashkenazi is the former head of the Medical Services and Supply Center for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and served as the first Surgeon General for the IDF Home Front Command.

Ashkenazi is the Former Director of the Urban Terrorism Preparedness Project at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative[7] (NPLI), a joint program of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the John F. Kennedy School of Governmentfrom July 2007 to April 2013. Visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Ashkenazi

INDUSEM Preparedness Initiatives:

INDUSEM Public Health Initiatives:

Public Health

INDUSEM Global Health Preparedness Papers:

White Papers

Sikka V, Chattu VK, Popli RK, Galwankar SC, Kelkar D, Sawicki SG, Stawicki SP, Papadimos TJ. The emergence of zika virus as a global health security threat: A review and a consensus statement of the INDUSEM Joint working Group (JWG). J Global Infect Dis [serial online] 2016 [cited 2016 Jun 19];8:3-15. Available from: http://www.jgid.org/text.asp?2016/8/1/3/176140

Wojda TR, Valenza PL, Cornejo K, McGinley T, Galwankar SC, Kelkar D, Sharpe RP, Papadimos TJ, Stawicki SP. The Ebola outbreak of 2014-2015: From coordinated multilateral action to effective disease containment, vaccine development, and beyond. J Global Infect Dis [serial online] 2015 [cited 2016 Jun 19];7:127-38. Available from: http://www.jgid.org/text.asp?2015/7/4/127/170495

Kalra S, Kelkar D, Galwankar SC, Papadimos TJ, Stawicki SP, Arquilla B, Hoey BA, Sharpe RP, Sabol D, Jahre JA. The emergence of Ebola as a global health security threat: From ‘lessons learned’ to coordinated multilateral containment efforts . J Global Infect Dis [serial online] 2014 [cited 2016 Jun 19];6:164-77. Available from: http://www.jgid.org/text.asp?2014/6/4/164/145247

Marchigiani R, Gordy S, Cipolla J, Adams RC, Evans DC, Stehly C, Galwankar S, Russell S, Marco AP, Kman N, Bhoi S, Stawicki SP, Papadimos TJ. Wind disasters: A comprehensive review of current management strategies. Int J CritIllnInjSci [serial online] 2013 [cited 2016 Jun 19];3:130-42. Available from: http://www.ijciis.org/text.asp?2013/3/2/130/114273

Rojavin Y, Seamon MJ, Tripathi RS, Papadimos TJ, Galwankar S, Kman N, Cipolla J, Grossman MD, Marchigiani R, Stawicki SP. Civilian nuclear incidents: An overview of historical, medical, and scientific aspects. J Emerg Trauma Shock [serial online] 2011 [cited 2016 Jun 19];4:260-72. Available from: http://www.onlinejets.org/text.asp?2011/4/2/260/82219

About INDUSEM

The INDUSEM mission is to envision and implement the future of Patient Care across the world. The partnership brings together Expert Educators, Inquisitive Innovators and Physicians supporting Safe Patient Care across India, United States and the World. INDUSEM is the Top International Partnership across the World and brings together Institutions, Individuals and Initiatives focused on improving patient care globally. Till date INDUSEM has reached over 50,000 Experts and its reach continues to grow daily. For more information:www.indusem.org

Photo Courtesy: Google Images