The Medical Peer to Peer Exchange (MEDEX) was created in 2011 by then Marine Expeditionary Brigade General Melvin Spiese, USMC, and brought a small group of local medical professionals to the Shock Trauma Platoon (STP) on the Marina Green, and the LHD medical bays at Pier 30/32. Now in its 9th year, the annual MEDEX is a unique training and education opportunity that brings together civilian and military medical professionals to develop and share best practices.

The San Francisco Fleet Week Center for Humanitarian Assistance, UCSF, the US Navy, and the US Marine Corps are proud to present the 9th Annual MEDEX Program as part of 2019 San Francisco Fleet Week.

0930: Registration                            

1000: Welcome and Opening Remarks 

• Ms. Susan Toland, Director, San Francisco Fleet Week Association
• Dr. Michael Anderson, President, UCSF Children’s Hospital

Keynote Speaker

• RDML Timothy Weber, Commander, Navy Medicine West, Chief of Navy Medical Service Corps

1025: Session One: Military Public Health Response in a Major Disaster 

Presentation introduction: CAPT Peter Roberts, US Navy, THIRD Fleet Surgeon

• CDR Gary Brice, Threat Assessment Department Head and Microbiologist, US Navy
• LCDR Joseph Vo, Operations Department Head and Occupational Med, US Navy
• LT Elizabeth Gerardo, Vector Control Department and Entomologist, US Navy
• Dr. George Rutherford, Director, Prevention and Public Health Group, UCSF

1145: Networking Lunch

1245: Session Two: International and Domestic Public Health Considerations in the Wake of a Disaster

Panel introduction:  Dr. Chris Newton, Trauma Medical Director, UCSF Children’s Hospitals

• Dr. George Rutherford, Director, Prevention and Public Health Group, UCSF
• CDR Gary Brice, Threat Assessment Department Head and Microbiologist, US Navy
• Dr. Lucy Shapiro, Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford
• Dr. Tomás Aragón, Health Officer for the City and County of San Francisco, SF DPH

1350: Closing Remarks: CAPT Peter Roberts, US Navy, THIRD Fleet Surgeon and Dr. Chris Newton, Pediatric Surgery, UCSF Children’s Hospital

1400: Exit to buses for USN Ship Capabilities Tour