8:30am - 4:00pm
The morning session will feature talks on heat illness prevention, field care, transportation, and return-to-duty considerations. The afternoon session will include presentations from clinicians and researchers.
CHAMP Presenters: Various speakers & presenters across the DoD
Event Hosted By: Fort Benning Heat Center
Location: Marshall Auditorium, McGinnis-Wickam Hall (Bldg 4, Fort Benning Main Post), 1 Karker Street, Fort Benning, GA 31905 & Virtual
Questions? Contact danielle.urey.ctr@usuhs.edu.
AM SESSION
Opening Remarks
- MG Patrick Donahoe, MCoE Commanding General
FBGA Heat
- Ms. Jill Carlson, Director, MCoE Safety
- COL Ethan Miles, MCoE Surgeon
Prevention & Best Practices
- LTC David DeGroot, Director, Fort Benning Heat Center
Lessons Learned, Risk Mitigation
- MAJ Rogelio Martinez/MAJ Tyson Kovach, Division Surgeon Office, Ft. Campbell
Exertional Hyponatremia Nutrition: Hydration/ORS
- LTC Brenda Bustillos, Command Dietitian, TRADOC
Point of Injury Protocol Review
- MAJ Adam Schneider, Emergency Dept. BMACH
Profiles and RTD
- Dr. (COL, Retired) Francis O’Connor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
PM SESSION
Return to Duty after COVID-19 Infection: Clinical Considerations
- Dr. (Capt, Retired) Alaric Franzos, USUHS, Bethesda, MD
Real-time Prevention & Monitoring
- Mark Buller, PhD USARIEM, Natick, MA
Women and Heat Acclimatization
- Gabrielle Giersch, PhD, USARIEM, Natick, MA
Cardiac Dysfunction in EHS
- Orlando Laitano, PhD, Florida State University
Heat Tolerance Testing for Return to Duty: Predictive Validity
- Rachel Kester, USUHS, Bethesda, MD
Surgical Masks and Heat Strain During Exercise
- CPT Micah Watson, DO, BMACH
Loperamide-Associated Exertional Heat Stroke
- CPT Preston Dehan, DO, BMACH
Efficacy of Ice Sheet Cooling
- Aaron Caldwell, PhD, USARIEM, Natick, MA
Pre-Hospital Cooling of Hospital Casualties
- Kaemmer Henderson, MS, Army Heat Center