Dallas Medical Journal
December 2017 vol. 103, no. 12
2 President’s Page
Your medical society responds
4 Hurricane Harvey overview
6 Meeting evacuees’ emergency medical needs
while maintaining Dallas’ EMS operational capabilities
8 Review of Megashelter Medical Clinic operation
10 Mass-scale sheltering of Hurricane Harvey evacuees:
Infectious disease surveillance and prevention
13 Request for help to treat displaced children
brings overwhelming response
14 Evacuees’ mental health needs are many
16 Fellows play key roles from clinic design to disassembly
17 Med students log 1,500+ hours at clinic
19 Unable to return home, Houston physician volunteers
nine days at shelter clinic
21 A physician’s perspective: ‘Sept. 1 — We got seven buses last night’
22 Cooperation among groups enables a full contingent
of nurses to staff the clinic
23 Dallas County health policy adviser troubleshoots at shelter clinic
26 Dallas TMB allows physicians with out-of-state licenses
to practice in Texas during the emergency
28 Post-Harvey meeting covers the highs and lows of clinic operation
29 Thank you!
34 Physician Network
December 2017 Dallas Medical Journal 1
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Editorial Staff
Tracy K. Casto .....................Managing Editor
tracy@dallas-cms.org
Jackie Campbell ............. Production Assistant
Bearett Wolverton ................Advertising Sales
Communications Committee
Roger S. Khetan, MD ............................Chair
Drew Alexander, MD
Sheila F. Calderon, MD
Allan O. Cook, MD
Seemal R. Desai, MD
Shashi K. Dharma, MD
H. Gordon Green, MD
Robert D. Gross, MD
Thomas A. Grugle, MD
Pamela Hoof, MD
Andy Kahn, MD
Sy Q. Le, MD
A. Marilyn Leitch, MD
David S. Miller, MD
Cliff ord K. Moy, MD
Richard W. Snyder II, MD
Anil K. Tibrewal, MD
Joseph R. Wyatt, MD
Gabriela Zandomeni, MD
DCMS Board of Directors
John T. Carlo, MD ........................... President
Ruben L. Velez, MD ...............President-elect
Kevin W. Klein, MD ...... Secretary/Treasurer
Lee Ann Pearse, MD ....Immediate Past President
Hania Alaidroos, MD
James Chanez, MD
Samuel J. Chantilis, MD
John V. Cox, DO
Temple S. Howell-Stampley, MD
R. Elizabeth Kassanoff , MD
Brad McGowan, MD
Wendy C. Parnell, MD
Pranavi V. Sreeramoju, MD
Executive Vice President & CEO
Michael J. Darrouzet
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On the cover
These are the leaders and representatives of agencies and organizations that
were instrumental in organizing, operating and stafing the Megashelter Medical
Clinic, established to care for evacuees from Hurricane Harvey in late August and
September.
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