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	PPAC Announcements and News
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	PPAC Announcements New!
Back to top		PHYSICIAN CATEGORY CHALLENGE COIN New! 06/08 • Front side • Reverse side • Availability ACCESS NEW PPAC WEB PORTAL • Instructions Posted 3/9/08 • Important new tool for PHS physicians to stay connected and participate NOMINATIONS FOR PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS Posted 2/27/08 • How to nominate yourself or others • Nominations deadline postponed until 4/30/08 Posted 4/15/08 MESSAGE FROM MEDICAL CATEGORY CPO • Message from RADM Rutstein 12/28/07 DISCONTINUATION OF ONE OF THE PHYSICIAN EMAIL LIST SERVS: • The PPAC Communications Committee has decided to retire the PPAC Listserv • Instead all Medical Officers should be on the CC MedicalOfficersListServ PROMOTION 101 SEMINAR FROM SEPT 21, 2007 • Medical Category Issues , Lecture by RADM Rutstein, CPO, (PPT slides) • 2008 Promotion Guidelines , Lecture by CAPT Kopp, PPAC Chair, (PPT slides) • These two lectures available for viewing as two QuickTime videos by 2 methods What are QuickTime videos? Method One: from PPAC Portal (not this web site) • NIH Portal >My Communities > PPAC>Community Projects>PPAC • See 5 most recently uploaded documents for the 2 QuickTime videos • Or see “Documents” tab >PPAC Committees&WG>PromotionGuidelines • Video files can be streamed or downloaded • Contact CAPT Jeffrey Kopp to get access to PPAC Portal Method Two: from BestSharing.com web site • Medical Category Issues (includes discussion of promotion) • Medical Category 2008 Promotion Guidelines • Best Sharing web site password for these videos: ppac101 • Takes from 15-45 minutes per file • Downloads the file to your hard drive • Top right quadrant has file description and “Download file” link • Click on “Download file”, if asked "download to disk" • After file is downloaded, double click on the file to run the movie PHYSICIAN PROMOTION BENCHMARKS • PY 2008 • PY 2007 for reference only • PY 2006 for reference only • PY 2005 for reference only AMA AWARDS FOR MEDICAL CATEGORY LEADERS 11/11/06 • RADM Craig Vanderwagen • RADM David Rutstein • RADM Boris Lushniak COA MEDICAL CATEGORY DAY LECTURES 2006 • Selected lectures available COA web site • Selected lectures available PPAC web site PPAC PHYSICIANS OF THE YEAR AWARDS, Posted 6/2007, Presented at COF meeting • Clinical Physicians of the year: CDR Kelton Oliver, CDR Jeffrey Salvon-Harman • Physician Executive of the year: CAPT Thomas B. Nutman • Physician Researcher of the year: RADM Richard G. Wyatt PPAC PHYSICIANS OF THE YEAR AWARDS, 2006 • Presented at COA 5/2/06 Posted 5/22/06 CHIEF PROFESSIONAL OFFICER (CPO): MESSAGES FROM RADM DAVID RUTSTEIN • See CPO messages Posted 01/2007 RADM RUTSTEIN, MEDICAL CATEGORY CPO, ALSO APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF OFRD • Announcement made by Acting Surgeon General • Appointment effective April 1, 2007 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH APPOINTED • President Bush nominated Dr. John O. Agwunobi of Florida to be the new Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) 06/30/2005 • Dr. Agwunobi recently served as Secretary of Health and State Health Officer at the Florida Department of Health • John Agwunobi, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., was confirmed by the Senate on 12/17/2005 • The Senate also confirmed Dr. Agwunobi's appointment as a Medical Director in the Regular Commissioned Corps • Dr. Agwunobi was sworn in as ASH and ADM of USPHS on 1/18/2006 • Dr. Agwunobi resigns effective 9/4/07 Posted 8/8/07 FORMER CPO USPHS CC PHYSICIANS: LECTURES • Lecturer: RADM W. Craig Vanderwagen • For: NIH Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense Interest Group Seminar Series • Topic: Building International Health Systems Capacity: Lessons from Iraq and the Tsunami, 05/19/2005 • Archived videocast (this lecture and others in series) available to NIH employees • How to view videocast if you are not an NIH employee • RADM Vanderwagen lectured again at NIH again on 4/26/07 "DHHS Concept of Operations for Medical Response to Disasters: Where We are Now and Where Should We be Going?" for the NIH Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense Interest Group • See the lecture as a streaming video • This lecture series available (by interest group and date) to NIH employees • How to view videocast if you are not an NIH employee
	PPAC meeting dates
		MEETING DATES FOR 2008 • Tue, Jun 24, Open Forum • Thu, Jul 24, Meeting • Wed, Aug 20, Open Forum • Thu, Sep 18, Meeting • Thu, Oct 16, Open Forum • Thu, Nov 13, Meeting • Tues, Dec 9, Open Forum
	ListServs for PHS Physicians
		BASIC INFORMATION • What is a ListServ? How do I join an NIH ListServ? OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT LISTSERVS FOR PHS PHYSICIANS • Some ListServs are hosted by NIH, some by others • Users should read subscribing, posting and archiving rules for each ListServ • Each ListServ must be joined separately • NIH ListServs require ID and password • Some ListServs allow all members to post messages; others allow only the ListServ administrator/owner to post email messages, but all members may receive LISTSERVS FOR PHS PHYSICIANS • ListServs for PHS Physicians 1/2007
	PPAC News Email List Posted 12/2007
		• As of 12/2007, this PPACListServ was discontined by the PPAC Communications Committee; no more messages will be posted there. • Instead, All Medical Officers should be on the Commissioned Corps Medical Officers ListServ • To join, send email to listserv@list.nih.gov with the following in the message body: subscribe commcorps_medofficrs your full name The subject line is ignored. Send it from the email address you wish to use. • Keep the email address your provide to the PHS current or you will miss key notices. • PPAC-L List Serv, established in January 2007 by new PPAC Chair, CAPT Jeffrey Kopp has replaced the email list previously maintained by former PPAC Chair, CDR Jeffrey Brady. It was discontinued in 12/2007.
Back to top	Other meetings of interest
		Agency Liaison Meeting Minutes • 03/03/2006 • 01/27/2006 • 10/27/2005 • 08/24/2005 • 04/28/2005 • 10/21/2004 Combined Surgeon General's PAC and CPO/PAC Chairs Meeting Minutes • 05/25/2006 • 04/28/2005 • 03/24/2005 • 09/23/2004 Other • 01/26/2006 OCCFM Briefing Report - Policy Development Update


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