ACGWV   -   Advisory Committee on Gulf War Vets Held in Washington, D.C.

September 24, 2008
Veterans Health Administration

8:30 – 8:45
Opening Remarks

The Honorable Charlie Cragin
Chairman, Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans
 

8:45 – 9:15
Gulf War Registry & Outreach

Dr. Mark Brown
Director, Environmental Agents Service, Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards
 

9:15 – 9:30
Health Care Priority Groups

Tony A. Guagliardo
Director, Business Policy
Veterans Health Administration
 

9:30 – 9:45
Break
 

9:45 – 11:00
Clinical Care - Panel Discussion

Dr. Craig Hyams

Chief Consultant for Environmental Health, Office of
Public Health and Environmental Hazards
Dr. Joe Francis
Deputy Chief Quality and Performance Officer,
Veterans Health Administration
Dr. Stephen Hunt
Director, Deployment Health Clinic,
VA Puget Sound & Director, National
Post-Deployment Integrated Care Initiative
11:00 – 11:15
Break
11:15 – 11:45
Public Comments
11:45 – 1:00
Lunch
 

1:00 – 1:30
Enroute to VAMC
 

1:30 – 2:00

Women Veteran Issues
Dr. Patricia Hayes
Chief Consultant, Women Veterans Health Program
 

2:00 – 2:30

Environmental Health Clinician
Dr. Pramod Hansdak
Clinician, Washington, DC VA Medical Center
 

2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 3:15
Primary Care Provider

Dr. Neil Evans
Co-Chief Primary Care, Washington, DC VA Medical Center
 

3:15 – 3:45

War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) Presentation
Dr. Bonnie Benetato

and WRIISC Staff
War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center
3:45 – 4:00 Break
 

4:00 – 5:00 Gulf War Veterans Panel Discussion
5:00 – 5:15 Chairman’s Closing Remarks

September 25, 2008
Veterans Benefits Administration

8:30 – 8:45
Opening Remarks

The Honorable Charlie Cragin Chairman, Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans

8:45 – 9:15

Disability Compensation System Overview

Tom Pamperin
Deputy Director, Compensation & PUndiagnosed Illnesses

9:15 – 10:15

Chronology of VBA Responses to the Gulf War
Gulf War Statute Status
Brad Flohr
Assistant Director, Compensation & Pension Service
10:15 – 10:30 Break
 

10:30 – 11:00

Undiagnosed Illnesses
Tom Pamperin

Deputy Director, Compensation & Pension Service
 

11:00 – 11:30
VBA Outreach Activities to GW Veterans
Michael MacDonald
VBA Outreach Coordinator
11:30 – 1:00
Lunch
 

1:00 – 1:30
Public Comments

                          & 6 others   (a Gulf war Vet; Britt Small, a Vietnam Vet, Denise S - Nurse & 3 others)

1:30 – 2:00

Defining the Gulf War Population
LTG Tom Plewes, USAR (Ret)
Member, Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans
 

2:00 – 4:30
Committee Discussion and Deliberations
 

4:30 – 4:45

Closing Remarks

The Honorable Charlie Cragin, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans
 

RE:  the ACGWV meeting time.

Interested parties may also listen in by teleconferencing into the

meeting. The toll-free teleconference line will be open from 8:30 a.m.

until 12 noon on September 24 and from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

on September 25. To register for the teleconference, contact Lelia

Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or

Lelia.jackson@....

Its called the VANTS phone system and to call in to the meeting,

please dial 1-800-767-1750 and when prompted to put in your code,

please enter the 5 digit entry code and you should be able to listen

to the whole meeting. You'll get the code from Lelia. It will be in

a mode that wont let you speak, but you can log in and out all

day. So if you disconnect its easy to get back in.

This meeting is expected to run long both days so don't be surprised

if scheduled event times get moved around. Just remain flexible.

Day one is VHA and day 2 is VBA. Veteran health and the benefits.

We should be seeing our first hard numbers of where our issue

is at. Part of Day 1 is closed door session so don't get upset if you

cant listen in to that part.

Get involved and follow this closely. As in 15 months it will be up

to this committee to make recommendations that will effect our

program for years to come.

See you there.

                                                            Sincerely

                                                            Kirt P. Love

                                                            Director, DSBR

                                                            ACGWV committee member