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Dr. Deborah Levy
Chief, Healthcare Preparedness Activity, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
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Deborah Levy is a Captain with the U.S. Public Health Service and Chief of the Healthcare Preparedness Activity in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Captain Levy’s primary interest is all-hazards healthcare preparedness and emergency response (including pandemic influenza, bioterrorism agents, and natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes). She focuses on working with communities to assist them with integrating planning of the healthcare, public health, and emergency management sectors to improve response to surges of patients during incidents. This focus includes conducting workshops on community models of delivery of healthcare, implementing alternate care systems, conducting stakeholder (e.g., call centers, primary care) meetings to develop implementation tools and workbooks, as well as working with medical societies, academicians, and practicing clinicians to develop triage and clinical algorithms to cope with a surge in patients. In addition, she has been working with state and local partners through cooperative agreements to identify essential healthcare services under conditions of surge and scarce resources. Captain Levy joined CDC in 1996 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in the Division of Parasitic Diseases where she focused on waterborne and foodborne diseases as well as water security issues, and moved to DHQP in 2003. She obtained a B.A. in psychology and a Master’s of Public Health in epidemiology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health.
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Upcoming Dates
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New Orleans - July 12-13, 2011
Boston - June 7-8, 2011 |
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| Past Attendees Have Said: |
"The mass casualty conference was an enlightening and refreshing experience. The quality of the speakers was excellent. The sponsored lunches and dinner events provided outstanding food and atmosphere for conference members to interact, exchange ideas, and communicate challenges we have faced during mass casualty experiences in our own cities. Congratulations once again for your leadership in running a successful conference."
- Alfredo Estrada, Deputy Fire Marshal, Imperial County Fire Prevention Bureau
"I attended Homeland Security Outlook's Mass Casualty Conference in San Diego and found it to be very informative, well organized, and a great networking opportunity with others in emergency management. There was an impressive group of presenters, truly experts in their fields. I look forward to attending future conference offerings by Homeland Security Outlook."
- John Alden, R.S., Public Health Emergency Preparedness Manager, Yuma County Public Health Services District
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