Special Guest & Grand Rounds Presentation/Panel Discussion

Tracking of an Emergent Epidemic:

Behind the Scenes of Ebola

Presented by

Rupa Narra, MD Current CDC EISO (Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Friday, October 31, 2014 Children’s Hospital Colorado

Mt. Oxford Auditorium 2

nd Floor Conference and Education Center

13123 E. 16th Avenue, Aurora, Colorado

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.*

Participants will learn about the background and history of the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa including the clinical case definitions, clinical presentation, routes of transmission, and impact on

children.

*This 45 minute presentation will begin at 12:00 p.m. followed by a brief presentation of our preparedness at Children’s Hospital Colorado and then a panel discussion – finishing at 1:30 p.m.

Target Audience

Healthcare professionals who care for children including community and hospital-based physicians, physician assistants, RNs, allied healthcare providers, residents, fellows, and medical students. Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit:

Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Children’s Hospital Colorado designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This conference is sponsored by the Sections of Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology and the Center of Global Health – Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine

For more information, contact Anna Villarreal (720) 777-2715 or anna.villarreal@childrenscolorado.org

Rupa Narra, MD Current CDC EISO (Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Rupa Narra is an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

who recently worked as part of an Ebola Response Team in Guinea. During her deployment in Guinea, she

supported efforts to improve data management, contact tracing, and infection control at local health structures.

She also worked with the CDC Ebola Medical Care Task Force to develop and conduct a training course at a

FEMA site in Alabama for clinicians intending to provide medical care to patients in an Ebola Treatment Unit in

West Africa.

Dr. Narra is a board certified pediatrician who completed her pediatric residency at University of Colorado

School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Prior to joining the CDC, she worked with MSF/Doctors

Without Borders for 4 years. She has worked in Kenya, Haiti, South Sudan, India, and Central African

Republic and has clinical experience with mass casualty response; pediatric emergencies; refugee health;

malnutrition; and infectious, tropical, and vaccine-preventable diseases.

Dr. Narra in Guinea for the Ebola response.