The 2007 Florida Statewide Immunization Summit
This year's summit took place April 24 - 25, 2007 in Orlando, Florida at The Florida Hotel & Conference Center at the Florida
Mall. This event, hosted by Central Florida AHEC, Inc., with the Florida Department of
Health's Bureau of Immunization,
focused on updating the state's ublic and private providers on immunizations and assisting practitioners with reaching the goal of achieving 90 percent coverage of Florida's two-year-olds by July 2007.
The summit was well attended. Over 300 participants were addressed the State Surgeon General, Ana M. Viamonte Ros, M.D., PhD. Attendees also heard from influential Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff Jeanne Santoli, M.D., M.P.H., and William L. Atkinson, M.D., M.P.H. regarding vaccine recommendations for children and the challenges faced by healthcare staff who work with preschoolers. Excellent presentations were given on a variety of immunization topics, as shown in the summit agenda linked on this page.
For more information e-mail the Bureau of Immunization at 90by07@doh.state.fl.us. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
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Agenda From the 2007 Summit
PowerPoint Presentations From the 2007 Summit
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Current Vaccines and Recommendations for Young Children
William L. Atkinson, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Epidemiologist
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, National Immunization Program, Atlanta
Email to request copy of PowerPoint presentation.
(Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.)
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The Value of Florida SHOTS to a Medical Practice
Lisa A. Cosgrove, M.D.
Atlantic Coast Pediatrics, Merritt Island
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Rural Health: Challenges and Solutions to Improving Immunization Rates
in Rural Communities
Suzanne Harrison, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Florida
State University School of Medicine, Tallahassee
Donna Melgaard, R.N.
Community Health Nursing
Director
Jefferson County Health Department,
Monticello, FL
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Protecting Our Preschoolers: Progress, Opportunity and Challenges
Jeanne Santoli, M.D., M.P.H.
Deputy Director
Immunization Services Division
National
Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, Atlanta
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Protecting our Communities Through Immunizations -- Forging New Paths
Kevin Sherin, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
Orange County Health
Department, Orlando
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