Nevada Ebola task force members named
Dr. Dale Carrison, chief of staff of University Medical Center, and Dr. Joseph Iser, chief medical officer of the Southern Nevada Health District, are the Las Vegas area members of a task force charged with planning for the possibility of a person with the Ebola virus coming to Nevada, state Department of Health and Human Services officials announced Wednesday.
The first meeting of the Ebola Advisory Task Force is slated for Oct. 29 as preparations to respond to a possible exposure continue. The group plans to develop communication plans and to make recommendations to Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Other task force members:
- Dr. Tracey Green, chief medical officer for the state of Nevada, is chairwoman.
- Chris Smith of the state Division of Emergency Management.
- Dr. Jasmine Dhindsa, chairman of infection control for the Renown Health System.
- Dave Fogerson, Douglas County deputy fire chief.
- Romaine Gilliland, director of the state Department of Health and Human Services.
- Joan Hall, president of Nevada Rural Hospital Partners.
- Scott Lamprecht, president of the Nevada Nurses Association.
- Dr. Trudy Larson of the state Public Health Lab.
- Dr. Dan McBride, chief medical officer of the Valley Health System.
- Jim Owens, deputy chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.
- Dr. Susan Pintar of the Carson City and Douglas County Health Department.
- Dr. David Slattery, deputy chief of Las Vegas Fire and Rescue.
- Randall Todd, director of epidemiology and public health preparedness at the Washoe District Health Department.
- Rosemary Vassiliadis, the director of aviation for the Clark County Department of Aviation.
In addition, state health officials have created an Ebola tool kit at health.nv.gov as an educational resource for both the public and medical providers. The state website also links to sites for the local health authority and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.