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Project Title: Review of the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides - Ninth Biennial Update

PIN: IOM-BSP-11-05         

Major Unit:
Institute of Medicine

Sub Unit:
Board on the Health of Select Populations

RSO:
Paxton, Mary

Subject/Focus Area:
Health and Medicine


Review of the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides - Ninth Biennial Update
August 9, 2012 - August 10, 2012
Courtyard Marriott
Meeting Room A
300 West Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53203



If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: Tia Carter
Email: tcarter@nas.edu
Phone: 202-334-3816
Fax: 202-334-2685


Agenda:

AGENDA
Open Public Session



1:00 p.m. Welcome; goals and conduct of the public meeting; introduction of committee members
Mary Walker, Committee Chair

1:05 p.m. Presentations:

-Kim Michalowski, Director of Bureau of Claims
Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
-John Crespi, concerns about effects in offspring
-Mike Demske, National Vietnam Veterans of America
Agent Orange Committee
-Kent Draper, concern about Congress changing IOM’s objective from association to causality
-Eugene Pogorzelski, peripheral vascular disease (maybe)
-Larry Sauger, veteran speaking on myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
-James W. Sobotta, Blue Water Navy veterans with AO health conditions
-Mary S. Wachtendonk, on behalf of her husband and son
-Others Who May Wish to Speak

Questions and Discussion

2:15 p.m. Close Public Session/Break




Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Mary Walker (Chair)
Rebecca Betensky
Michael Carvan
Scott Davis
Naihua Duan
Stephanie Engel
Jennifer Grandis
Karl Kelsey
Stephen Kritchevsky
Gail Prins
Helen Suh
Marc Weisskopf
Lori White
Louping Zhang

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Draft report

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: May 28, 2013