ORGANIZATIONS: 

PAHO/OPS

Pan American Health Organization/

Organización Panamericana de la Salud

WHO/OMS

World Health Organization/

Organización Mundial de la Salud 

IFMBE

IUPESM

Baxter BioSurgery, Baxter BioScience

Masimo Corporation

Ameritus Medical Products, Kentec Medical, Inc.

ACSUP

ACCE

CMIA

EMBS

IEEE

UABC

and other  (see PAHCE News – Links)

St. Mary Medical Center, Clinical Engineering
St. Mary Medical Center Disaster Resource Center Trauma 
& Disaster Preparedness, St. Mary Medical Center
The VA Long Beach Healthcare System
 

Aquarium of the Pacific
Long Beach Gas & Oil Department
LBACVB

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RECOGNITIONS / AWARDS

PAHCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS RECOGNITION
Dr. James P. Ary,  HCLD, Newport Beach, CA
Dr. Jordan Isailovic,  JRI Technology, Anaheim, CA 
Dr. Colette Cozean, Abela Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Lake Forest, CA
Andrei Issakov, MD MPH PhD; WHO/HDS/TFP, Geneva, Switzerland

   PAHCE PROFESIONAL INITIATIVE AWARD
Dr. Marco Antonio Reyna; Thomas Judd; Dr. Martha Nava

   PAHCE INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
CINVESTAV-IPN ;
PUCP

   SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF INNOVATIVE CLINICAL SOLUTIONS
J.M. Gutiérrez, M. Gutiérrez, F. Céspedes, L. Leija , L, Favari , R. Muñoz, M. del Valle
Reyna MA, Dowling KC, Bravo ME, Nava ML, Lomelí M
Bazán I., Vera A., Leija L, Ramos A
Sevillano GainzaG.,Elias Giordano D.,Barriga Gamarra B.,  Callupe Pérez R.

   SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF INNOVATIVE MEDICAL RECORDS AND INSTRUCTION
Marco A. Gutierrez, Sergio S. Furuie, Fabio A. Pires
Josefina Gutiérrez Martínez, MarcoAntonio Nuñez Gaona, Ruth Delgado Esquerra
W. Gómez, L. Leija, W. C. A. Pereira, A. F. C. Infantosi
Abad Nilia;  Vilcahuaman Luis

   TRANSCONTINENTAL OUTREACH RECOGNITION 
Dr. Kim  Kyeong;  Korea
Song Xindong  and Zou Xiaowei; China

 WORKSHOPS

Impact of Clinical Alarms on Patient Safety (010E)
Tobey Clark, University of Vermont, VT.

Collaboration in Healthcare Technology, Global Engineering Leadership and Knowledge Sharing (011E)
Tobey Clark, University of Vermont, VT. 

Scalable Image and Video Compression Techniques in Medical Applications - Methods and Practical Implementation (012E)
Dr. Jordan Isailovic,  JRI Technology, Anaheim, CA. 

Congestive Heart Failure: Comprehensive Review of Pathophysiology and Guidelines for Medical Therapy (013E)
Coordinator: Fahed Bitar, MD; Mazda Motallebi, MD; Yousef Bitar.  University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 

FEATURE PRESENTATIONS  

WHO and GAME: Kosovo Health Technology Policy Framework
and WHO iHTP: Mexico’s 2007 Caravan Project  
Thomas Judd, GAME Leader; WHO Consultant, Atlanta, Georgia.

Evolution of Pulse CO-Oximetry
PT Barnum; Director, Field Clinical Services; Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA

TRACK – C0 CHAIRS
Manlio F. Márquez, Juan Valencia, Lorenzo Leija, Rocio Callupe Pérez, Tom Judd, Ron Leder, Josefina Gutiérrez Martínez, Ernesto Suaste, Arturo Vera, Colette Cozean, Marco A. Gutierrez,  Marco Antonio Reyna, Mario Castaneda,  Martha Nava.

PAHCE LIAISONS and COUNTRY PROFILE EDITORS

PAHCE LIAISONS
 Arturo Vera (Mexico); Carola Yucra (South America/Bolivia); Guillermo Avendaño (South America/Chile); Esther Rodriguez-Villegas (Europe/England); Juan Valencia (South America/Colombia); Kim Kyeong (Asia/Korea); Marco A. Reyna (Northern Mexico); Marco Gutierrez (South America/Brazil); Mario Castaneda (Northern California); Monique Frize (Canada); Pablo Laguna (Europe/Spain); Rocio Callupe (South America/Peru); Sabina Figari (South America/Argentina); Salah Aiesh (Middle East/Jordan); Tobey Clark(Eastern US); Tom Judd (Central US); PAHCE Team (Southern California and all other regions)

COUNTRY PROFILE EDITORS
Dr. Alvarez Joaquin Ernesto; Dr. Alvarado Rosa Isabel; Arriola Héctor Gerardo, M. Sc.; Avendaño Cervantes Guillermo E., BME Eng.; Batista Ricardo, MD. MSc.; Calil Saide Jorge, Ph. D; Callupe Rocío, M. en IB; Castro Luis, M.Sc.; Carola Yucra, Eng.; Ciani José L.; Druzgalski Christopher, Ph.D.; Escobar Juan Dario Ortigoza,Dr.; Flores José Maria, Eng.; Dr. Gonzalez Gaston; Dr. José María Maya; Dra. Gonzalez de Karina Navarro; Guerreiro da Silva Walter, M.Sc.; Lara Alvarado Carlos, M. en Ing.;  Ortigoza Juan Nicolas, Est. de Ing.;  Pino Alea José Raúl Ponce;  Ponce Juan Carlos, BSCSE; Dr. Reyna Marco Antonio; Dra. Raphael Zurich Thelma; Dr. Snyder Richard; Dr. Juan Esteban Valencia.

 PAHCE TEAM and other contributors
See PAHCE News

PROGRAM
(see PAHCE 2008 Proceedings)
ISBN 978-1-60585-006-1