Virtual Town Hall | COVID-19 Vaccine Development & Distribution Update

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Virtual Town Hall | COVID-19 Vaccine Development & Distribution Update

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Wednesday, December 16 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Free to attend | Advance registration required. Zoom meeting link included in the registration confirmation.

COVID-19 vaccines are on the cusp of roll-out. To help area businesses get the latest updates on information they need to know, the Quad Cities Chamber will host a virtual town hall meeting on the current status of COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution in the Quad Cities. Featured panel speakers include:

• Dr. Louis Katz, Medical Director, Scott County Health Department
• Janet Hill, MPH, Chief Operating Officer, Rock Island County Health Department
• Amy Thoreson, MPH, Deputy Health Director, Scott County Health Department

Representatives from area health systems, whose healthcare workers are in the first phase of vaccine distribution, also will be on hand. Learn about the data and history behind vaccine development, safety considerations and phased roll-out based on each state’s prioritized groups and vaccine supply.
 
Please submit questions in advance to Terri Smith at [email protected].

Guest Speaker:

 
Dr. Louis Katz | Director, Scott County Health Department

Dr. Louis Katz is a board-certified internist and infectious diseases specialist who trained at the University of Iowa. He is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the Roy and Lucille Carver College of Medicine, former Chief Medical Officer at America’s Blood Centers in Washington, DC, an ABC past president, former board member and a past chair of its Scientific, Medical and Technical committee.

He currently serves as the Medical Director for the Scott County Health Department and The Project of the Quad Cities, as well as the Chief Medical Officer for the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center.  

As a clinician, Dr. Katz founded and directed a Ryan White funded comprehensive HIV/AIDS clinic in the Iowa/Illinois Quad Cities, and was an infectious diseases consultant and hospital epidemiologist at Genesis Medical Center.

For event assistance or any additional information please contact:

Terri Smith
Phone: (563) 823-2694
Email: [email protected]