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Dear Fellow Public Health Service officers,
The 2020 virtual annual AMSUS meeting starts today, December 6 with preconference virtual sessions and will close on December 10. This virtual conference will deliver engaging topics and opportunities to connect with fellow federal health partners in addition to being packed with great speakers and content.
Admiral Giroir will be this year’s keynote speaker and will speak on December 7 and VADM Adams will discuss his priorities on December 9.
I would also like to announce the award winners of the 2020 USPHS Commissioned Corps Annual Awards. Please join us in congratulating your fellow officers for their selection as the winners of these awards:
- Humanitarian Service & Global Health Award – Team Remdesivir
- RADM Richard Childs
- CAPT Ljuca Belsito
- CAPT Julie Erb-Alvarez
- LCDR Nicole Carr
- LCDR Crystal McBride
- LCDR Bethanie Parrish-Salaam
- LT Adelaida Rosario
- Intra Federal Health Services Award – CAPT Meena Vythilingam
- U.S. Public Health Service Junior Officer of the Year – LT Mark Otto
- U.S. Public Health Service Senior Officer of the Year – CAPT David Harvey
In addition, I would like to congratulate CDR Qiao Bobo for being selected for the AMSUS Rising Star Award.
Bravo Zulu to these officers for their extraordinary efforts. We will be recognizing these officers during an awards session that will be held at the end of PHS Day on December 10. Please take a look at the full PHS day agenda attached.
Remember, the uniform of the day for the conference is Service Khaki or Service Dress Blues for regular attendees and Service Dress Blues for any officer who is presenting or has a speaking role. While this is a virtual conference, the PHS uniform of the day is still required.
For registration: There are a number of registration types and the costs for this year have been significantly decreased due to the changes associated with this year’s fully virtual platform. The single PHS day (December 10) rate that will be $55 dollars and requires the PHS day promo code: AMS1120PHS. You do not need the PHS day promo code if you have purchased the full conference registration (any of them). If you purchased a single day for another day of the week then you will need to purchase the PHS day registration separately. You can register here: https://reg.eventray.com/r/amsus/AMSUS2020/WELCOME_PAGE/460dac32-a3fe-4ea1-8dff-07a9521d60bf
We are looking forward to seeing each of you (virtually) at the meeting.
If you have any questions, please contact the USPHS Commissioned Corps AMSUS Committee Chair and co-Chair, CDR Cody Thornton (Cody.Thornton@hhs.gov) and LCDR Evette Pinder (evette.d.pinder.il@mail.mil).
In Officio Salutis,
2020 AMSUS PHS Service Day AgendaErica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH
RADM, USPHS
Deputy Surgeon General2020 AMSUS PHS Service Day Agenda