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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5
8:30
WELCOME
Doug Fabian
Executive Director, Crisis Services
9:00-
US DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS
William F. Feeley, MSW, FACHE
Deputy Under Secretary
for Health for Operations and Management
United States Department of Veteran Affairs
10:00-
VA HEALTHCARE NETWORK UPSATE NY
Dr. Stephen Lemons
Network Director
VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York VISN2
11:00-
BUFFALO VETERANS HOSPITAL
Michael Finegan
Director
Buffalo VA Hospital
11:45
NYS DIVISION OF VETERAN AFFAIRS
Colonel (Retired) James D. McDonough, Jr.
Director
New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs
12:30
LUNCH
1:30
RULE NUMBER TWO:
LESSONS I LEARNED
IN A COMBAT HOSPITAL
Heidi Squire Kraft, Ph. D.
Deputy Coordinator
United States Navy Combat
Stress Control Program
3:00
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Dr. Terri Julian
Program Manager
Batavia VA PTSD Programs
3:45
IMPACT OF DEPLOYMENT
ON MILITARY FAMILIES
Veteran’s Healthcare
Administration of Western New York
4:30
CLOSE
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THURSDAY, MARCH 6
8:30
BUFFALO CITY COURT
VETERANS DIVERSION PROJECT
Honorable Robert T. Russell
Judge, Buffalo City Court
Veteran Diversion Track
Hank Pirowski
Buffalo City COURTS Program
9:30
RELATIONSHIP ADJUSTMENT ISSUES
FOR RETURNING WAR VETERANS
Houston Crum, Jr., ACSW
Team Leader Buffalo Vet Center
10:15
VETERAN SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
William “Doc” Schmitz
State Department
Surgeon and Editor, New York State
Overseas Veteran
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pat Welch
President
Vietnam Veterans of America, Ch. 77
12:30
LUNCH
1:30
WESTERN NEW YORK VETERANS PROJECT
2:30
TOWN MEETING:
COORDINATED COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF MILITARY FAMILIES AND VETERANS
4:00
VIDEO PRESENTATION:
Voices of Veterans
4:30
CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE
5:00
COMPLETION OF CONFERENCE
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