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The 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting kicked off with an Opening Ceremony that explored the privilege of service as discussed by a distinguished panel of New Orleans\u2019 leaders who rose to the challenges presented to the area and its residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Instructed by the event emcee, Norm Robinson, to \u201cListen to what is said and not what is between your ears,\u201d attendees listened to the before and after stories of several New Orleans residents who made extraordinary contributions post-Katrina.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2962″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”16px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1536600982178{background-color: #0c80cd !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1536600992637{padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1537291556255{padding-right: 10px !important;}”]<\/p>\n
United States Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, who was working as a gastroenterologist at the time, led the conversion of an abandoned Kmart into a much-needed surge trauma center to provide health care to evacuees. This experience led Cassidy to change careers and run for public office. He serves today as a U.S. senator. He cautioned the audience to remember to move patient information with the patient when in a disaster situation.<\/p>\n
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Restauranteur Tommy Cvitanovich and the staff of his family\u2019s restaurant, Drago, fed more than 75,000 people in the weeks that followed Katrina. They cooked the food that was on hand in the restaurant and then organized and prepared food donations that began arriving to the city. His takeaway lessons were practical: communications plans for staff and insurance planning for recovery are essential.<\/p>\n
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Lt. General Russel L. Honor\u00e9 served as the commander of the Joint Task Force Katrina. He shared many tips on preparation, reminding the audience, \u201cMother nature can break anything on any day.\u201d He advocated that, during recovery, security should be deemphasized and efforts focused on saving lives. His motto \u2013 Don\u2019t get stuck on stupid \u2013 struck a chord with the audience.<\/p>\n
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Local politician, Arnie Fielkow, became president of the Council of New Orleans to help with recovery and lead \u2018transformational reform.\u2019 He ran for office to be able to address issues never addressed before: a broken city needing large amounts of cash that had no income post-Katrina. While the city is back, much lower-income housing has not returned, creating issues for those who support the essence of New Orleans, including musicians, artists and those in the hospitality industry.<\/p>\n
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Bennett deBoisblanc, MD, was at Charity Hospital when the storm hit. He stayed there until all of his patients could be moved, enduring days without electricity, running water and medical supplies in an aging building surrounded and inundated by water. He wanted to share that his experience was not reflected in the national news. He did not see looters and snipers. He saw humanism and people helping people with professionalism and humanity.<\/p>\n
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