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MEDIA ADVISORY
Family Physician To Testify on Physicians’ Role in Bioterrorism Surveillance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
WASHINGTON — Jonathan Temte, M.D., Ph.D., a family physician and an infectious disease researcher from Wisconsin, will testify Wednesday about the role of family physicians in detection and response to bioterrorism. Temte was invited to testify before the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness and Response of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security.
Temte, a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, has researched infectious disease and the role of family physicians in monitoring disease outbreaks. He is a member of the Pandemic Influence Surveillance Working Group of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chair of the Wisconsin Influenza Pandemic Planning Executive Committee, and medical director of Wingra Family Medical Center, Madison.
Temte, a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, has researched infectious disease and the role of family physicians in monitoring disease outbreaks. He is a member of the Pandemic Influence Surveillance Working Group of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chair of the Wisconsin Influenza Pandemic Planning Executive Committee, and medical director of Wingra Family Medical Center, Madison.
| WHAT: | Hearing about Disease Surveillance Systems |
| Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness and Response of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security | |
| WHEN: | 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003 |
| WHERE: | Rayburn House Office Building Room [tba] |
| WHO: | Jonathan L. Temte, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine of the University of Wisconsin | |
| Member, AAFP |
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