The National Ebola Training and Education Center: Preparing the United States for Ebola and Other Special Pathogens

Christopher J Kratochvil¹, Laura Evans¹, Bruce S Ribner¹+13

• ¹Christopher J. Kratochvil, MD, is Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Vice President for Research, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE. Laura Evans, MD, MSc, is Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY. Bruce S. Ribner, MD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, and Medical Director, Serious Communicable Diseases Unit, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. John J. Lowe, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. Melissa Cole Harvey, MSPH, is Director, and Richard C. Hunt, MD, MS, is Senior Medical Advisor, both in the Division of National Healthcare Preparedness Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. Abbigail J. Tumpey, MPH, is Associate Director for Communications Science, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, and Ryan P. Fagan, MD, MPH&TM, is a Medical Officer, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, both at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Michelle M. Schwedhelm, MSN, is Executive Director, Infection Prevention & Emergency Preparedness, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE. John Maher, JD, is Senior Director, Special Pathogens Program, NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, New York, NY. Colleen S. Kraft, MD, MSc, is Associate Professor, Department of Pathology/Laboratory Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Sharon Vanairsdale, MS, APRN, is Program Director, Serious Communicable Diseases, both at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Nicholas V. Cagliuso, Sr., PhD, MPH, is Assistant Vice President, Emergency Management, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, NY. Angela Vasa, BSN, RN, CCRN, is Clinical Program Coordinator, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE. Philip W. Smith, MD, is Emeritus Professor, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.