Opening Dinner
September 14, 2008
Col. Geoffrey Ling knows how to explain complicated medical research and technology ... in terms we can all understand. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to watch incredible video of Col. Ling's research, and listen as he delves into the facinating world of his work. Register below before it is sold out.
Free to Brotherhood members, $15 for guests.
Colonel Geoffrey Ling, M.D., Ph.D.
"If it's Impossible, Bring It On! ... Medical Breakthroughs that are Changing People's Lives"
Geoffrey Ling has served two combat deployments as a neuro intensive care physician that included both Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq). Notably, he served with the 86th Combat Support Hospital ("Baghdad ER").
He is a program manager with the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA). There, he is responsible for a portfolio of programs that include Revolutionizing Prosthesis, Human Assisted Neural Devices, Preventing Violent Explosive Neuro Trauma, Predicting Health and Disease and Long Term Blood Storage. He is also developing new programs with the intent of protecting and restoring injured warfighters.
Ling is also professor and vice chairman of neurology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Currently on active duty as an army colonel, he is the military's only neurocritical care physician. At Walter Reed Army Medical Center, he is director of neurointensive care. He is also an associate professor (adjunct) at Johns Hopkins Hospital where he attends on the Neuro Critical Care Unit.
6:00 PM Reception
7:00 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Speaker
Menu: Your choice of Prime Rib or Baked Salmon; string beans; oven-baked potatoes; dinner rolls; decaf coffee, tea, water; and yummy dessert. Cash bar for alcoholic beverages.
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