CEPAR: Leading Johns Hopkins in Preparedness and Response
 CEPAR oversees enterprise-wide planning and response to disasters or other emergencies that may effect the entire Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins University systems. The CEPAR director is Gabe Kelen, M.D. (above right) and the executive director is Jim Scheulen, PA-C, MBA (above left).
During the H1N1 Flu Pandemic and other events CEPAR demonstrated its leadership abilities locally and nationally.
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EMCAPS: Our Planning Tool for Major Disasters
EMCAPS is a free software program for mass casualty planning and education, developed by CEPAR's research arm, PACER. A new version of EMCAPS, with improved visual dyanamics (as seen in image above), is in development and planned for release later this year.
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Preparation Is Key for Academic Medical Center Deployment to Disasters
Key CEPAR leaders involved with the deployment of the Johns Hopkins Go Team to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake have published a paper in World Health & Medical Policy about key decisions and planning that academic medical centers should do in advance of sending teams to disasters.
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CEPAR's Catlett Co-Authors Paper on Hospital Workers in a Radiological Event CEPAR's Christina Catlett, M.D. is co-author on paper that explores hospital employee willingness to respond in a radiological event. Previous research has demonstrated that perception of threat and efficacy is key in the assessing willingness to respond to a RDD event. Read the Paper>
Bayram Is CEPAR Director of Applied Disaster Metrics
Jamil D. Bayram, M.D., is now the Director of Applied Disaster Metrics at the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR). Dr. Bayram has extensive operational and educational background in areas related to disaster medicine and public health preparedness. Read More>
Disaster Preparedness Training and Expertise
CEPAR has expertise available for: - Disaster training and response.
- Organizing table-top excercises.
- Consulting on emergency preparedeness and more.
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