Conference Papers by Title

ASHE is pleased to provide session papers that are available for the 2007 Annual Conference held July 8 - 11, 2007 in New Orleans, LA for your review. For ASHE members that were unable to attend the 2007 Annual Conference, these papers are available for your review only---they are not printable or reproducible in any format.

Note: White papers are not available for all sessions offered at the Annual Conference. You must be a registered ASHE member to view these PDFs on the web.

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2007 Environment of Care Update (no paper provided)

Speaker: George Mills, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, Senior Engineer, Standards Interpretation Group, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Access Control Through Design and Technology

Faculty: Vaughn Brewer, Assistant Vice President, Carolina Health System, Charlotte, NC;
Jeff Karpovich, Director – Security, Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, NC;
Robert Weronik, Security Solutions Manager, GE Security, Bradenton, FL; and
Michael Schannault, Security Access/Integration/Computer Expert, GE Security, Bradenton, FL

Advocacy Roundtable (no paper provided)

Moderator: Tim Adams, CHFM, SASHE, Associate Director of Engineering and Compliance, American Society for Healthcare Engineering,
Chicago, IL

An Hour with the Life Safety Code Specialists (Self Assessment Tool)

Moderator: Steven Spaanbroek, Manager, Facilities Consulting, Premier Inc., Chocowinity, N.C.
Panel: Robert R Feldbauer, FACHE, CHFM, SASHE, Vice President of Operations, Mercy Hospital – Fairfield, Fairfield, OH;
Terry A Parish, CHFM, CHSP, SASHE, Director of Environmental Services, St. Francis Hospital, Columbus, GA

ASHE Codes and Standards Update and Panel Discussion (no paper provided)

Moderator: Douglas S Erickson, FASHE, Associate Director Research & Development, American Society for Healthcare Engineering, Chicago, IL
Panel: Tim Adams, CHFM, SASHE, Associate Director, Engineering, American Society for Healthcare Engineering, Chicago, IL;
John T Collins, SASHE, Associate Director, Engineering & Compliance, American Society for Healthcare Engineering, Chicago, IL;
Additional panelist TBA

ASHE’s E2C Initiative: First Step Tutorial

Faculty: Clark Reed, National Healthcare Manager, ENERGY STAR, US EPA, Washington, DC;
Erin Richmond, Account Manager, Working in Support of ENERGY STAR, ICF International, Fairfax, VA; and
Sarah Buchwalter, Account Manager, Working in Support of ENERGY STAR, ICF International, San Francisco, CA

Building & Equipping a Fire Command Center

Faculty: Scott Stassburg, Fire Prevention Officer—New Construction, City of Madison Fire Department, Madison, WI

CFO – Improving Leadership Skills to Get There

Faculty: Laura Rygielski-Preston, Healthcare Director, Trane, Charlotte, NC

Common Problems Encountered in Hospital MEP Systems

Faculty: Mike Locke, President, MechTech Inc., Seagoville, TX

Distributed Generation – True Energy Conservation Advantages

Faculty: Hugh O. Nash, Jr., Principal, Nash Lipsey Burch, Nashville, TN

Emergency Management Infrastructure Strategies

Mike Kuechenmeister, FASHE, CPE, Director of Plant Operations, St. Luke Hospitals, Ft. Thomas, KY

Healthcare Construction Lessons Learned (no paper provided)

Moderator: Tim Adams, CHFM, SASHE, Associate Director, Engineering, American Society for Healthcare Engineering, Chicago, IL
Panel: TBA

HVA at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans . . . Prior to, During and after Katrina

Faculty: Spivey Lipsey, PE, Principal, Nash Lipsey Burch, Nashville, TN; and
Bogue Waller, PE, Principal, Nash Lipsey Burch, Nashville, TN

Implementing a Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste Management Program

Faculty: Charlotte A. Smith, R.Ph., M.S., HEM, President, PharmEcology Associates, LLC, Brookfield, WI

Indoor Air Quality - ASHRAE

Faculty: Richard D. Hermans, PE, Senior Project Manager, Center for Energy and Environment, Minneapolis, MN; and
Dennis Stanke, Staff Applications Engineer, Trane Company, La Crosse, WI

Infection Control and Indoor Air Quality Methods and Procedures for Ground-up Healthcare Facilities

Faculty: Craig L. Miller, CCM, Project Manager, Jacobs Facilities, Crystal Lake, IL; and
Andrew J. Streifel, MPH, Hospital Environmental Health Specialist, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Infrastructure Master Planning: A Long-Range Strategic Plan for Infrastructure Systems

Faculty: William I. Nelson, PE, President, GLHN Architects and Engineers, Tucson, AZ

Integration from Design through Occupancy

Faculty: Roger W. Lautz, PE, Associate Vice President, Mechanical Department Leader, HGA Architecture, Milwaukee, WI

Legal Trends (no paper provided)

Faculty: Joseph Colagiovanni, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, St. Louis, MO

Lessons Learned from Katrina & Rita

Faculty: Richard L. Parker, Director of Engineering & Support Services, River Region Health System, Vicksburg, MS;
Charlene Warren, Chief Nursing Officer, Women & Children's Hospital, Lake Charles, LA

Life Safety Code

Faculty: James Lathrop, Vice President, Koffel Associates, Inc., Niantic, CT

Looking Forward…How Developing Trends Will Impact Facilities (no paper provided)

Faculty: James Bentley, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Strategic Policy Planning, American Hospital Association, Washington, D.C.

Medical Technology Community & ASHE’s Role

Facilitator: Jim Caporali, Vice President, Program Development & Support, Sodexho Clinical Technology Management, Brentwood, TN

Monitoring Critical Storage Devices within a Healthcare Facility

Faculty: Kimberly A. Barker, Principal Engineer, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL

New Tools for the Design & Construction Process (no paper provided)

Faculty: Richard E. White, Western Healthcare Division Manager, Parsons, San Francisco, CA

Operating Room HVAC Design

Faculty: R. Mark Nunnelly, PE, President, Nunnelly & Associates, Inc., Birmingham, AL

Pandemic Preparedness (no paper provided)

Speaker: Captain Michael B. Anderson, Senior Advisor for Public Health and Emergency Preparedness, Office of Grants and Training
Preparedness Directorate U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

PDC Best Practices Panel

Moderator: Leo M. Gehring, CHFM, SASHE, Vice Chancellor for Campus Operations, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR;
Panelists:
2007 Vista Recipients for New Construction:

Mike Parris, Director of Construction Management, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian,
Randy Regier, AIA, President, Taylor Architects,

2007 Vista Recipients for Renovation:

Robin Guenther, FAIA, Principal, Guenther 5 Architects, New York City, NY,
Eric Scalettar, Vice President, Planning, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York

2007 Vista Recipient for Infrastructure:

Michael Hatton, System Executive, Memorial Hermann;
Kent Trammel, Administrative Director Memorial Herman;

PDC Overview: So You Want to Build Something…Now What?

Faculty: William R. McMahon, President & COO, KLMK Group, LLC, Birmingham, AL;
Gerald N. Fulks, President & CEO, West Georgia Health System, LaGrange, GA

Planning for Power Failures

Faculty: David Stymiest, PE, CHFM, SASHE, Senior Consultant, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., Slidell, LA

Protecting Workers from Electrical Hazards

James T. Dollard, Jr., International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 98, Philadelphia, PA

Purchasing Natural Gas, Oil and Electricity (no paper provided)

Faculty: Tim Staley, President, Energy Services Division, TME Inc., Little Rock, AR

Responding to Survey Citations (no paper provided)

Moderator: Douglas S Erickson, FASHE, Associate Director Research & Development, American Society for Healthcare Engineering, Chicago, IL;
Panel: Tom Scheidel, National Preparedness Program Manager, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dallas, TX; Other Panelists TBA

Room Air Pressure Control

Faculty: Kimberly A. Barker, Principal Engineer, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL

Selling the Maintenance Mission

Faculty: David Stymiest, PE, CHFM, SASHE, Senior Consultant, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., Slidell, LA;
Robert Carpenter, System Director, Facilities, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA;
Dave Kistel, Vice President of Facilities Management, Lee Memorial Health System, Cape Coral, FL

Strategic Alignment of your Maintenance Management Software

Faculty: Jamshed Rivetna, President, Ensoft Consulting, Plano, TX

Sustainable Chill Water Systems

Faculty: Thomas Hartman, Principal, The Hartman Company, Georgetown, TX

The Chief Facility Officer Panel

Faculty: William A. Diagneau, Vice President for Operations and Facilities Management, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston,TX;
Michael DeCosta, Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International, Stamford, CT; and
Leo Gehring, CHFM, SASHE, Vice Chancellor for Campus Operations, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Total Evacuation Plan

Faculty: Susan B. McLaughlin, MBA, CHSP, MT (ACSP) SC, President, SBM Consulting, Ltd., Barrington, IL

Update on Emergency Management (no paper provided)

Faculty: Susan McLaughlin, MBA, CHSP, MT (ACSP) SC, President, SBM Consulting, Ltd., Barrington, IL

Why Is Disaster Planning Important to the “C” Level and Senior Leadership? (no paper provided)

Faculty: Diane Hughes, Director of Safety Services, Baptist Memorial Hospital DesSoto, Southaven, MS

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