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Hurricane Katrina

Secretary Mike Leavitt and Health Care, Public Health, and Social Services Leaders Traveled to the Region Affected by Hurricane Katrina in September 2005

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and a team of health care, public health and social service leaders traveled to Louisiana and the Gulf Region as part of ongoing efforts to extend care and services to where survivors of Hurricane Katrina are located.

The Secretary visited the Dallas Convention Center shelter and Disaster Recovery Center.
Secretary Mike Leavitt is greeted at the Dallas Convention Center by Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Also pictured are Margaret Keliher, Dallas County Judge (to the Secretary’s right) and HHS Regional Director Linda Penn.  Photo by Don Perkins, Executive Officer, Office of the Regional Director, Region 6.
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9/10/05 - Secretary Mike Leavitt is greeted at the Dallas Convention Center by Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Also pictured are Margaret Keliher, Dallas County Judge (to the Secretary’s right) and HHS Regional Director Linda Penn. Photo by Don Perkins, Executive Officer, Office of the Regional Director, Region 6. 
 
Secretary Mike Leavitt visits with a Katrina survivor from Louisiana at the Dallas Disaster Recovery Center (DRC).  Photo by Don Perkins, Executive Officer, Office of the Regional Director, Region 6.
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9/10/05 - Secretary Mike Leavitt visits with a Katrina survivor from Louisiana at the Dallas Disaster Recovery Center (DRC). Photo by Don Perkins, Executive Officer, Office of the Regional Director, Region 6.

 
Secretary Mike Leavitt visits with volunteers in the DRC. These volunteers register and enroll evacuees in services that are available to them.  Photo by Don Perkins, Executive Officer, Office of the Regional Director, Region 6.
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9/10/05 - Secretary Mike Leavitt visits with volunteers in the DRC. These volunteers register and enroll evacuees in services that are available to them. Photo by Don Perkins, Executive Officer, Office of the Regional Director, Region 6. 
 
Secretary Mike Leavitt meets with representatives of partner organizations at the Dallas Convention Center.  Photo by Don Perkins, Executive Officer, Office of the Regional Director, Region 6.
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9/10/05 - Secretary Mike Leavitt meets with representatives of partner organizations at the Dallas Convention Center. Photo by Don Perkins, Executive Officer, Office of the Regional Director, Region 6.
 
Secretary Mike Leavitt with staff from the New Orleans Health Department stationed in Dallas at the Convention Center. Also pictured are Dr. Ray Fowler from the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, who is the medical director on site at the Convention Center, and Dr. Evangeline Franklin with the New Orleans Health Department.  Photo by Don Perkins, Executive Officer, Office of the Regional Director, Region 6.
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9/10/05 - Secretary Mike Leavitt with staff from the New Orleans Health Department stationed in Dallas at the Convention Center. Also pictured are Dr. Ray Fowler from the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, who is the medical director on site at the Convention Center, and Dr. Evangeline Franklin with the New Orleans Health Department. Photo by Don Perkins, Executive Officer, Office of the Regional Director, Region 6. 
 

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Secretary Mike Leavitt's first stop was to the Louisiana State University (LSU) Campus in Baton Rouge.

Secretary Leavitt was accompanied to Louisiana by the following HHS leaders: Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Richard Carmona, Surgeon General; Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families; Charles Curie, Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Dr. Mark McClellan, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Dr. Garth Graham, Director of Office of Minority Health. In addition to the HHS leadership team, the Secretary was joined by Dr. William Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; General Joe Kelly of the Department of Defense; and Joe Becker of the American Red Cross.


Secretary Mike Leavitt, Surgeon General Richard Carmona, and CDC Director Julie Gerberding talk with medical personnel on the Louisiana State University (LSU) Campus in Baton Rouge. Photo by Jim Zietz, LSU Office of Public Affairs.
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9/04/05 - Secretary Mike Leavitt, Surgeon General Richard Carmona, and CDC Director Julie Gerberding talk with medical personnel on the Louisiana State University (LSU) Campus in Baton Rouge. Photo by Jim Zietz, LSU Office of Public Affairs. 
 

Secretary Mike Leavitt and Surgeon General Richard Carmona shake hands with a member of the U.S.
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9/04/05 -Secretary Mike Leavitt and Surgeon General Richard Carmona shake hands with a member of the U.S. Public Health Service team staffing the Federal Medical Shelter at LSU. Photo by Jim Zietz, LSU Office of Public Affairs. 
 

Secretary Mike Leavitt and Surgeon General Richard Carmona get an update on the operation of the Federal Medical Shelter at LSU from Medical Director, Dr. Chris Trevino.
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9/04/05 - Secretary Mike Leavitt and Surgeon General Richard Carmona get an update on the operation of the Federal Medical Shelter at LSU from Medical Director, Dr. Chris Trevino. Photo by Jim Zietz, LSU Office of Public Affairs. 
 

Secretary Mike Leavitt, Surgeon General Richard Carmona, and Medical Director, Dr. Chris Trevino outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the LSU Campus in Baton Rouge.
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9/04/05 -Secretary Mike Leavitt, Surgeon General Richard Carmona, and Medical Director, Dr. Chris Trevino outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the LSU Campus in Baton Rouge. This facility housed the 250-bed acute care shelter staffed by US Public Health Service Officers. Photo by Jim Zietz, LSU Office of Public Affairs.
 
CDC Director Julie Gerberding at the podium during a media briefing on the LSU campus, with Secretary Mike Leavitt, Surgeon General Richard Carmona, and CMS Administrator Mark McClellan.
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9/04/05 -CDC Director Julie Gerberding at the podium during a media briefing on the LSU campus, with Secretary Mike Leavitt, Surgeon General Richard Carmona, and CMS Administrator Mark McClellan. Photo by Jim Zietz, LSU Office of Public Affairs.
 
 

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Last revised: September 20, 2005

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