| Dr Tamorish Kole |
Dr Tamorish Kole, the President of Society for Emergency Medicine, India has been nominated for the latest recipient of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The IVLP is the US Department of State’s major professional exchange programme that seeks to build mutual understanding between the US and other nations through carefully designed short-term visits to the US for current and emerging foreign leaders. These visits reflect the international visitors’ professional interests and support the foreign policy goals of the US. International visitors are the current or emerging leaders in government, politics, the media, education, the arts, business and other key fields.
The theme of the programme this year is ‘Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management’. This project, from June 3 – 21, 2013 is designed for experts in emergency preparedness, crisis management, disaster relief, refugee assistance, and post-traumatic stress, working in government, medicine (physical and mental health), humanitarian assistance, faith-based organisations, and journalism. Meetings, site visits, emergency simulations, and hands-on activities will highlight US methods of preparing for, managing, and assisting victims of man-made and natural disasters, emergencies, and crises. In addition, the programme will explore the national and international coordination of responses in the aftermath of environmental emergencies.
Given the theme, Dr Kole, the Head of Emergency Medicine of Max Healthcare, India and the Site Director of the Masters in Emergency Medicine (MEM) programme at his institution affiliated to The Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University, Washington DC has been chosen for this programme. His subspeciality interest is Disaster Medicine and Mass Gathering Medical Care for which he serves as a core group member in Hospital Safety and Emergency Management Exercise Committee of National Disaster Management Authority of India. He will visit universities and public and private agencies that research, design, plan, and implement local and worldwide preparedness programmes.
Over 320 current and former heads of government and state and many other distinguished world leaders in the public and private sectors have participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program. Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Juliya Gillard, Manmohan Singh, Indira Gandhi, Mahathir Mohamad, Hamid Karzai, Ranasinghe Premadasa, are some of other world leaders who were the recipients of this programme.