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WINTER/SPRING 2019

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he Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) study, published in 1998 by Vincent Felitti, M.D., and Robert Anda,
M.D., reported the relationship of childhood abuse and
household dysfunction to multiple risk factors for the leading
causes of death in adults.
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine will present
the Fall Keystone Symposium on Nov. 16 from noon to 4:15 p.m.
on this important public health topic. "Thinking Ahead to the
Future Directions of Adverse Child and Adult Experiences and
Their Relationship to Building Communities of Resilience" will
feature two internationally known experts, Julian Ford, Ph.D.,
and Brooks Keeshin, M.D.
Dr. Julian Ford, Ph.D., is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the president of
the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. The tile
of his presentation is: Translating Science into Recovery for
Traumatized Children and Adults.
Dr. Brooks Keeshin, M.D., is an assistant professor of pediatrics
at the University of Utah and a board member of the Academy on
Violence and Abuse. The title of his presentation is: A Primary
Approach to Pediatric Trauma - Screening, Diagnostic and
Treatment Considerations.

The relationship between abuse, trauma and
household dysfunction and risk factors for
leading causes of death have been replicated
in hundreds of subsequent studies world-wide
over the 20 years since the original publication.

"The relationship between abuse, trauma and household dysfunction and risk factors for leading causes of death have been
replicated in hundreds of subsequent studies world-wide over
the 20 years since the original publication. Advances in neurobiology, brain imaging techniques, immunology and genetics have
shown a major effect on the development and function of the
developing brain that have profound, life-long effects on health,
mortality and risk factors," says Francis Dennis Dawgert, M.D.,
associate professor of pediatrics at Geisinger Commonwealth
School of Medicine.
"This symposium will explore how these issues and risks can be
addressed through a community effort. The stake holders in this
important public health education effort include medical professionals, medical trainees, educators. legal and law enforcement officers,
social workers and the general community," Dr. Dawgert said.

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Further information and registration can be obtained by
contacting Mary Theresa Mazur, mmazur@som.geisinger.edu
or 570-504-9678.
FRANCIS DENNIS DAWGERT, M.D., is associate
professor of pediatrics at Geisinger Commonwealth School of
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