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HOAC Plans a Continuing Medical Education Session on Valley Fever

HOAC is working with several experts to plan a half-day session on coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) worth 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Topics covered will include epidemiology, mycology, special populations, clinical features, and case review. The registration fee of $60 will include refreshments, materials, and CME certificate. The first activity will be in Bakersfield on January 24.

Watch this space for more information.

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HOAC Welcomes New Executive Director

On September 30, 2014, Bruce Pomer retired after 31 years at HOAC, 20 of them as executive director.

On October 1, 2014, Kat DeBurgh was appointed as HOAC’s new executive director. She began work at HOAC in 2005, and earned her Masters in Public Health, with assistance from the HOAC Board of Directors, in 2011. Ms. DeBurgh and Mr. Pomer worked together on a three-year transition plan to train her to take over as the executive director.

HOAC thanks Mr. Pomer for his lifetime of service to HOAC and to public health, and looks forward to a new era under Ms. DeBurgh’s leadership.