Where
John M. Clayton Hall, University of Delaware100 David Hollowell Drive
Newark, DE 19716
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About the Keynote Speaker
Our keynote speaker is Bob Woodruff, ABC World News Tonight Anchor and Reporter. Mr. Woodruff joined ABC News in 1996 and has covered major stories throughout the country and around the world for the network. He was named co-anchor of ABC World News Tonight in December 2005. On January 29, 2006, while reporting on U.S. and Iraqi security forces, Woodruff was seriously injured by a roadside bomb that struck his vehicle near Taji, Iraq.
In February 2007, just 13 months after being wounded in Iraq, Woodruff returned to ABC News with his first on-air report, To Iraq and Back: Bob Woodruff Reports. The hour-long, primetime documentary chronicled his traumatic brain injury (TBI), his painstaking recovery and the plight of thousands of service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with similar injuries. Woodruff continues to cover traumatic brain injuries for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms and was honored with a Peabody Award in 2008 for his reporting on the subject.
Woodruff and his wife, Lee, co-wrote a best-selling memoir, In An Instant, chronicling his injuries in Iraq and how their family persevered through a time of intense trauma and uncertainty. The Woodruff family established the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) to raise money to assist injured service members, veterans and their families.
84th Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony
Keynote Address by Bob Woodruff
ABC World News Tonight Anchor and Reporter
Please join us for the Delaware Academy of Medicine Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, which follows the day-long inaugural Delaware Military Medicine Symposium co-sponsored with the American College of Surgeons, Delaware Chapter (click here for details and to register for this separate educational event).
The evening will start with a reception in the main atrium area of John M. Clayton Hall. The Delaware Military Academy Color Guard will lead attendees into the Main Ballroom for the brief Delaware Academy of Medicine Annual Meeting. This business meeting is a fond farewell to Kathleen McNicholas, M.D., J.D., who has been the President for the past two years. Arun Malhotra, M.D. will become the 84th President of the Delaware Academy of Medicine for the 2014-2016 term of office.
The Lewis B. Flinn President's Award for 2014 will be presented to Lieutenant General William H. Duncan, M.D. Dr. Duncan is a former President of the Board of the Academy of Medicine, and has led a distinguished career in both military and civilian life.
Agenda
5:30 pm Registration and Reception
6:15 pm Assemble in the Main Ballroom led by Delaware Military Academy Color Guard
6:30 pm Annual Business Meeting of the Delaware Academy of Medicine
6:40 pm Awards Ceremony
7:00 pm Dinner and Keynote Address by Bob Woodruff, ABC World News Tonight Anchor and Reporter
Proudly supported by:
Mrs. Carroll M. Carpenter
