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Human Trafficking Clinical: Health Care Providers
Purpose
Mary Greeley Medical Center Grand Rounds is a multi-disciplinary clinical activity that maintains, develops, or increases the knowledge, skills, professional performance, and relationships a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession.
Who to Call
Homeland Security: 1-866-347-2423
Federal Law Enforcement in your area (FBI; Department of Homeland Security) National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC)
- Hotline: 1-888-3737-888
- www.traffickingresourcecenter.org
Hope for Justice:
- (615) 630-1739 (Investigations)
- U.S. Investigative Hub: (615) 356-0946 (To Report an Incident)
- info.us@hopeforjustice.org
Target Audience
Physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, medical students (rotating), non-medical students (rotating), and healthcare administrators.
Learning Objectives
- Educate on the existence and prevalence of human trafficking in Iowa.
- Describe how human trafficking affects the healthcare system.
- Identify how to spot the signs of human trafficking.
Speakers
Greg Hall
Investigator, Midwest Regional Center
Mr. Hall was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa, and after high school, he attended and graduated from Upper Iowa University with a Bachelor of Science degree. Following college, Hall began his career as a Certified Law Enforcement Officer in Iowa, working as a criminal investigator for Municipal, County, and State Agencies, having over 16 years of law enforcement experience. Some of Hall’s assignments included Crime Scene Investigator, S.W.A.T. team member, and Detective Bureau. Hall worked as the Violence Against Women (VAWA) investigator and lead sex crimes investigator for the University of Iowa’s Department of Public Safety. He was also instrumental in creating the department’s Crime Scene Unit, where Hall served as its lead and continues to assist the department on major crime scenes. Hall worked as a member of several task forces, including one specifically targeting large human trafficking rings. Hall also worked with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) taskforce, where he conducted online investigations into child sex crimes and child pornography crimes.
After retiring from law enforcement, he was asked to work as an investigator and training instructor for Hope for Justice, a Non-Governmental Organization that investigates Human Trafficking and provides training to police and civilian entities throughout the United States and the World.
David Gonzalez
Senior Investigator, Midwest Regional Center
Mr. Gonzalez began his career as a peace officer in Iowa City, Iowa, and for the Iowa City Police Department in 1996. He began working on white-collar crime. Moved to sex crimes (adult and children). Moved to crimes against persons, then violent crimes. They moved to major crimes (this included high-profile crimes), which took him to China, where he worked a homicide. While performing this work, he also took on cold-case homicides. While working on cold case homicides, he traveled the US investigating these types of cases from NY to Seattle to Mississippi to Minnesota and everywhere in between.
Mr. Gonzalez began working on major crimes and cold case homicides and added human sex/labor trafficking investigations along with becoming a certified police polygraph examiner. Led his team (which included federal law enforcement, state law enforcement, and local law enforcement) in human sex/labor trafficking investigations encompassing many states within the US. Successfully investigated and prosecuted many sex traffickers and helped our victims/survivors of human trafficking.
He would routinely receive calls for help from many law enforcement agencies (local, state, and federal) on difficult investigations regarding murders, human trafficking (both labor and sex), and major crimes. Conducts many training sessions for local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies throughout the US, covering many topics, including human sex/labor trafficking.
Received twice by the Governor of Iowa award for his work in Human Trafficking. Received many awards (including human trafficking) from the US Attorney’s Office and federal government. Two-time awardee of the “Officer of the Year”. Retired from law enforcement on the 25th of May 2021. Began at Hope for Justice on the 1st of June 2021. After retiring from law enforcement, he was asked to work as a senior investigator at Midwest Region for Hope for Justice, a Non-Governmental Organization that investigates Human Trafficking and provides training to police and civilian entities throughout the United States and the World.
Accreditation Statements
- DO: Des Moines University (DMU) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 2-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
No ineligible company provided financial support for this continuing education activity.
DISCLOSURES
The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals, medical procedures, and devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The determination of educational content and the selection of speakers is the responsibility of the activity director.
Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual(s) have no conflict(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
- David Gonzalez - Speaker
- Greg Hall - Speaker
CME Committee
- No Mary Greeley Medical Center CME Committee member who planned this activity has any financial relationship to disclose relating to the content.
Gifts to the Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation from Mary Greeley Medical Center, McFarland Clinic, and Availa Bank support this program. The content and selection of speaker(s) is the responsibility of the Mary Greeley Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education Committee and not the sponsors of this program.
DISCLAIMER
The information provided in this activity is for continuing education purposes only. It is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The content of each presentation does not necessarily reflect the views of Des Moines University.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AOA Category 2A