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On May 24th 2012 (Thursday) the Health and Global Policy Institute hosted its 37th Special Breakfast Meeting, at which we were delighted to welcome Dr. Shinji Akitomi, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Iwate Medical University, as the speaker. Dr. Akitomi talked about his experiences of taking command at the newly-established disaster headquarters in Iwate alongside members of the Disaster Prevention Office in the period shortly following March 11th 2011, as well as the current state, challenges and visions for disaster medical care ascertained during his involvement thus far. After his presentation, people from the audience asked questions, which conducted lively discussions.  At the end of the meeting, Mr. Fred Gerber of Project HOPE delivered the closing remarks.