Presented at
Black Hat USA 2018,
Aug. 8, 2018, 2:40 p.m.
(50 minutes)
It's not easy to miss the gunshot wound in the trauma bay, or the cough of a rip-roaring pneumonia. But as anyone who has struggled with mental illness can attest- psychic wounds run just as deep, yet are often shunned or ignored by family, friends, coworkers, and even healthcare professionals. This needs to change.
Mental illness affects one in five Americans, and suicide is the second leading cause of death for people in their early twenties. Chances are if you haven't struggled with depression yourself you know someone who has, and the hacker community is not immune to the pressures of high stress jobs, abnormal sleep schedules, social depersonalization, and many of the other risk factors predisposing to substance use disorders or suicide.
Join Christian Dameff, a hacker moonlighting on the front lines of healthcare as an emergency medicine physician, and Jay Radcliffe, world-renowned security researcher who has struggled with and depression, ADHD and a variety of other mental health conditions, as they work to shatter the stigma and silence surrounding this monumental crisis affecting the hacker community - and society- at large. Combining the latest in evidence based medicine and pharmacology with powerful anecdotes of personal experience combatting depression, this talk will educate, challenge, and invigorate you with a hope-filled and simple message- you are not alone, and you are surrounded by friends who want to help.
Presenters:
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Christian Dameff MD MS / quaddi
- Emergency Medicine Physician & Clinical Informatics Fellow, University of California San Diego
as Christian Dameff
Dr. Christian "quaddi" Dameff is an emergency medicine physician and researcher. He is currently a Clinical Informatics fellow at the University of California, San Diego. Published works include topics such as therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest, novel drug targets for myocardial infarction patients, and other Emergency Medicine related works with an emphasis on CPR optimization. He also evaluates and treats patients suffering from all forms of mental illness in the Emergency Department. Dr. Dameff is also a hacker and security researcher interested in the intersection of healthcare, patient safety, and security. He has spoken at some of the world's most prominent hacker forums including DEF CON, Derbycon, BSides: Las Vegas, RSA, and is one of the co-founders of the CyberMed Summit, a novel multidisciplinary conference with emphasis on medical device and infrastructure cyber security. Published security topics include hacking 911 systems, HL7 messaging vulnerabilities, and malware's effects on patient care.
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Jay Radcliffe
- Security Researcher, Boston Scientific
Having spent fifteen years spent in the field of computer security, Jay Radcliffe has used just about every device made within the last decade. He gained notoriety in 2011 for presenting groundbreaking research on security vulnerabilities in medical devices at a world-renowned security conference. Bloomberg hailed the impact this research had on Congress and the FDA in a 2014 article on the "Top 10 Greatest White-Hat Hacks" of all time. In addition to having spoken multiple times at Black Hat USA, Jay has also spoken at the SANS Healthcare Cyber Security Summit, BSides Las Vegas, DEF CON, and other industry leading technology conferences. He holds a masters degree in Information Security Engineering from SANS Technology Institute as well as a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice/Pre-Law from Wayne State University.
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