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PHS ######, Medical Category, CV cover sheet, March 31, 2004
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
7/97-7/99Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) fellowship at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
1/1996Board certified in Occupational Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine
7/93-6/95Occupational Medicine Residency, JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Baltimore, Maryland
7/93-5/94Masters in Public Health (MPH), JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Baltimore, Maryland
7/88-6/89Internship, ChicagoMedicalSchool, Chicago, Illinois
8/84-5/88Medical Doctorate (MD), University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
8/81-5/84Bachelor of Arts (BA), Magna Cum Laude, TransylvaniaUniversity, Lexington, Kentucky
OVERALL PERFORMANCE
Have been exceptionally productive at NIOSH as the primary medical officer on over 100 health hazard evaluations since 1997, including major research projects with more than 20 publications, and wide variety of additional duties
CAREER PROGRESSION AND POTENTIAL
12/2003Assimilated into Regular Corps (applied in 2000)
12/2003Change of billet to medical officer IV, nonsupervisory. Remain in O-6 billet and as team leader
3/02-6/02Acting Deputy Director, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies
9/2000Promoted to medical officer IV, supervisory O-6 billet
2000Fellow, AmericanCollege of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
7/1999Completed EIS and promoted to temporary O-5, USPHS
7/1997Call to duty as an O-4 in USPHS, EIS officer at CDC/NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio
2/1996Promoted to Flight Commander, 78th Medical Group, Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia
7/1995Appointed Chief of Occupational Medical Services, Robins AFB, Georgia
7/1994Promoted to O-4, United States Air Force
10/1992Assigned as Flight Surgeon, March AFB, California
2/1991Assigned as General Medical Officer, March AFB, California
7/1989Assigned as General Medical Officer, Peterson AFB, Colorado
5/1988Promoted to O-3, United States Air Force Reserves, Lexington, Kentucky
4/1984Commissioned as O-1 in the United States Air Force Reserves, Lexington, Kentucky
PHS AWARDSNon-PHS AWARDS
2004 - National Emergency Preparedness Award2004 - Marvin D. Mills Award for Workplace
2004 - Outstanding Unit CitationCultural Diversity
2003 - Regular Corps Ribbon 2003 - Cummings Award
2003 - Field Medical Readiness Badge 2002 - American Industrial Hygiene Association Best
2003 - Commendation MedalIndoor Environmental Quality Paper of the Year
2002 - Outstanding Unit Citation2002 - Investigator Award, 2002 COA conference
2002 - Citation2002 - HHS Secretary’s Recognition Award for Heroism
2002 - Crisis Response Service Award 2000 - Finalist, J.D. Lane Junior Investigator Award
2002 - Commissioned Corps Training Ribbon1997 - Air Force Commendation Medal
2001 - Achievement Medal1993 - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
1999 - Unit Commendation1993 - Air Force Commendation Medal
1998 - Bicentennial Unit Commendation1992 - Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
1991 - National Defense Service Medal
1990 - Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
RESPONSE READINESS
- Fully deployable in public health role as epidemiologist and recently awarded Field Medical Readiness Badge
- Agency deployments include investigation of respiratory symptoms among poultry processors requested by state of Iowa; investigation of laboratory acquired anthrax infection in Texas, investigation of occupational exposure to Bacillus anthracis among federal investigators at AMI building in Florida; deployment to CDCEmergencyOperationsCenter for 9/11/01 disaster and Occupational Health Team Co-lead in SARS outbreak. Note: Primary job duties are conducting Health Hazard Evaluations (deployments throughout U.S.in response to requests for assistance from federal, state, or local governments, or workers, unions, or management in private industries)
SERVICE TO PHS COMMISSIONED CORPS
- Active member of Hispanic Officers Advisory Committee, serving two terms as recorder
- Division representative on the NIOSH Commissioned Corp Committee
- Cincinnati Commissioned Officers Association, 2 terms as recording secretary, 1 as corresponding secretary
- Active participant in the Physician’s Professional Advisory Committee
- USPHS Associate Recruiter and member of NIOSH Commissioned Corps Awards Board
- Mentor minority summer interns and responsible for recruitment of division’s first senior COSTEP