Partner and Staff Emergency Physician

Education                                                                                                                       
1999-2002
Emergency Medicine
Residency Madigan Army Medical Center
University of Washington Residency Fort Lewis, Washington

1997-1998
Transitional Internship 
Madigan Army Medical Center Fort Lewis, Washington           

Degrees
1997 Doctor of Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine; Bethesda, Maryland

1990 Master of Science
Public Policy Analysis University of Rochester, College of Arts and Sciences; Rochester, New York.

1989 Batchelor of the Arts, Health and Society
University of Rochester, College of Arts and Sciences; Rochester, New York                                                                                                        

Military Assignments
Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Womack Army Medical Center Fort Bragg, NC
Long term strategic, and day to day, management of Department of Emergency Medicine with over 75,000 visits and 6,000 EMS calls.  Approximately 15-20 percent of ED visits are pediatrics.  Responsible for over 130 combined military, civilian, and contract personnel and all department budgets.  Serve on Executive Committee of the Medical Center Staff, Risk Management, Graduate Medical Education, and Medical Center performance Improvement committees.  Developing long term plan for Department as beneficiary population expands, including a doubling of ED space.  Prior positions include:  EMS Medical Director and Assistant Chief.

Squadron Surgeon, 4th Squadron, 7th US Calvary, Camp Stanton Korea.
Responsible for advising the Commander and performing medical planning for a combat unit of over 800 personnel with both rotary wing and ground assets.  Supervised and managed the operation of wo primary care clinics, a medical supplies budget in excess of $90,000, one Physician Assistant, and 28 Medics. 

Military Instruction
Flight Surgeon’s Primary Course
Fort Rucker, Alabama

Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties
Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland and Frederick, Maryland                              

Military Medical Humanitarian Assistance Course Department of Pediatrics, Madigan Army Medical Center Fort Lewis, Washington        

Civilian Employment
1990-1993 New England Medical Center
Department of Quality Assessment: Boston, Massachusetts
Research Assistant, Systems Project Coordinator.  Department efforts focused on the development and implementation of outcomes measures, in terms of both functional assessment and customer satisfaction.  Also provided services as an independent private consultant to New England Medical Center departments in their studies and research. 

Activities
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Fellow Examiner, Oral Board Review Course
American College of Emergency Physicians
Madigan Army Medical Center
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Henrietta Volunteer Ambulance Service, Inc.

Professional
American Heart Association:  Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor
American Heart Association:  Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor
American College of Surgeons:  Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider
American Board of Emergency Medicine, Diplomat
North Carolina Medical License
New York State Medical License

Research
Womack Army Medical Center
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Applied research into factors associated with Emergency Department stays exceeding six hours.  Ongoing.

New England Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts
In depth involvement in the establishment of the Department of Quality Assessment.  This department conducted publication quality, in-depth, instrument and measure development and reporting of both Outcomes Measures and Patient Satisfaction.  Extensive work on Emergency Department patient satisfaction measures and quality assessment.

Master’s Thesis:
“Application of the MedisGroups Index Severity System as a modifier to the DRG System”.  University of Rochester, Rockester, New York. 1990.