Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant | Emergency & Disaster Medicine Leader
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Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant with more than 30 years of progressive clinical, military, and operational medical experience spanning emergency medicine, trauma, disaster response, combat casualty care, rural medicine, emergency preparedness, and healthcare leadership. Board-certified Physician Assistant with a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Emergency Medicine and postgraduate Emergency Medicine Fellowship training. Extensive experience practicing within Level I, II, and III trauma centers while simultaneously serving in senior operational medical leadership positions supporting national emergency preparedness missions.
Retired United States Navy Medical
Officer with extensive experience leading multidisciplinary teams during combat deployments, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) operations, mass casualty planning, interagency disaster response, and multinational military exercises. Recognized for calm leadership in high-acuity environments, systems-based emergency preparedness, operational planning, and collaborative partnerships with physicians, nursing leadership, EMS, law enforcement, fire services, FEMA, and international medical organizations. Committed to advancing rural emergency medicine, emergency preparedness, and patient-centered emergency care.
Extremely familiar with AI platforms such as DAX Copilot.
Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant - University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center - Largo, Maryland
(2021-12)
Provide comprehensive emergency medical care within a busy Level II Trauma Center caring for adult and pediatric patients with medical, surgical, and traumatic emergencies.
Staff Medical Officer - Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)
(2021-02 - 2023-10)
Served as senior operational medical officer supporting one of the Department of Defense's premier CBRNE response organizations.
Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant - Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune
(2018-03 - 2021-02)
Practiced independently within a high-volume Level III Trauma Center providing emergency care for active-duty military personnel, dependents, retirees, and civilian beneficiaries.
Emergency Medicine Fellowship - San Diego, California
(2016-05 - 2018-02)
Completed an intensive postgraduate Emergency Medicine Fellowship with advanced training in:
Combat Medical Officer — Operation Iraqi Freedom - Ramadi, Iraq
Directed combat medical support within austere operational environments.
Rural Medical Officer - Vietnam
Served as the sole healthcare provider supporting 106 Vietnamese employees and seven multinational military personnel.
Medical Liaison Officer - Romania
Supported multinational Marine Corps live-fire exercises through coordination with Romanian Level I trauma centers.
Master of Physician Assistant Studies - Physician Assistant Studies - Saint Francis University (2013)
Bachelor of Science - George Washington University (2004)
