Skills

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  • Fluent (native) English
  • Functional though not fluent French
  • “Tourist” German and Dutch

Medical Operations and Management

  • Completed 30 year U.S. Army Medical Career with the rank of Colonel, predominantly in staff and command and in Aerospace Medicine, including service in multi-service organizations
  • Served as CEO/Commander of three hospitals, with outstanding success
  • Served on NATO International Military Staff for five years, with special emphasis on multinational operational and standardization issues.
  • Served on or as a consultant to Multiple NATO standardization groups and committees with interests in research, operational medicine, and standardization– Has personally had major influence on a large percentage of currently existing NATO multinational medical standardization documents
  • 18 years experience working closely with the multinational medical operations of NATO, usually in leadership and guidance roles

Publications

  • Published author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports (List available on request)
  • Member of Editorial Review Panel/Peer Reviewer for multiple medical journals

Previous Consultancies/Associations

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 18 years of experience serving as a member of (or as a consultant to) multiple standardization and operational Working Groups/Committees/Teams, including the Medical Standardization Working Group, the Medical Communications and Information Systems Expert Panel, and the Telemedicine Expert Team
  • NATO Joint Medical Committee
  • NATO Research and Technology Organization (primarily the Human Factors and Medicine Panel)
  • NATO Science for Peace Program (Special Consultant to the Security-Related Science and Technology [SST] Panel)
  • United Nations
  • University of Maryland National Study Center for Trauma and EMS
  • U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command)