US NavyAssistant Dental Officer
Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2011Navy Post-Graduate Dental School, NNMC BethesdaAssigned as Assistant Dental Officer aboard the USS Carl Vinson, a nuclear aircraft carrier with a crew of 2,500 and a full complement of 5,000 deployed as lead strike ship in Carrier Strike Group. Part of five dentists in the dental department. Supervised nine active-duty support personnel and appointed as director of Walking Blood Bank and Triage Officer in the advent of mass casualty events. Assisted in overhauling dental inventory tracking and developing a tracking system for supplies. Modernized Endodontic Treatment workflows, equipment, and supplies for deployments. Chief Comprehensive Dentist on board to provide advanced care while underway to 5,000 crew and embarked airwing teams and support members. Participated in Earthquake relief in Haiti in January 2010. Operation Southern Seas 2010 in South America. WESTPAC 2011 to Arabian Sea Region. Mass Casualty Triage Officer was Supervisor of Walking Blood Bank in the Dental Department.