Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health ServiceNurse Officer
Dec. 2005 - Oct. 2012• Served as co-chair of Nurse Professional Advisory Committee (N-PAC) Communications Sub-Committee. https://dcp.psc.gov/OSG/Nurse/about_npac2.aspx • Created the first N-PAC website and conducted webmaster training for the website workgroup. • Served as the lead conference planner for the Nurse Category at the 2009 USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium. https://www.phscof.org/symposium
• Served as support detail for the Global Health Security Initiative Ministers Meeting, October 31, 2007.
• Served on a workgroup examining officer behavior standards on deployments, March-April 2008. • Member of National Incident Support Team (NIST A), July 2009 – Oct 2012. • Participated in a National Special Security Event training with the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), July 22-27, 2011.
• Deployed to Incident Command Post Mobile, AL, for Deepwater Horizon response, August 1-14, 2010, as Medical Unit Planner.
• Deployed to medical strike team at the 26th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day Services in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2007.
• Deployed to medical strike teams at 2007 and 2008 Independence Day Celebrations in Washington, DC.
• In September-October 2007, deployed as a nurse officer on the USNS Comfort as part of Operation Continuing Promise, a 4-month tour of Latin America and the Caribbean to bring modern medical care and conduct medical training in 12 countries. Over 385,000 patient treatments were completed, along with 1,170 surgeries, more than 20 community-improvement projects, 17,700 livestock vaccinations, and more than 25,000 dental patients treated.