Discipline
Expertise
Senior Aerospace Medical Consultant and Flight Surgeon specializing in accident reconstruction through injury pattern analysis; aerospace medicine and pathology; crew and passenger medical standards; airman certification procedures; human/physiological factors; and forensic, toxicology, and aviation physiology. Has participated in numerous aircraft accident investigations related to crashworthiness, hypoxia, drug effects, and identification or remains.
Academic Background
- Resident, Pathology, Wilford Hall, USAF Hospital, Lackland AFB, Texas, 1975 – 1979
- Resident, Aerospace Medicine, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas, 1973 – 1975
- M.D., Preventive Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1973
- M.S., Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1973
- D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine, University of Iowa, Ames, Iowa, 1967
Registration
- Diplomate, American Board of Pathology, Forensic Pathology, 1982
- Diplomate, American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1980
- Diplomate, American Board of Preventive Medicine, Aerospace Medicine, 1978
- Licensed to practice medicine in Iowa, 1974
Professional Experience
- Senior Aerospace Medical Consultant, RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, Maryland, 2006 – present
- Senior Aerospace Medical Consultant, rti/FTI, Annapolis, Maryland, 2003-2006
- Senior Medical Consultant, FTI Consulting, Annapolis, Maryland, 1997-2003
- Branch Manager, Certification Appeals and Research Branch, Office of Aviation Medicine, AAM-1, Washington, DC, 1993 – present
- Special Assistant to the Federal Air Surgeon, Federal Aviation Administration, 1988-1993 and 2003-present
- Chairman, Department of Forensic Sciences, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1985 – 1988
- Registrar – Hyperbaric Registry, American Registry of Pathology, 1987 – 1988
- Registrar – Forensic Pathology Registry, American Registry of Pathology, 1985 – 1988
- Chief, Division of Aerospace Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1982 – 1985
Professional Associations and Activities
- Senior Aviation Medical Examiner; Medical Review Officer – Industry Drug Program, Federal Aviation Administration, 1989
- Representative, FAA, TriService AeroMedical Research Panel, 1988 – 1990
- Military Consultant, US Air Force Surgeon General in Aerospace Pathology, 1987 – 1993
- Consultant, Aviation Pathology, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1987 – 1988
- Consultant to the Surgeon General in Pathology, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1985
- Secretary, Joint Committee of Aviation Pathology, 1984 – 1988
- Representative, AFIP, TriService AeroMedical Research Panel, 1984 – 1988
- Aerospace Medical Association (Fellow)
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences 1982 – 1988
- American Medical Association, 1974 – 1993
- American Society of Clinical Pathologists (Fellow)
- Association of USAF Flight Surgeons
- Air Force Association
- Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
- International Society of Air Safety Investigators
Teaching Activities
- Aircraft Accident Investigation, Pathology Aspects, Reno, Nevada, May 2001
- Faculty Senate Comparability Committee, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 1988 – 1993
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1986 – 1993
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine Environmental & Occupational Health, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 1983 – 1993
- Lecturer, Aviation Pathology, National Transportation Safety Board, 1987
- Lecturer, Forensic Pathology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1987 – 1993
- Course Director, Advanced Forensic Pathology, Quantico, VA, 1988
Promotion