My Resume

My Resume

The following are papers that I have researched during the last academic year:

Research Methods - SMART Readiness

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States Army has faced an increase in deployments in support of humanitarian relief, disaster assistance and counter-terrorism missions. The purpose of this study was to identify predictors for readiness for Special Medical Augmentation Response Teams (SMART). This study reports an innovative application of multivariate approaches to predict readiness. The sample consisted of 300 readiness ratings. Medical readiness report data for fiscal year 2002 were used to estimate a multiple regression model of readiness for the categories of readiness, the quarters of the fiscal year, the geographical region, and the type of team. Multivariate correlations between 17 independent variables and the dependent variable, overall readiness rating, were calculated. The overall average readiness rating of 25 teams was 1.43. Measures of categories of readiness, fiscal quarters, and regional variation made statistically significant contributions to the shared variance in overall readiness, and yielded an R² of .376 (F(13,28)= 13.24; p < .0001). The results of this study, their usefulness for enhancing leaderships ability to evaluate readiness of SMARTs, and their implications for doctrine development are discussed. By improving SMART readiness, the Army Medical Department may better plan, prepare, and execute the vital mission of homeland defense.

US Health Policy - Considering a National Health System: Integrated Health Economics, Social Choice, and Health Policy

This paper is based on Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice (1998), by Professor Victor R. Fuchs. Economics and health care are irrefutably linked. Much of the U.S. economy hinges on consumer and third party spending on health care and medical treatment. Professor Fuchs prevailing theme that individuals and society must necessarily exercise choices, and that these choices determine much about the final product of health, is applied through the use of chapter summaries of the book integrated with another health policy textbook. This paper also discusses the major reasons Fuchs identifies as promoting the need for a national healthcare system, and the overriding U.S. beliefs and issues that have prevented the adoption of such a system.

Managed Care - Defined Contribution Health Plans

Managed care today faces continued transformation in an effort to wrestle rising health care costs and meet the needs of increasingly sophisticated and well-informed consumers. With a combination of traditional cost controls with greater individual choice and participation, defined contribution plans are considered by some to be the future salvation of the American health care industry. Despite the promise of these health accounts, however, there is still a lack of evidence supporting the success of defined contribution in controlling employee costs. In addition, both employees and employers may not welcome such a change so readily, showing a reluctance to adopt new indemnity arrangements until their effectiveness has been tested within the market (Conner, 2000). Either way, defined contribution will continue to be studied and adapted by the industry to explore its potential viability.

The following is my professional CV

Personal Information

Medical Service Corps, United States Army

Education

B.S. Communications (Advertising/Marketing)

Professional Experience

2002 - Present U.S. Army-Baylor University Graduate Program in Health Care Administration

Graduate Student in Health Care Administration

General Hospital - Korea

Chief of Military Personnel

Responsible for all human resources administration for over 400 medical personnel (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and medical technicians) who provide health care to military personnel.

Army Hospital - Germany

Chief of Operations and Training

Responsible for operational training and unit status reporting, US Army Reserve reception and integration into the organization, Joint Commission Emergency Preparedness planning,

Medical Company Commander

Commander, responsible for the health, welfare, and training of 125 people. The unit provided health care to the US military community with over 36,000 beneficiaries.

Responsible for physical security for Army Hospital compound Served as the Patient Representative for the hospital, resolving all patient issues

Medical Administrative Officer

Health care administrator for nine satellite primary care health clinics serving over 60,000 beneficiaries, with $10 million dollar annual budget.

Personnel Officer

Responsible for all human resources administration for over 1000 military support personnel who provide medical, transportation, maintenance, logistics and nuclear, biological chemical surveillance to a US Army Infantry Division.

    Chief of Marketing

Managed all marketing activities for the Department of Defense TRICARE medical program throughout the Southwestern United States. Supervised all health-related marketing for over 200,000 beneficiaries in West Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada.

Executive Assistant Aide-de-Camp

Responsible for supporting scheduling, transport, protocol, VIP management and other arrangements for medical centers chief executive officer.

Medical Administrative Officer

Health care administrator responsible for all administration and management functions of the Departments of Pediatrics and OB/GYN.

Awards received

Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal (three awards), Army Achievement Medal (two awards), National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and various unit and service awards.

Community Service

Habitat for Humanity           South Korea

Community Soccer Manager          Lower Franconia, Germany

Professional Association

Student applicant - American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE)

Health Care Financial Management

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Life member - First Infantry Division

I also speak, read and write German and am beginning to learn Czech

After my military career, I hope to work for an International NGO or for the US State Department

Currently working at Walter Reed Army Medical Center