Undersea Medicine
Deadline Extended to 10 NOV to Submit Flight/UMO Physicals
Flight Surgery
-Submit application without physical soonest (given already beyond deadline)
-Complete applicant flight physical by 10 Nov
-For those unable to complete applicant flight physical by 10 Nov, repeat/complete physicals will be performed at NAMI upon arrival.
-Risk is that student could have a delayed start to training (must meet physical standards prior to starting high risk training)
-Or student could be shifted to student Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) position
-Any questions, please reach out to CDR Matthew Doubrava
UMO
-Submit application without physical soonest (given already beyond deadline)
-Complete applicant dive physical by 10 Nov
-Any questions, please reach out to CAPT Richard Schreckengaust
REMINDER: Operational Medical Officer (OMO) Application Deadline 15 October
Please send your applications to be considered for the community as outlined as below:
Surface
Submit via the Surface Force Medical webpage:
https://esportal.med.navy.mil/bumed/rh/m3/m35/m355/Pages/SFMOApplication.aspx
If you send an email to the SFMO email (usn.ncr.bumedfchva.mbx.surface-force-med@health.mil), you will get an automatic reply advising you to use the SFMO webpage
Specialty Leader: cormac.j.oconnor.mil@health.mil
FMF
Specialty Leader: ellema.schollnberger@usmc.mil
Aerospace
UPDATE! The flight surgery application email box is back in service. Please send applications to USN NAS Pensacola NAVMED OTC NAMI FL List NAMI-FSAppCoord:
usn.pensacola.navmedotcnamifl.list.nami-fsappcoord@health.mil
Specialty Leader: matthew.doubrava@cvn75.navy.mil
UMO
usn.new-london.navmedotcnumict.mbx.numi-umoc@health.mil
Specialty Leader: richard.h.schreckengaust.mil@health.mil
Hot Fill – UMO, NMRTC Charleston – JUN 2023
- Who: O3-O5 Medical Corps Officers (any specialty)
- What: UMO, NMRTC Charleston
- Where: Charleston, SC
- When: Detach May/June, Report June (36 month orders)
Billet Description: Senior undersea medical officer (UMO’s) overseeing junior UMO’s in direct support of the Naval Reactors Program and Naval Power Training Unit.
Interested personnel should contact LCDR Derek Chamberlain, OMO Detailer.
Operational Medical Officer (OMO) Opportunities
PERS 4415 has provided the attached OMO opportunities list:
The list is current but will fluctuate throughout the detailing cycle. Residency-trained MC officers without previous operational experience are encouraged to apply as outlined in the attached memo and per BUMEDINST 1520.42B.
OMO applications are due to operational specialty leaders NLT 15 October 2022.
OMO detailing involves extensive cross-detailing at PERS. As such, communication is key. Officers must communicate their intentions to their detailer and community specialty leader(s).
Questions about OMO applications can be directed to the operational community specialty leader of the community to which you are applying:
· Aerospace Medicine and Flight Surgery – CAPT Robert J. Krause
· Fleet Marine Forces – CDR Debra D. Buckland-Coffee
· Surface Medicine – CAPT Mark J. Lenart
· Undersea and Dive Medicine – CAPT James J. Mucciarone
Additional information on OMO applications can be found here: https://esportal.med.navy.mil/bumed/m00/m00c/M00C1/SitePages/Home.aspx
Here’s a graphic for an info session happening on 13 SEP:
New Operational Medical Officer (OMO) Instruction is Out – You Now Apply for Flight, Dive, FMF, and Surface
BLUF – Officers will now not only apply for Flight Surgery or Undersea Medicine, but also Fleet Marine Force and Surface.
Attached is the new instruction that governs application for Operational Medical Officer (OMO) positions:
The old version only mentioned Flight Surgery (FS) and Undersea Medicine (UMO), but this one adds Surface and Fleet Marine Force (FMF), all under the banner of OMO. In addition, it creates the Undersea Medical Examiner, similar to the Aviation Medical Examiner, so that anyone who can’t complete UMO training has a landing spot if they can’t complete UMO training, similar to Flight. This is all part of our 5-year transition to straight-through GME, which will kick off at the next GME Selection Board, and residency trained physicians in support of the Fleet.
Anyone interested in this should read the instruction in its entirety as it is a complete re-write. Finally, anyone interested in applying for Surface or FMF opportunities in FY22 who does not already have that experience will be applying to a selection board like Flight and Dive always have. No longer do these simply go through the GMO Detailer.
If there are any questions after reading the instruction, please contact the POCs in the instruction or me.
One Way to Get Operationally Relevant and Advance Your Career – Go Undersea Medicine
Every year promotion boards are placing more emphasis on operational contributions. Here is one way to get operationally relevant if you are residency-trained:
Colleagues,
Residency trained physicians are encouraged to become Undersea Medical Officers. Positions are available with operational units, research facilities, training commands, MTFs, and overseas. If you would like more information about billets contact the Undersea Medicine Specialty Leader, CAPT James Mucciarone (contact info is below). If you would like information about training, visit the Naval Undersea Medical Institute website and go to the tab for Prospective Undersea Medical Officer (https://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmotc/numi/UMOApply/Pages/default.aspx).
V/R
James J. Mucciarone, MD, CPE
CAPT, MC, USN
Force Medical Officer
Commander Submarine Force
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Undersea Medicine Specialty Leader
Office: (808) 473-5789
Cell: (757) 817-7380
NIPR: james dot mucciarone at navy dot mil
Modified Dates for Flight and Dive Application to Align with GME Dates
Please see the message below that better aligns the application timeline for Undersea Medicine and Flight Surgery due to the COVID-altered GME timeline. Summary…Flight and Dive applicants will find out if they were selected the same date as they will for GME (6 JAN 2021) and have 2 weeks to accept/decline on the same day they do that for GME (20 JAN 2021).
MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/MAR//
SUBJ:/MODIFY BUMEDINST 1520.42A TO ALIGN WITH UNDERSEA MEDICINE AND AEROSPACE MEDICINE OFFICER CANDIDATE APPLICATION DUE DATES IN BUMEDNOTE 1524//
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REF/B/DOC/ BUMEDNOTE 1524/BUMED/31JUL20//
NARR/REF A IS THE APPLICATION GUIDANCE FOR UNDERSEA MEDICAL OFFICER AND AEROSPACE MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING. REF B IS THE 2020 JOINT SERVICE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION SELECTION BOARD APPLICATION PROCEDURES OUTLINING THE COVID-19 UPDATED CANDIDATE APPLICATION DUE DATES. REF A MUST BE MODIFIED TO ALIGN WITH REF B.//
RMKS/1. This ALNAV announces a modification to BUMEDINST 1520.42A to align with BUMEDNOTE 1524, which describes the COVID-19 altered timeline for Graduate Medical Education Application. Undersea Medicine (UM) and Aerospace Medicine (AM) Officer candidate application due dates are now the same as set-forth in the BUMEDNOTE 1524. Specifically, the updated deadline for acceptance/declination is 20 JAN 2021.
2. Mission. Align deadlines for Navy graduate medical education selection program, Undersea Medical Officer and Aerospace Medical Officer programs.
3. Policy. This ALNAV applies to all uniformed military Navy and Marine Corps personnel submitting an UM or AM Officer Candidate application during the remainder of Fiscal Year 2020 and Fiscal Year 2021.
4. Point of Contact. Please direct all questions to CAPT Joel Schofer, Deputy Chief, Medical Corps / UM Specialty Leader, joel.m.schofer.mil@mail.mil, (703) 681-8917; CAPT Mucciarone, UM Specialty Leader, james.mucciarone@navy.mil, (808) 473-5789; or CDR Robert Krause, AM Specialty Leader, robert.j.krause.mil@mail.mil, (757) 444-3520.
5. Released by RADM Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General, U.S. Navy.
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