Director, Military Infectious Diseases Research Program – O5/O6
DHA is advertising for the Director, Military Infectious Diseases Research Program. This is a great chance for an O-6/senior O-5 to shape infectious disease research and development across the enterprise. The desired report date is June 2020; eligible candidates must be in their PCS window.
Page 21 of this document contains the position qualifications. Packages need to include:
- CV
- Bio
- ODC (ensure assignment history is accurate, or provide accurate assignment history as a separate document)
- Letter of Intent
- PERS/Specialty Leader concurrence/impact statement
In order to get this to DHA by their deadline, CDR Melissa Austin (contact in the global) is going to need all applications by Dec 2, 2019. Applications should be submitted to her as a single PDF.
Director, Combat Casualty Care Research Program – O5/O6
DHA is advertising for the Director, Combat Casualty Care Research Program position. This is a great chance for an O-6/senior O-5 to shape research and development activities for lifesaving strategies/capabilities; surgical capabilities; biological, mechanical and autonomous processes; and the far forward use of artificial intelligence and telemedicine technologies for the entire Defense Health Program – definitely a way to ensure Navy Medicine needs have an advocate in the R&D world.
Desired report date is June 2020; eligible candidates must be in their PCS window.
Page 16 of this document contains the position qualifications. Packages need to include:
- CV
- Bio
- ODC (ensure assignment history is accurate, or include a complete assignment history as a separate document)
- Letter of Intent
- PERS/Specialty Leader concurrence/impact statement
In order to get this to DHA by their deadline, all applications need to be sent to CDR Melissa Austin (contact is in the global) NLT Dec 2, 2019. Applications should be
submitted to her as a single PDF.
Free Clinical Resources
Here are some free clinical resources recently sent out by the OB/GYN Specialty Leader, CDR Lamb:
Audio Digest Platinum
Lectures from over 350 meetings and 16 specialties that you can use to earn CME. It also has a dashboard of quiz questions for board preparation and self-assessment. It comes in an app so you can use it on your phone as well.
Here are some handouts:
Open Athens Account
This allows you to access free journal articles and textbooks away from work (on your home computer or phone). See the info below for information on how to set up an account.
Here is the link for self-registration for access to create an Athens account:
https://register.openathens.net/med.navy.mil/registerYou now have the capability to self-register using the following email domain addresses:
@ah19.navy.mil @fe.navy.mil @lpd9.navy.mil @us.army.mil
@ah20.navy.mil @health.mil @mail.mil @uscg.mil
@cvn68.navy.mil @jtfgtmo.southcom.mil @mcw.usmc.mil @usmc.mil
@cvn69.navy.mil @lhd1.navy.mil @me.navy.mil @usmc-mccs.org
@cvn70.navy.mil @lhd2.navy.mil @me.usmc.mil @va.gov
@cvn71.navy.mil @lhd3.navy.mil @med.navy.mil @vb.socom.mil
@cvn72.navy.mil @lhd4.navy.mil @navsoc.socom.mil @whmo.mil
@cvn73.navy.mil @lhd5.navy.mil @navy.mil
@cvn74.navy.mil @lhd6.navy.mil @ndu.edu
@cvn75.navy.mil @lhd7.navy.mil @nrl.navy.mil
@cvn76.navy.mil @lhd8.navy.mil @soc.mil
@cvn77.navy.mil @lpd5.navy.mil @socom.mil
@cvn78.navy.mil @lpd6.navy.mil @swflant.navy.mil
@dha.mil @lpd7.navy.mil @tma.osd.mil
@eu.navy.mil @lpd8.navy.mil @us.af.milIf your email domain is not in the list above or if you are unable to use the self-registration process, please send me an email with your information and medical specialty/position and I will create an account for you. (Working with the vendor to update the website)
Select Navy Medicine Electronic Library as your library
Once you complete the self-registration process the system will send you an email from athens@bianca.eduserv.org.uk with a link to allow you to create a password for use with the system.
Passwords are case sensitive, between 8 and 20 characters long, and contain a mix of letters and non-letters. They cannot be the same as your username, contain ascending or descending series of characters or common patterns.
The system will send an email to your new email address with a link for you to click on to confirm your new address is correct.
You must activate your account by using this link included in the email from
athens@bianca.eduserv.org.uk.Here is the link to logon to Athens
https://my.openathens.net/Here is the link in case you forget your password for your account. You
will need you username and the email account currently associated with your
account on the Athens system to recover your password.
https://login.openathens.net/auth#forgottenpasswordAfter you have logon to the system, you can change your password and update
your email address information on the “My Account” tab.Passwords are case sensitive, between 8 and 20 characters long, and contain a mix of letters and non-letters. They cannot be the same as your username, contain ascending or descending series of characters or common patterns.
Please update your current duty station, email address and phone # in the Global Address Listing so that we may contact you (if required).
Update Global Address List (GAL)
https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/identitymanagement/authenticate.do?execution=e2s1I would suggest that you bookmark these links in your favorites.
Any questions/problems or if I may be of additional service or support
please let me know.Very Respectfully,
James H. Coyle, CSM
Program Manager – Navy Medicine electronic Library (NMeL)
Solution Delivery Division – Health Services SupportDefense Health Agency, Solution Delivery Division, Deputy Assistant Director
Information Operations/J-6 (DAD IO/J-6)300 Convent St, Suite 1100, San Antonio, TX 78205
AECOM/URS Federal Services, Inc..
Support Contractor/Trusted AgentOffice Phone: 210-536-7108
DSN Auto Attendant: 761-1153 – Option # 1 then Dial: 536-7108
Email: james dot h dot coyle dot ctr at mail dot mil
USUHS Brigade Commander – CAPT/CAPT(s)
The Uniformed Services University (USU) is accepting applications for their Brigade Commander position. The incumbent will be leaving USU next summer (June 2020). Candidates should be a CAPT/CAPT(s) and available to PCS to the DC area; desired tour length is 3 years. Here is a brief position description.
Packages should be submitted to CDR Melissa Austin (contact info in the global) NLT 15 Nov 2019 in order to allow for internal processing at BUMED. Please include the following in a single PDF file:
- CV
- Bio
- Letter of interest “that includes a summary of military and civilian education, assignment history, and the names and contact information of three references”
SG’s Farewell Message
Shipmates,
As I complete my tour as your Surgeon General and almost 40 years of military service, I want you to know how proud I am of Navy Medicine and each of you for all that you do every day to care for those who have or are sacrificing and serving to defend and protect us. You don’t do it for money, for fame, for glory…..or for any other reason than to help those in need and I am proud of you beyond words. I asked you to do three things:
– Honor the trust that is placed in our hands every day by those we serve and their families to do all in our power to provide them the best care our nation can offer and, one day, return them home safely and alive. Providing that care doesn’t just occur in our medical centers, hospitals, clinics, sick bays, or aid stations…..it also occurs in our labs in the research we are doing to protect the force, in our support commands in the work they do to ensure our commands have what they need to honor the trust, and in our training commands as we train and prepare those who will not only safeguard that trust but will, one day, take our place on the watch.
– Honor the uniform you wear. We represent life, hope, caring, compassion, and strength to countless thousands around the world today whose lives have been saved or improved by Navy Medicine. That uniform is not only the military uniform of our active and reserve shipmates, it is also the civilian uniform that our civilian colleagues wear every day. All of you have dedicated your lives to service and all of you carry on that tradition and heritage that is the hallmark of Navy Medicine: selfless service to others.
– Honor the privilege of leadership. Each of you is a leader and, as leaders, we put an additional trust in your hands: our future. As leaders, you guide, groom, mentor, and prepare those shipmates of our team entrusted to you who will, one day, take your place on the watch. Like those we serve, every one of them has family back home who is hoping, praying, and depending on us to care for them, watch out for them, and, one day, return them home safely as well. It is a trust that must be earned every day and I am so proud of each of you and all you have done, and continue to do, every day to honor that trust.
These have also been times of incredible change as we have witnessed what is becoming the most significant changes to military medicine in over 50 years. With change comes both concern over what the future will be….but also prospects of realizing a better future that, while different from one we might have imagined, is filled with promise and opportunity in allowing us to better honor that trust, preserving and protecting that force to which we have dedicated our professional careers. Despite the change and uncertainty, you have persevered and kept focus on what’s important: those we serve. You have also taken advantage of the opportunities that change presents us and I am so proud of all you have done. Innovative programs like Connected Corpsmen in the Community, Value Base Care for primary care, Corpsmen Trauma Training, amazing advances in medical research in all our labs, innovative changes to curriculum and training to better prepare our shipmates for service and for making a difference, to name just a few, all bear witness to your commitment, your ingenuity, your dedication to those we serve.
Now, more than ever, our nation needs a strong military and, in particular, a strong Navy and Marine Corps. We have, and always will be, a maritime nation. We live in tumultuous times and in a world that is far from stable or at peace. A Navy and Marine Corps that is healthy, ready, and on the job to be where it matters, when it matters, is vital to our national security, our prosperity, our way of life, and our ability to pass on to our children the greatest gift we will ever leave them: freedom. Every day, you ensure that force is healthy and on the job to protect our nation and our interests around the world, whether that is deterrent presence, humanitarian assistance, disaster response, or operations against those who would attempt to undermine and defeat us….you are there to protect and preserve that force and I am proud of each of you for the magnificent job you are doing. You are making a difference!
As I close this chapter of almost 40 years of service, I know our Navy and Marine Corps is in good hands because they are in your hands. I know you will continue to do what you have always done since the founding of our nation: honor the trust. I wish each of you all life’s blessings ahead and please know that you go forward with my deepest thanks and admiration for all you do. Thank you shipmates and may God, in His love and wisdom, bless each of you as you have blessed my family and I with the privilege and honor of serving with you.
Godspeed and safe journeys ahead!
V/r
Forrest
Forrest Faison III, M.D.
VADM MC USN
Surgeon General, U.S. Navy
Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
SECNAV Year 3 Strategic Vision, Goals, and Implementation Guidance
Here’s a link to this recently released document:
SECNAV Year 3 Strategic Vision, Goals, and Implementation Guidance
Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison, III, Retires as Navy’s 38th Surgeon General
Story by Angela Ciancio (original link here)
WASHINGTON (NNS) – Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison, III, the Navy’s 38th Surgeon General, celebrated the culmination of 39 years of active duty service at a retirement ceremony at the Navy Yard in Washington, DC, Oct. 25, 2019.
Secretary of the Navy, Richard V. Spencer presided over the ceremony, and former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, USN (Ret.), gave remarks.
“I’m particularly grateful for the steady hand Admiral Faison provided in our military medical transformation efforts, strengthening readiness and increasing maneuverability. Thanks to his efforts and the hard work of all of our Navy medical professionals, the Department is better prepared to confront a complex world & respond wherever needed,” said Spencer.
The ceremony commemorated both Faison’s career as well as the role of Navy Medicine in the support to the daily readiness of the Fleet and Marine Corps.
“It has been the privilege of a lifetime to honor the trust placed in our hands by those we serve and their families,” said Faison. “The Navy Medicine team is ready and dedicated to doing everything within our power to provide those we serve with the best care our nation can offer so that each Sailor and Marine can return home safely and alive.”
A native of Norfolk, Virginia and Cleveland, Ohio, Faison graduated from Rocky River High School in Cleveland. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from Wake Forrest University in 1980 and received a commission as a Naval officer through the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in 1980, completing his medical degree in 1984 at USUHS. He is also a board certified and a Distinguished Professor of Military Medicine and an associate clinical professor in pediatrics.
During his tenure as Surgeon General, Faison led the way as Navy Medicine redefined itself from a primarily military treatment facility-based care model to a readiness focused, critical wartime enterprise in support of operational medical platforms and enhanced Fleet and Marine Corps Operational unit integration.
Among his many contributions to improving Navy Medicine, Faison dedicated himself to ensuring Hospital Corpsmen were prepared to fight tonight as he directed a comprehensive review, rewrite and update of the Hospital Corpsman “A” school curriculum. His attention to the Hospital Corpsman trauma training curriculum leveraged civilian partnerships to augment the clinical and trauma training experiences to better prepare warrior caretakers for casualty responses.
He established the Navy’s Global Health Specialist Program to ensure professionals who have global health experience, skills and training receive specialized certifications to fill key positions across the Department of Defense, interagency and international communities. As part of this effort, Navy Medicine successfully conducted a trauma collaborative exchange with the government of Vietnam to provide emergency medicine services. The resulting effort strengthened allied medical trauma capacities and provided Navy medical teams the opportunity to sustain their trauma skills in an unfamiliar and resource-constrained environment.
Faison also led the first deployment of the Department of Defense’s $4.3 billion electronic health record system “MHS GENESIS” at Naval Hospital Bremerton and Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor, Washington. The new computer system will be implemented at all military medical facilities to manage health information in a single health record across the continuum of care for service members, veterans, and their families.
As Faison retires, Rear Adm. Terry Moulton will serve as the Acting Navy Surgeon General until a new Surgeon General is confirmed.
“As I close this chapter of almost 40 years of service, I know our Navy and Marine Corps is in good hands because they are in your hands. I know you will continue to do what you have always done since the founding of our nation: honor the trust,” Faison said. “I wish each of you all life’s blessings ahead and please know that you go forward with my deepest thanks and admiration for all you do.”
Navy Medicine is a global health care network of 63,000 personnel that provide health care support to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, their families and veterans in high operational tempo environments, at expeditionary medical facilities, medical treatment facilities, hospitals, clinics, hospital ships and research units around the world.
Navy’s Fitness Test Overhaul Enters Next Phase
Here’s a link to this Military.com article about the upcoming revised PFA/PRT:
Fall 2019 USUHS Newsletter and How to Get a Faculty Appointment
Here is the newsletter:
Faculty Development Newsletter Fall 2019
The newsletter contains info on getting a faculty appointment, but here is an explanation recently sent out at NMC Portsmouth:
For those who help train USUHS students (medical students, NP trainees,
nurse anesthesia students, etc.), did you know that you are eligible for a
faculty appointment at USUHS? Why obtain a faculty appointment? If you
have an interest in academic medicine, a faculty appointment is an important
part of your CV. If you are going to make a career in academic medicine,
the longer you hold a faculty appointment, the better your chances for
faculty promotion. Outside the military, promotion equates to more salary
and is sometimes necessary to be considered for certain academic positions.So how do you get one? First, you need to determine what academic “rank”
you are eligible for. See the Clinicians Flow Chart attachment, but for
most the deciding factor will be if you have routine versus random/episodic
teaching of USUHS students. Clinicians who regularly teach USUHS students
generally will qualify to become a Clinical Assistant Professor. Those with
intermittent, random or episodic teaching can be appointed an Adjunct
Instructor or Adjunct Assistant Professor.To apply, you will need to gather the appropriate documents per the
appointment promotion checklist attachment. For example, to become a
Clinical Assistant Professor you will need:– to complete the Online Faculty Appointment Application
– a CV in AAMC Format
– a letter of recommendation from the local department chair or
program director
– a command endorsement (this is usually brief, at the end of the
above letter of recommendation)
– complete a USU Form 107This information is then forwarded to the appropriate USUHS Department POC
(see the dept POCs attachment) who then presents this for appointment to the
University. Subspecialists fall under the parent specialty (for example,
Ophthalmology would go to Surgery). More information is available at:
https://www.usuhs.edu/medschool/faculty/appointmentandpromotions
Hot Fill – O6 Deputy to N17 (21st Century Sailor Office)
This is an opportunity for a CAPT/CAPT(s) to step outside the usual Navy Medicine lifelines and have a major impact on the Navy. OPNAV N17 (this would be CNO staff) is looking for a Deputy for RDML Sobeck, Director of the 21st Century Sailor program.
This is very short fuse, anyone who is interested (and in their PCS window) should reach out to CDR Melissa Austin at BUMED (contact is in the global) ASAP.
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