GENERAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE / PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIAN - JOB DESCRIPTION
We serve as Medical Corps Officers and biochemists/toxicologists in a wide diversity of assignments:
- Research biochemists at the Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI), Bethesda, MD,the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, National Naval Dental Center, Bethesda, MD, NMRI/Toxicology Detachment, Wright Patterson AFB, OH, and the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.
- Forensic toxicologists/Drug Testing Program management at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rockville, MD, and the Navy Drug Screening Laboratories, Great Lakes, IL, Jacksonville, FL, and San Diego, CA.
- Drug Testing Program management at the Pentagon, Washington, DC and the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, Norfolk, VA.
- Clinical chemistry at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
- Instructors/associate department chairman at the United States Naval Academy, Department of Chemistry, Annapolis, MD.
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Environmental (CBRE) Training Team, fleet toxicology support at the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No. 5, San Diego, CA.
CAREER MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
- Medical Corps Update ~ Fall 1997
- 1997 Graduate Medical Education (GME) Selection Results (Dec 97)
- Medical Corps Special Pays
- Upcoming Medical Corps Awards
1998 AMSUS Award Program - Request for Nominations and the 1998 Joint Chiefs of Staff Award for Excellence in Military Medicine - Request for Nominations
Selection Board/Advancement Information
1998 Military Pay Rates - Direct from the Defense Finanace and Accounting Service (DFAS) Web Site!
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND MEDICAL EDUCATION
Announcing the 39th Navy Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine Workshop including the 7th Annual Health Promotion and 5th Annual Independent Duty Corpsman Conferences. These conferences will be held concurrently from 26 March to 3 April 1998 in San Diego, CA.
Prevention - Annual Medical Conference
BUMED Listing of Upcoming Conferences and Medical Education Oppourtunities
PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
Journal of Biological Chemistry
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American College of Preventive Medicine
Association of Preventive Medicine Residents
OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST
American Preventive Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Aerospace Medicine Programs Directory
Internet Public Library: Preventive Medicine Reference
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD
MEET YOUR SPECIALTY LEADER
RICHARD J. THOMAS
Captain
Medical Corps
United States Navy
CDR Marilyn R. Past was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. She graduated from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska in 1977 with a B.S. in biology. She earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Nebraska Medical Center's School of Medicine and received her commission as a Lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps in December 1982. Following completion of Officer Indoctrination School in Newport, Rhode Island, she reported to the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI), Bethesda, Maryland for duty as a Research Biochemist/Principal Investigator in February 1983. While at AFRRI, she also served as an instructor in the AFRRI Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons course.
In August 1985, she was transferred to the Navy Drug Screening Laboratory, Great Lakes, Illinois where she served as the Assistant Technical Director until June 1989. In 1989, she was recognized as a certified forensic drug screening laboratory inspector through completion of the National Laboratory Certification Program Drug Laboratory Inspectors course sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. From July 1989 -October 1991, she served as Executive Officer/Technical Director of the Navy Drug Screening Laboratory, Norfolk, Virginia. In October 1991, she received additional duty orders as Commanding Officer of the Navy Drug Screening Laboratory, Norfolk. In July 1994, she became the Commanding Officer, Navy Drug Screening Laboratory, Jacksonville, Florida. In October 1995, she became the Program Manager of the Navy Drug Testing Program, Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, Norfolk, Virginia. In February 1996, she assumed additional duties as the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Specialty Leader for Biochemistry/Toxicology.
CDR Past is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, and The Society of Forensic Toxicologists.
Her military decorations and awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards), the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the National Defense Service Medal and the Rifleman ribbon (sharpshooter).
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