Publications

• U.S. Navy IH Data Study
• Sampling for CBRNE Agents

Chemical Exposure Analysis using Math Models

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

- Ten years’ experience in counting and identification of asbestos fibers (1987 -1997) - Designed and documented clean-up and sampling procedures of USMC Harrier AV-8B mishap, Havelock, NC. Among the first scientists to collect data on damaged composite fiber materials (1988) - Designed, supervised, and assisted with cleanup of major asbestos removal project, Naval Air Rework Facility, MCAS Cherry Point, NC (1988) - Led team of physicians through Combat Trauma Care Training, Brooks AFB, Texas (1987) - Combat Casualty Care Training - Okinawa, Japan (1990) - Provided industrial hygiene support from Naval Base Subic, Philippines, for asbestos removal and remediation after major steam pipe explosion on board USS MIDWAY (1990) - Survived Mt. Pinatubo volcanic explosion, Subic Bay, Philippines. Provided industrial hygiene services and emergency response throughout Mt. Pinatubo disaster of June 1991, including asbestos identification. Sampled exposures to ash for traffic and construction workers. Collected data was used to allow families to return to the Subic Naval Complex after the disaster (1991) - Identified over 500 samples of asbestos containing material aboard USS INDEPENDENCE. Designed, supervised, and performed asbestos rip-outs while at sea. Performed all clearance sampling. Coordinated Status of Forces Agreement with nation of Japan and Yokosuka Naval Shipyard for asbestos removal procedures (1992-1994) - Member of Damage Control Evaluation and Training Team, USS INDEPENDENCE. Trained crew members in response procedures to chemical and biological attacks on the ship (1992-1994) - Measured sailor exposures to JP-5 jet fuel USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) (1993) - Deployed within 8 hours to respond to concerns by U.S. Marines at Port Um’Said, Qatar over potential arsenic exposures (1995) - Responded to spill of container full of hazardous materials, that had turned over at the military airfield in Taszar, Hungary (1996) - Rapid deployment to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in support of asbestos contamination issue for U.S. Air Force at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1996) - Environmental Site Assessments for Military Deployments Training – Pearl Harbor, HI (2002) - Supervised reporting requirements to Naval Safety Center for eight Class A Mishaps including the USS Greeneville - Ehime Maru collision (2000-2004) - Homeland Security Medical Executives Course - FT Sam Houston, TX (2004) - Director of Industrial Hygiene, Navy Environmental Health Center, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Supervised development of HAPSITE Field Portable Gas Chromatograph in support of Forward Deployed Preventive Medicine Units (FDPMUs) (2004-2007)