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Biography
I have worked professionally in medicine, surgery, public health, and psychiatry. I was a
physician assistant from 1983 until I retired in 2010.
In 1984, I ran an
outpatient clinic for the
American Refugee Committee in
Nong Samet Refugee Camp on the Thai-Cambodian border. I then volunteered as a
surgical assistant at the
Huria Kristen Batak Protestant Hospital in
Balige, Sumatra ,
Indonesia . I worked in the prison infirmary at the
North Central Correctional Institution in Massachusetts for three years, then joined the
Peace Corps and served as a health volunteer in
Guinea-Bissau , where I ran a
community health center . Having acquired a working knowledge of Portuguese, I then went to
Mozambique , where I worked in a
prosthetics assistance project for amputees, run by
Health Volunteers Overseas . From there, I went to
Angola , where I was site manager in an immunization program run by the
International Medical Corps . From 1996 until 1997 I ran a malaria control program for
Doctors Without Borders in the
Yanomami indigenous area in Brazil, continuing the same program for
CCPY from 1998 until 2001. After obtaining a Master's Degree in public health at
Boston University , I ran a health education program for
Survivor Corps until 2010. I taught at
James Madison University , where I supervised
peer support programs for survivors of war-related violence who are affected by
PTSD . I was a Visiting
Assistant Professor there until 2017.
At various times, I have also worked in an
abortion clinic , on an
organ transplant team, in a
psychiatric hospital , in a
methadone clinic , in the Mozambican Ministry of Health, as assistant to an
orthopedic surgeon , and as a consultant for the
Clinton Foundation and for the
CDC . I have 14 publications in
peer-reviewed journals , on infectious disease, public health and peer support for survivors of war-related trauma. I now work as a
Crisis Intervention Clinician in a hospital emergency room.
I am interested in:
I have a particular interest in the life of
Mary Draper Ingles , one of my ancestors, and of other colonial-era Americans who recorded
captivity narratives about being taken prisoner by Native Americans or by the French.
Below are articles that I have either created or have provided significant input:
Historic Native American communities project
Frontier biographies project
Captivity narratives
Mary Draper Ingles project
Native American leaders project
Thai border refugee camp project
Miscellaneous biographies
Military
Pennsylvania colonial fort project
Geography
Archaeological sites
Public health
Miscellaneous