HHS Region 6 - Regional Health Administrator's Biography

Joseph P. Iser, MD, DrPH, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and Occupational Medicine, with a broad background in primary care, public health, and medical education. He has specific interests in border health, international health, disaster medicine, and infectious diseases, with special interest in hepatitis. He is currently the Regional Health Administrator for Region VI (Dallas), where he provides oversight for emergency preparedness, family planning, women's health, and minority health programs and staff. He also has a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Michigan.

Current Position:

Professional Education:

Registration/Certification:

• MD license, State of Missouri, 19 May 1981 (R3B57), active

• Licensed Physician, Republic of Palau, 15 September 1995 (#9456), inactive

• Board Certified in Internal Medicine, 14 September 1983

• Board Certified in Occupational Medicine, 16 January 1995

• Board Certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 15 January 1996

• NOAA Dive Medical Officer, training completed August 1989

• US Air Force Flight Surgeon, training completed April 1988

Current Academic Appointments:

• Assistant Professor, Departments of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, December 1986 to present. Teach emergency medicine, internal medicine, medicine in austere environments, physical diagnosis, preventive medicine, and public health.

• Adjunct Associate Professor, Southern California College of Optometry, August 1994 to present. Public health.

Prior Assignments:

• Director, Office of Pacific Health and Human Services, Region IX, HHS/U.S. Public Health Service. September 1994 to July 1999. Coordinate work of the various Operating and Staff Divisions of HHS with grant programs in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Island Jurisdictions.

• Hepatitis Program Director, Centers for Disease Control and Health Resources and Services Administration, Region IX. August 1992 to September 1994. Direct clinical, professional, and program issues which impact hepatitis B education, prevention, and immunization activities nationwide.

• Associate Bureau Director for Clinical Affairs, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration. May 1990 to August 1992. Coordinate clinical aspects of health services programs, including National Health Service Corps, Community, Migrant, and Homeless Health Center programs.

• Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS. July 1986 to May 1990. See above, academic appointments.

• Associate Regional Health Administrator for Clinical Affairs. February 1985 to July 1986. Directed Regional Clinical Team (RCT), health promotion/disease prevention activities, and Division of Federal Employee Occupational Health (DFEOH).

• Director, DFEOH, Region VII; Deputy Director, RCT. April 1984 to February 1985. Clinical and administrative director of eleven Health Units, responsibilities above.

• Clinician in practice in Kansas City, Missouri. July 1982 to April 1984. Faculty appointment in Department of Internal Medicine, UMKC School of Medicine.

Professional Affiliations:

• American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine

• American College of Preventive Medicine

• American Public Health Association

• American Medical Association

• Commissioned Officers Association

• National Medical Association

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