Leonard Bachman, M.D., RADM, USPHS (Ret.)
Dr. Bachman is the former Commanding Officer of the U.S. Public Health Service’s Disaster Response Team, Director of Health Services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Director of the Public Health Service’s eight hospitals and 27 clinics, and Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. During his long and distinguished career, Dr. Bachman assisted with the establishment of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), coordinated the investigation into the initial outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease, and was responsible for the medical response to Hurricane Andrew. Dr. Bachman provides consultancy service s to the U.S. Marshall Service and numerous other organizations.
Kenneth D. Herbst, M.D., MG, USA (Ret.)
Dr. Herbst is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego. A hematologist/oncologist, General Herbst served 33 years in the Army and Army Reserve, serving as the commander fro several hospital units, a medical group, and two medical brigades. General Herbst’s military career culminated in assignments as Deputy Surgeon General, Mobilization, Readiness and Reserve Affairs, and as the founding Commander, Army Reserve Medical Command, leading some 28,000 medical soldiers. Dr. Herbst served a four-year term as Governor for the Southern California III Region of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. This is the second largest physician group in the U.S., and is dedicated to the advancement of access to medical care. As Governor, he was centrally involved in the organization’s local, state and federal policy-making efforts.
William McDaniel, M.D., RADM, USN (Ret.)
Dr. McDaniel served as the commander of Naval Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina, a key medical facility during Hurricane Hugo in 1989. He served as the Surgeon for the U.S. Pacific Command, and in 1992 assumed command of the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia. Since retiring from the navy in January, 1997, he has worked as a consultant or board member for multiple organizations, including: Imatron, Inc.; South Carolina Research Authority; Aliron International, Inc.; Center for Naval Analysis; Chairman of a Flag/General Advisory Board to the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University; U.S. Dental Alliance of San Antonio; and as a consultant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Honorable Rudy de Leon. In the summer of 2002, Dr. McDaniel became a contestant on ABC’s “The Mole II: The Next Betrayal,” and spent the summer in Switzerland and Italy participating in the filming of that show. Following the tragedy of September 11th, he became the federal liaison for Johns Hopkins University in preparing their Homeland Security plan. Since that time he has been a consultant for EADS North America on development of field medical hospitals, and is a part time consultant for EAI Corporation and for Northrup Grumman. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors for Mobile Air Applied Science, Inc, of Seattle, and is on the board of advisors for Avolix Pharmaceuticals of Phoenix, AZ. Dr. McDaniel was selected by the Commander, Pacific Fleet to head the advance team into Banda Aceh following the tsunami of December 2004, preceding USNS Mercy’s arrival. He spent two months in Banda Aceh working on issues of public health, then spent almost another month working on Nias Island, Indonesia, following the earthquake there.
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