Academic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Pathology
Email:
Location:
Baltimore-VAMC 4D-115
Phone (Primary):
(410) 605-7250
Phone (Secondary):
(410) 605-7000 x5322
Fax:
(410) 605-7911
Education and Training
Education
University of Maryland 1980 MD
School of Medicine
Baltimore MD 21201
The Johns Hopkins University 1976 BA
College of Arts & Sciences
Baltimore MD 21218
Work Experience
1989 – Present Staff Pathologist VAMHCS, Baltimore MD
1988 – 1989 Computer Consultant, Baltimore MD
1985 – 1988 Chief Biomedical Scientist,Automated Diagnostic Systems, Inc, Arlington VA
1985 – 1985 Staff Pathologist, VAMC, Baltimore MD
1982 – 1985 Pathology Resident, UMMH, Baltimore MD
1981 – 1982 Internal Medicine Resident, MCV, Richmond VA
1980 – 1981 Pathology Resident, UMMH, Baltimore MD
1972 – 1978 Mathematician, Naval Ship Engineering Center, Washington DC
Research/Clinical Keywords
Identification & laboratory evaluation of soldiers injured by depleted uranium or improvised shrapnel.
Highlighted Publications
1. The Gulf War depleted uranium cohort at 20 years: bioassay results and novel approaches to fragment surveillance. McDiarmid MA, Gaitens JM, Hines S, Breyer R, Wong-You-Cheong JJ, Engelhardt SM, Oliver M, Gucer P, Kane R, Cernich A, Kaup B, Hoover D, Gaspari AA, Liu J, Harberts E, Brown L, Centeno JA, Gray PJ, Xu H, Squibb KS.
Health Phys. 2013 Apr;104(4):347-61. PMID: 23439138
Additional Publication Citations
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Implementation of Pharmacogenetics:The University of Maryland Personalized Anti-Platelet Pharmacogenetics Program. Alan R. Shuldiner, Kathleen Palmer, Ruth E. Pakyz, Tameka D. Alestock,Kristin A. Maloney, Courtney O'neill, Shaun Bhatty, Jamie Schub,Casey Lynnette Overby, Richard B. Horenstein, Toni I. Pollin, Mark D. Kelemen,Amber L. Beitelshees, Shawn W. Robinson, Miriam G. Blitzer, Patrick F. Mcardle,Lawrence Brown, Linda Jo Bone Jeng, Richard Y. Zhao, Nicholas Ambulos, Mark R. Vesely
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C (Seminars in Medical Genetics) 166C:76–84 (2014)
Community Service
Clarinetist in the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra
Professional Activity
Staff Pathologist in the Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System