Chief Residents

Gerard DeMers DO DHSc MPH

Education:

EM Residency NMCSD – (Academic Chief Resident) 2007  - present

Doctorate of Health Science NOVA Southeastern University – ‘07

    Masters of Public Health UCONN – ‘01

    Internal Medicine Residency UCONN – ’01

    Transitional Internship UCONN – '99

    UMDNJ SOM – DO '98

    Richard Stockton College of New Jersey - BS biology, magna cum laude ‘94

Military Experience:

    Submarine Escape & Rescue Medical Officer for USN, DSU/CSDS 5, North Island

NAS, CA -'04-'07

                Deployments: ICE-EX ‘07-Arctic Circle, Mini-sub Rescue ‘07- Russia, Bold Monarch ‘05- Italy

    Staff Internal Medicine Fleet Hospital Camp Pendleton Platform, NHL, NAS

Lemoore- ’01-‘03

Theomal Devinda Kurera MD
Education:
    EM Residency – NMCSD 2007-present
    Transitional Internship – NMCSD 2004
    University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine – MD 2003

   University of Southern California – BA in biology and political science - cum laude 1999

Military Experience:
    General Medical Officer - USS Duluth (LPD 6) 2004-2005
    Instructor, Naval School of Health Sciences - Independent Duty Corpsman School 2005- 2007

Tina Edwards MD

Education:

EM Residency NMCSD -  '07  - present

General  Surgery Internship June '04 to June  '05

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, M.D. Graduated '04

California State University  Fullerton '97-'00 Premedical Studies

        California State University  San Bernardino '96 B.A. Anthropology

Military  Experience:

USS Rushmore LSD 47 Medical Officer,  Medical Department Head  '05-'07

Deployments: WESTPAC, GWOT '07, RIMPAC '06

Hermann Gonzalez DO

Education:

EM Residency NMCSD – '07  - present

Orthopedic Surgery Internship – NMCP '04

Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine – D.O. '03, Graduated with Honors

University of Cincinnati, OH – BS biology

Military Experience:

Carrier Air Wing Flight Surgeon, CVW-17, NAS Oceana, VA – ’05-‘07

Deployments: Caribbean Sea, afloat

Department Head, Naval Flight Officer, VP-5, NAS Jacksonville, FL – ’98-‘99

Deployments: NS Sigonella, Italy

Department Head, Naval Flight Officer, Commander Patrol Wings Atlantic, NS Norfolk, VA – ’97-‘98

Division Officer, USS JOHN F KENNEDY CV-67, NS Mayport, FL – ’95-‘97

Deployments: Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf: afloat

Operations Officer, Naval Flight Officer, Tactical Support Center, NS Rota, Spain – ’92-‘95

Deployments: Bosnia, Kosovo, Saudi Arabia

Division Officer, Naval Flight Officer, VP-16, NAS Jacksonville, FL – ’89-‘92

Deployments: NS Sigonella, Italy; NS Keflavik, Iceland

Naval Flight Officer, VP-30, NAS Jacksonville, FL – ’88-‘89, ‘98

Naval Flight Officer, Naval Air Training Unit, Mather AFB, CA – ’87-‘88

Naval Flight Officer, VT-10, NAS Pensacola, FL – ‘87

Aviation Officer Candidate School, NAS Pensacola, FL – ‘87

Erin Griffith DO

Education:

EM Residency – NMCSD – 2007 - present

Flight Surgeon Training – NOMI – ‘04

Transitional Internship – NMCSD – ‘03

Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine – DO ‘02

University of Central Oklahoma – BS '96

Military Experience:

                Flight Surgeon, H&HS Miramar – ’06-‘07

SMO, COMSTRATCOM Wing One – ’05-‘06

Flight Surgeon, VQ-3 – ’04-‘06

GMO, NMCSD ED – ‘03

Cari Matthews MD

Education:

EM Residency – NMCSD 2007-present

Flight Surgeon Training-NAS Pensacola 2005

Transitional Internship – NMCP 2004

USUHS – MD 2003

University of Idaho – BS in Microbiology, BS in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Military Experience:

Flight Surgeon, 3D Marine Aircraft Wing, HMM-161, 2005-2007

CASEVAC Surgeon, OIF, Al Taqaddum, Iraq 2005-2007

Danielle Strelkauskas MD

Education:

EM Residency – NMCSD (Academic Chief Resident) 2007 -present

Medicine Internship – NMCSD 2003

USUHS – MD 2002

Kansas State University –BS in Biology with honors

Military Experience:

Flight Surgeon, 1st MAW, HMM-265 – ’03-‘05

Flight Surgeon, 2nd MAW, HMM-365 – ’05-‘07

Jeff Ricks MD

Education:

            EM Residency- NMCSD 2007- present

           

Military Experience:

Senior Residents

Jonathan Auten DO

Education:

EM Residency - NMCSD 2008-present

Transitional Internship  - NMCSD 2004-2005

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - DO 2004

University of North Carolina at Wilmington - BS in Biology 1999

BA in English, Creative Writing 1999

Military Experience:

Flight Surgeon - Carrier Airwing Two, NAS Lemoore 2006-2008

Deployments - West Pac, USS Abraham Lincoln, 2006

Arabian Gulf Cruise, USS Abraham Lincoln, 2008

GMO - NMCSD, Emergency Department 2005

Matthew Barker MD

Education:

EM Residency – NMCSD 2008-present

Transitional Internship – NMCSD 2002-2003

Wake Forest University School of Medicine - MD 2002

North Carolina State University - BS & BS 1997

Military Experience:

Flight Surgeon, VMFA(AW)-224 - JUL 2004-JUN 2008

Deployments - WESTPAC, FEB-SEP 2007,

OIF IV-VI, JAN-AUG 2005

Student Naval Flight Surgeon, JAN-JUL 2004

GMO, NMCSD Branch Clinic NTC, OCT-DEC 2003

GMO, Naval Hospital Great Lakes, USS Tranquility Clinic JUL-OCT 2003

Jenny Chen MD

Education:

EM Residency - NMCSD 2008-present

Internal Medicine Internship - Naval Medical Center San Diego 2007-2008

Boston University School of Medicine- M.D. 2007

Boston University- B.A. Latin, Medical Science 2004

Marci Colliano DO

Education:

EM Residency – NMCSD 2008-present

Internal Medicine Internship - NMCSD 7/05-7/06

Touro University-DO 8/01-6/05

Northern Arizona University-BS Exercise Science 1999

Military Experience:

GMO-Regimental Surgeon, IMEF, 1st MLG, CLR-1 1/08-8/08

GMO-Battalion Surgeon, IMEF, 13th MEU, CLB-13 8/06-1/08

Deployed, Expeditionary Strike Group 7, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit 4/07-11/07

Fred Trayers DO

Education:

EM Residency – NMCSD 2008-present

Family Medicine Internship – Camp Pendleton 2006

Nova Southeastern University-College of Osteopathic Medicine – D.O. 2005

University of Notre Dame – B.S. Mechanical Engineering 1991

Military Experience:

Battalion Surgeon, 2D BN / 1st Marines, 2006-2008

            Deployment: 31st MEU / WESTPAC Jan 2007-Jan 2008

Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, NAS Fallon, NV: 1997-2001

Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 112- NFO 1994-1997

            Deployments: Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1995

                           Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY 1994

Denise Whitfield MD
Education:

EM Residency - NMCSD 2008-present

Transitional Internship – NMCSD 2004-2005

University of California, Los Angeles - MD 2004

Stanford University - BA in Biological Sciences 2000

Military Experience:

Flight Surgeon 2nd Marine Air Wing, Cherry Point, NC

Marine Air Group-14 Surgeon, Feb 2008 – Jun 2008

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252, Sep 2006 – Feb 2008 

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Training Squadron-253, June 2006 – Sep 2006

Wesley Yeackle MD

Education:

EM Residency - NMCSD 2008-present

Transitional Internship  - University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 2002

University of Texas Medical School at Houston - MD, 2001

Rice University - BA, 1997

Military Experience:

Dive Medical Officer: EODMU 4, NSA Bahrain, 2006-2008

Flight Surgeon: CVW-9, NAS North Island, 2003-2005

Deployments - West Pac, USS Carl Vinson, 2003

Arabian Gulf Cruise, USS Carl Vinson, 2005

Junior Residents