The Commissioned Corps is an essential component of the largest public health program in the world. Corps officers may apply to a variety of positions throughout the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and certain non-HHS Federal agencies and programs that offer exciting professional opportunities in the areas of disease control and prevention; biomedical research; regulation of food, drugs, and medical devices; mental health and drug abuse; health care delivery; and international health. Corps officers may apply to vacancies within the following organizations. Contact information for each Commissioned Corps liaison follows agency descriptions. Information on current job vacancies within each agency may be found at our jobs database.
HHS Offices and Agencies in Which Commissioned Corps Officers Serve
Non-HHS Agencies/Programs in Which Commissioned Corps Officers Serve
HHS Agencies (Often referred to as Operating Divisions [OPDIVs])
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ supports research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce its costs, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to effective services. The research sponsored, conducted, and disseminated by AHRQ provides information that helps people make better decisions about health care.
Mr. Meredith Hauptmann
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301–427–1738
Fax: 301–427–1740
Meredith.Hauptmann@ahrq.hhs.gov
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
ATSDR's mission is to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment. Commissioned Corps officers work throughout the agency in positions varying from scientific to managerial. Although a majority of officers within the agency are environmental health officers or engineers, officers from almost every category are assigned to ATSDR.
CAPT Daniel Cline
Mail Stop K-27
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
Phone: 770–488–1883
Fax: 770–488–1806
bqf6@cdc.gov
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC's mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. CDC works with national and international partners to monitor health, detect and investigate health problems, conduct research to enhance prevention, develop and advocate sound public health policies, implement prevention strategies, promote healthy behaviors, foster safe and healthful environments, and provide leadership and training. CDC also has a major role in protecting the public from biological or chemical terrorism. Commissioned Corps officers are assigned to programs throughout the agency in positions varying from beginning Epidemiology Intelligence Service officers to senior management. More than half of the medical officers within the Commissioned Corps are assigned to CDC.
CAPT Daniel Cline
Mail Stop K-27
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
Phone: 770–488–1883
Fax: 770–488–1806
bqf6@cdc.gov
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA, one of our Nation's oldest consumer protection agencies, ensures the safety of foods and cosmetics and the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals, biological products, and medical devices. Its employees monitor the manufacture, import, transport, storage, and sale of about $1 trillion worth of products each year. Commissioned Corps officers from all professions are assigned to the FDA and serve in various capacities to advance the agency's mission.
CAPT Russell Green
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 6-16, HFA-400
Rockville, MD 20857-0001
Phone: 301–827–4127
Fax: 301–827–9664
Russell.Green@fda.hhs.gov
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Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
HRSA directs national health programs that improve the Nation's health by assuring equitable access to comprehensive, quality health care for all. It works to improve and extend life for people living with HIV/AIDS, provide primary health care to medically underserved people, serve women and children through State programs, and train a health workforce that is both diverse and motivated to work in underserved communities.
CDR Lou Ann Rector
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12A-12
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 301–443–3880
Fax: 301–443–2870
lrector@hrsa.gov
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a major component of HHS, was created in 1977 to bring together the two largest Federal health care programs—Medicare and Medicaid. CMS also now administers other major programs such as the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA); and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The mission of CMS is to ensure health care security for its beneficiaries.
LCDR Camille Soondar
Mail Stop C2-13-13
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
Phone: 410–786–9370
Fax: 410–786–1987
Camille.Soondar@cms.hhs.gov
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Indian Health Service (IHS)
IHS is the principal Federal health care advocate and provider for American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to more than 550 federally recognized tribes in 35 States. It provides comprehensive health care services, including preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and environmental.
RADM Richard Rubendall
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Ste 230
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301–443–5440
Fax: 301–443–5304
Richard.Rubendall@IHS.gov
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH is the Nation's medical research agency. Composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every State and throughout the world. Helping to lead the way toward important medical discoveries that improve people's health and save lives, NIH scientists investigate ways to prevent disease, as well as the causes, treatments, and even cures for common and rare diseases. As a part of the NIH community, Commissioned Corps officers in all categories contribute to vital research efforts that can improve health globally.
CDR Doris Ravenell-Brown
Building 31, Room B2B63
9000
Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301–402-9239
Fax: 301–480–1225
Dr353v@nih.gov
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Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS)
The OPHS is under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Health, who serves as the senior advisor on public health and science issues to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The office serves as the focal point of leadership and coordination in public health and science across HHS; provides direction to program offices within OPHS; and provides advice and counsel to the Secretary on public health and science issues.
Ms. Robin Moore
HHH Building, Room 714-B
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 202–260–2306
Fax: 202–690–8558
Robin.Moore@hhs.gov
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Office of the Secretary
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is our Nation's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The department includes more than 300 programs covering a wide spectrum of activities, such as health and social science research; prevention of mental illnesses, substance abuse, and other health disorders; and medical preparedness for emergencies, including potential terrorism. The Office of the Secretary oversees program missions and accomplishments and coordinates a budget that accounts for almost one-fourth of all Federal expenditures. Commissioned Corps officers work within the Office of the Secretary as expert advisors within their fields.
Ms. Robin Moore
HHH Building, Room 714-B
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 202–260–2306
Fax: 202–690–8558
Robin.Moore@hhs.gov
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Program Support Center (PSC)
The PSC provides products and services on a competitive, fee-for-service basis to customers throughout HHS, as well as to approximately 13 other executive departments and 18 independent Federal agencies. Commissioned Corps officers support the PSC primarily in the areas of human resources, health care, and administrative services.
LCDR Tiffany H. Edmonds
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 4-50
Rockville, MD 20857-0001
Phone: 301–594–3367
Fax: 301–443–0064
Tiffany.Edmonds@psc.hhs.gov
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA works to improve the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
CDR Marjorie Wallace
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 3-1033
Rockville, MD 20857-0001
Phone: 240–276–1335
Fax: 240–276–1150
Marjorie.Wallace@samhsa.hhs.gov
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (formerly the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness) serves as the Secretary's principal advisory staff on matters related to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. ASPR also coordinates interagency activities between HHS, other Federal departments, agencies, offices and State and local officials responsible for emergency preparedness and the protection of the civilian population from acts of bioterrorism and other public health emergencies.
Ms. Robin Moore
HHH Building, Room 714-B
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 202–260–2306
Fax: 202–690–8558
Robin.Moore@hhs.gov
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Non-HHS Agencies in Which Commissioned Corps Officers Serve
District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health Services (CMHS—formerly St. Elizabeth's Hospital)
The CMHS works toward establishing a community-based system of care for individuals in Washington, DC, who experience mental health problems.
LCDR Terry Harrison
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE
Washington, DC 20032
Phone: 202-645-9938
Terry.Harrison@dc.gov
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA implements the Federal laws designed to promote public health by protecting our Nation's air, water, and soil from harmful pollution through proper integration of a variety of research, monitoring, standard-setting, and enforcement activities. EPA coordinates and supports research and anti-pollution activities of State and local governments, private and public groups, individuals, and educational institutions. EPA also monitors the impact of other Federal agencies on the environment.
Ms. Esther DeLauder
Mail Code 3650
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460-0001
Phone: 202–564–0430
Fax: 202–564–0730
Delauder.Esther@epa.gov
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Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
The mission of BOP, as part of the U.S. Department of Justice, is to protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, and appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens. Commissioned Corps officers work for the Health Services Division and provide and manage a variety of physical and mental health care services.
CDR Ben Brown
320 First Street, NW, Room 1060
Washington, DC 20534
Phone: 202–353–4129
Fax: 202–353–4153
bxbrown@bop.gov
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA, under the auspices of the Department of Commerce, is one of the seven uniformed services, and is responsible for conducting research and gathering data about the global oceans, atmosphere, and space. NOAA predicts changes in the earth's environment, forecasts weather patterns, and warns of dangerous weather; charts the seas and skies; and guides the use and protection of ocean and coastal resources. Commissioned Corps officers provide health care services to NOAA commissioned officers, NOAA Wage Marine personnel, and certain retirees and their dependents.
CDR Michelle A. Pelkey
NOAA Health Services
1801 Fairview Ave. East
Seattle, Washington 98102
Phone: 206-553-2298
Fax: 206-553-1112
Michelle.Pelkey@noaa.gov
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National Park Service (NPS)
NPS was established to preserve the natural and cultural resources and values of the national parks for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. It administers more than 378 national parks, monuments, historic sites, and other areas covering almost 80 million acres. Commissioned Corps officers (primarily environmental health officers and engineers) provide consultative services to the NPS.
Ms. Sonya Coakley
1201 Eye Street, NW
11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202–513–7215
Fax: 202–371–1349
sonya_coakley@nps.gov
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The USDA enhances the quality of life for Americans by ensuring a safe, affordable, nutritious, and accessible food supply; caring for agriculture, forest, and rangelands; supporting sound development of rural communities; providing economic opportunities for farm and rural residents; expanding global markets for agricultural and forest products and services; and working to reduce hunger in America and throughout the world. Commissioned Corps officers work within the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service and help the USDA respond to foodborne disease outbreaks, investigate food security threats, and develop measures to prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses.
CAPT Michelle Poindexter
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Rm. 2L156, Maildrop 5250
Beltsville, MD 20705
Phone: (301) 504-4249
Michelle.Poindexter@fsis.usda.gov
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U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
The mission of the Department of Defense
(DoD) is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of the Nation. This is accomplished through the coordinated efforts of the defense agencies and military services. Commissioned Corps officers are detailed to DoD facilities to support a range of medical and mental health services, as well as administrative functions.
CPT Carlos S. Worthy (TMA)
5111 Leesburg Pike
Ski 5, Ste 810A
Falls Church, VA 22041
Phone: (703) 681-9077
Fax: (703) 681-9077
Carlos.Worthy@tma.osd.mil
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Established in 2002, DHS is charged with mobilizing and organizing a unified national effort to secure America against terrorist attacks and to protect against and respond to threats and hazards to our Nation. In carrying out this mission, DHS works to ensure safe and secure borders, welcome lawful immigrants and visitors, and promote the free flow of commerce. Commissioned Corps officers work throughout DHS agencies, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Customs and Border Protection, to help ensure the safety, health, and well-being of all persons on American soil.
CDR Debbie Lake
245 Marray Lane, SW
Washington, DC 20528
Phone: 202–254–2403
Fax: 202–254–6094
Debbie.Lake@dhs.gov
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Division of Immigration Health Services (DIHS)
The Division of Immigration Health Services (DIHS) provides or arranges for health care services for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees. Commissioned Corps officers are assigned to the Division of Immigration Health Services (DIHS) to provide or arrange cost-effective health service for the delivery of direct primary health care at service processing centers, or at locations throughout the Nation where detainees are being held. Commissioned Corps Officers also provide medical consultation and technical assistance about detainees' health care, provide medical escorts for international and domestic air transport operations, and deploy as medical teams on domestic and international missions.
CDR Debbie Lake
245 Marray Lane, SW
Washington, DC 20528
Phone: 202–254–2403
Fax: 202–254–6094
Debbie.Lake@dhs.gov
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U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
The USCG recently became a component of the Department of Homeland Security. The USCG, which is one of the seven uniformed services, responds to calls for help at sea, provides search and rescue, protects America's ecologically rich and sensitive marine environment, facilitates the movement of people and goods on the U.S. waterways, serves as America's principal maritime law enforcement agency, and fulfills national security missions. Commissioned Corps officers provide health care services to USCG active duty members, dependents, and retirees.
CDR Wade B. McConnell
2100 Second Street, SW
Washington, DC 20593-0001
Phone: 202–475–5186
Fax: 202–475–5911
wade.b.mcconnell@uscg.mil
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U.S. Marshals Service (USMS)
USMS, an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), protects the Federal courts and ensures the effective operation of the judicial system; including the security, health, and safety of government witnesses and their immediate dependents and housing and transporting prisoners in Federal custody until they are either acquitted or delivered to their designated Federal prison. Commissioned Corps officers work in four USMS program areas as:
- Flight nurses aboard the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS) aircraft
- Coordinators of the JPATS movement of prisoners with health problems
- Managers of prisoner health care issues in the Office of Interagency Medical Services
- Providers of medical support to the USMS Special Operations Group, an elite group of highly trained Deputy U.S. Marshals who respond as teams to national emergencies and perform special law enforcement missions.
CDR Carol S. Lincoln
U. S. Marshals Service Headquarters
Rm-1130, CS-4
3601 Pensy Drive
Landover, MD 20785
Phone: 202–307–9130
Fax: 202–307–5029
Carol.Lincoln@usdoj.gov
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