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Biography
Kenneth Craig Hyams, MD, MPH
Chief Consultant, Occupational and Environmental
Health
Strategic Healthcare Group
Dr. Kenneth Craig Hyams currently is the Chief
Consultant of the Occupational and Environmental Health Strategic
Healthcare Group, Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards,
in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
He received a BA degree from the University of Texas, Austin,
Texas, an MD degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, Texas, and a MPH degree from Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Maryland. Dr.
Hyams is board certified in the specialties of internal medicine and
infectious diseases.
Dr.
Hyams has had extensive experience evaluating Gulf War health
questions and directing epidemiological research studies of U.S.
military forces. Also,
Dr. Hyams served in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield,
helping to establish the Navy Forward Laboratory in El-Jubail Saudi
Arabia, and therefore has a first-hand understanding of this unique
military deployment. Before
joining the VA, Dr. Hyams served on active duty in the U.S. Navy
where he was the Director of the Epidemiology Department, Naval
Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
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