Michael Gallagher PA-C

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Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

Cell Phone 850-***-****

Florida License # 00002295

Professional Experience:

Feb 2012- 12 Feb 2015 Staff Physician Assistant, 96th MDG, Eglin AFB Fl. Emergency Dept. Census 30,000 to 40,000 annually. Treating neonates through geriatrics .

November 2011-Present Staff Physician Assistant, Emergency Department. Bay Medical Center, 615 North Bonita Ave, Panama City Florida

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October 2010- Nov 11 Staff Physician Assistant, Emergency Dept., 96th MDG, Eglin AFB, Fla. Contract not renewed by U.S. Govt.

Feb 2009- Oct 2010 Staff Physician Assistant, Emergency Dept. Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. Fort Walton Beach, Fl. Seeing urgent care patients from new born to senior citizens. Director of Mid level Providers. Working in the newly opened Pediatric Emergency Room.

July 2010-October 2010 Staff Physician Assistant, Hospitalist Group, Bay Medical Center, Panama City, Fla. Admission team for the Emergency room and in patient care on all floors vice Pediatrics. Averaging 15-30 admits daily.

July 2007- Feb 2009 Staff Physician Assistant, Emergency Department, 96th MDOS,

Eglin AFB, Florida. Caring for urgent and emergent patients of all ages. Volume, approximately 30,000 to 40,000 per year.

Dec 2006 – Sept 2008 Physician Assistant, Bay Emergency Services, Inc, Bay Memorial Hospital, Panama City, Florida. Providing urgent and emergent care to all age groups. Also working shifts in Rapid response providing primary and acute care to the same population. Annual census 40,000 to 50,000.

Feb 2006 - Aug 2006 Physician Assistant, Black Water USA. Baghdad, Iraq. Providing primary and emergent care to a camp of 600 plus personnel.

Oct 2005 – Feb 2006 Physician Assistant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. The Fort Walton Medical Center is removing mid level practitioners from the ED.

May 2004 - 1 Oct 05 Staff Physician Assistant, Family Practice, 16th MDG, Hurlburt Field, Hurlburt AFB, Fla. Responsible for acute and chronic care of active duty Military members their dependants as well as retired members and their dependants. Patient age are newborn through seniors. Seeing approximately 24 - 27 patients a day, 5 days a week.

Jan 1994 - May 2004 Physician Assistant, Department of emergency Medicine, Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, Fort Walton Beach Fla. Responsible for all areas of emergency care ages neonate through geriatric. To include all ACLS procedures. This Emergency Department has an annual census of 30,000 to 40,000. Also worked in the “Fast track” area delivering primary and acute care.

March 1996- May 1997 Staff Physician Assistant for Chevron Niugini Pty Limited, a subsidiary of Chevron Oil. Papua, New Guinea;. Responsibilities were managing a remote eight bed hospital in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea. Over seeing the health of over 500 on site personnel an several thousand local natives. Supervised fifteen personnel. Scope of practice included emergent OB as well as the multitudes of tropical diseases that affected Chevron personnel to include various emergent conditions. Coordinated follow up care with various specialties and arranged emergency evacuation as needed. Conducted numerous site visits to oversea local clinics established by Chevron and run by indiginent personnel. Established training programs and instructed indiginent health care providers.

Sep 1992 - Jan 1994 Director of Medical Services, 720th Special Tactics Group, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). Hurlburt Field, Fla. Duties included developing and supervising 200 Pararescue personnel assigned to the command. Personnel were responsible for providing emergency medical care and evacuation under combat and other adverse conditions. Developed a training program with the US Special Operations command to bring all Spec Ops medical Personnel up to national accreditation as EMT I through Paramedic. Responsible for reviewing and rewriting appropriate regulations. Liaison to AFSOC Command Surgeon. Director of Foreign Internal Defense for the Special Tactics Group. Conducting training for various personnel through Central and South America and Asia. Served as Special Tactics officer staff officer to Central Command during Operation Desert Storm. Oversight on various tactical missions as well as medical plans and logistics. The only USAF Physician Assistant on Dive and Jump Status.

Oct 1986 - Sept. 1991 Assigned as staff physician assistant, Hurlburt Field Clinic. An out patient clinic providing primary and emergent care to the base population (approximately 21,000 patients) age range infant to mid 50's. Developed a, “house call,” program to provide care for dependants of deployed personnel unable to come to the clinic.

Sept 1985 - Oct 1986 Assigned staff physician assistant, Primary care clinic, USAF Regional Hospital, Eglin AFB Fla. Patient population > 90,000.

Oct 1982 - Sept 1985 Assigned physician assistant, Department of Otolaryngology, USAF Regional Hospital, Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage Alaska. Duties included out patient and in patient care for all ENT patients as well as first assist in the OR. On arrival at this assignment the clinic had a 5 week backlog for appointments and was doing 11 surgical procedures per week. Within 6 months we had same day appointments and were doing 30-40 procedures a week.

Oct 1981 - 0CT 1982 Completed a fellowship in Otolaryngology for Physician assistants at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. And Wilford Hall medical center,

San Antonio, TX.

Oct 1977 - Oct 1981 Staff Physician Assistant, Primary Care Clinic, Eglin AFB, Fla.

Education:

Dec. 1977 Bachelor of Science from the University of Nebraska, School of Medicine.

Oct. 1977 Graduate, School of Health Care Sciences, Physician Assistant

Training program, Sheppard AFB, TX.

Oct 1982 Completed fellowship, Otolaryngology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX.

Feb. 1988 Combat Casualty Care Course and ATLS. Camp Bullis, San Antonio, TX.

Jan 1986 Initial certification ACLS. Have maintained currency to date.

Certifications:

April 1979 Certified by examination, National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) #791378 Have maintained recertification without break to present.

Professional Affiliations:

1979 to Present Fellow American Academy of Physician Assistants.

2009 to Present Florida Academy of Physician Assistants

1979 to Present Fellow, Past President and BOD of Veterans Caucus to the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

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