Director Pre911
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dr. Rumm serves as the Director of Pre-911 Era Environmental Health Services and Policy in VA Post-Deployment Health Services where he oversees several complex national programs dealing with environmental issues and health policy for Veterans. Dr. Rumm is a pediatrician and board-certified preventive medicine physician. He came to VA from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where he held senior positions including as Deputy Director, DSORD – a large medical device review division. Dr. Rumm graduated from the Medical College of Georgia and received a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Washington. He is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) and a member of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). Dr. Rumm was formerly the State of Wisconsin, Chief Medical Officer and Epidemiologist, Division of Public Health. He served as an Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Director, Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication, Drexel School of Public Health, Philadelphia. Dr. Rumm has several dozen professional publications and two book chapters. He is interested especially in research work involving Gulf War Illness and related topics and leads a large project to define this clinically for the first time. He has lectured extensively in domestic and international venues on many topics related to his public health work.
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