Robert G. Darling
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Robert G. Darling | |
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| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1981–2006 |
| Rank | CAPTAIN (O-6) |
| Awards | Presidential Service Badge Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal (2) Navy Commendation Medal (2) Army Commendation Medal National Defense Service Ribbon (2) Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) Navy Achievement Medal (2) Sea Service Ribbon |
Dr. Robert G. Darling served, in the White House Medical Unit, as the first board-certified emergency medicine physician. He provided both primary care and protective medical support services to President Clinton, Vice President Gore, their immediate families and other senior White House officials at the White House and while they traveled all over the world. During this time Dr. Darling administered emergency and preventative medical services in over 40 countries, including numerous undeveloped regions and third-world countries with limited medical services.[1]He practiced aboard Air Force One, Marine One and other official aircraft. He also worked with the U.S. Secret Service in the preparation for unconventional weapon attacks against the President and the creation of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense (CBRNE) training and readiness programs. On November 6, 1998, Darling facilitated the first of only two emails ever sent by President Bill Clinton during his presidency. This email was sent to John Glenn aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery from Dr. Darling’s personal Toshiba Satellite laptop computer. [2]
Background
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Dr. Darling completed his undergraduate education at Adelphi University, medical school at The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), internship at The National Naval Medical Center, and residency in emergency medicine at the Naval Medical Center San Diego.
In 1987, after completing training as a flight surgeon at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola, Florida, Dr. Darling was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) as Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) [3] Flight Surgeon. He was one of five physicians and over thirty nurses and hospital corpsman who attended to the medical needs of over 6,000 Sailors and U.S. Marines. It is thought that Dr. Darling may have been the first medical officer to administer the drug “TPA” to a Sailor at sea who was having a myocardial infarction. He directly managed the activities of 10 squadron corpsman and was medical consultant to the entire Roosevelt battle group while deployed. He was also second seat qualified in both the F14 and A6 tactical jets.
In 1996 Dr. Darling was selected to serve in the White House as the first board-certified emergency medicine physician. He provided both primary care and protective medical support services to the President, Vice President, their immediate families and other senior White House officials worldwide, often in locations with minimal medical infrastructure. He worked with the U.S. Secret Service in the preparation for unconventional weapons attacks against the President and the creation of CBRNE training and readiness programs.
In 1999, after completing his tour as White House Physician, Dr. Darling served in the Operational Medicine Division of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) as emergency physician, flight surgeon, and Director of the Aeromedical Isolation Team (AIT). As Director of the AIT, he and his team were responsible for the care and safe transport of suspected casualties of biological weapons.
In 2004 Dr. Darling became Director of the Navy Medicine Office of Homeland Security, in the office of the Navy Surgeon General. Here he shaped Navy medicine in preparing hospitals and clinics throughout the world for the medical and public health effects of natural and manmade disasters. He continued in medical consulting roles for both the White House Medical Unit and the Office of the Attending Physician for the U.S. Congress.
After 25 years of service, CAPTAIN Darling retired from the Navy in 2006 and became Director of the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) at the USUHS. At the CDHAM he directed HIV/AIDS programs in the Caribbean and South America, healthcare restoration initiatives in Afghanistan and prepared for pandemic influenza outbreaks and other disasters worldwide. He was also Co-Director of a graduate level course on the Medical Defense against Weapons of Mass Destruction at the USUHS from 2002-2008.
In 2013 Dr. Darling founded Patronus Medical Corporation, to deliver tailored medical care and wellness solutions to patients in essentially any location in the world using cutting-edge telemedicine and other innovative technologies.
He was appointed Medical Director of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists[4], Medical Director for Lead Health, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the (USUHS) and an Instructor in Executive and Protective Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He has lectured around the world and has been published in numerous professional journals.
Books
Associate Editor, Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine, 2nd Edition. Elsevier-Mosby. Philadelphia. 2016[5]
Ciottone GR, Darling RG, Anderson PD, et al; eds. Disaster Medicine. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier; 2006.[6]
Darling RG, Mothershead JL, Waeckerle JF, Eitzen EM Jr; eds. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, Bioterrorism. Vol. 20(2). Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Company; 2002.[7]
Peer Reviewed Articles
Darling RG, Waeckerle JF, Grabenstein JD, Koenig KL. Removing health care workers from clinical duties after smallpox vaccination: is it really necessary?[8]
Cieslak TJ, Pavlin JA, Noah DL, Dire DJ, Stanek SA, Kortepeter MG, Jarrett DG, Pastel RH, Darling RG, et al. Nuclear, biological and chemical medical defense training as a model for planners.[9]
Darling RG, Catlett CL, Huebner KD, et al, Threat syndromes in bioterrorism I: CDC category agents.[10]
Noah DL, Huebner, KD, Darling RG, Waeckerle JF,. The history and threat of biological warfare and terrorism.[11]
References
- ^ The White House Physician: A History from Washington to George W. Bush], Ludwig M. Deppisch M.D (Author), p. 155
- ^ President Clinton sends first ever presidential email
- ^ "Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW 8)". Global Security.org. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
- ^ National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists
- ^ Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine, 2nd Edition. Elsevier-Mosby. Philadelphia. 2016
- ^ Disaster Medicine. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier
- ^ Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, Bioterrorism. Vol. 20(2). Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Company; 2002
- ^ Ann Emerg Med. 2003;42:5:685-688
- ^ Milit Med. May 2005;169:337-341
- ^ Emerg Med Clin N Am. 2002;20(2):273-309
- ^ Emerg Med Clin N Am. 2002;20(2):255-271