Division of Commissioned Corps Recruitment

Division of Commissioned Corps Recruitment
(DCCR)

Implements approved programs to assure awareness of the Corps and its career opportunities among health professional schools and associations, provider institutions, and the public;
Carries out programs and activities designed to attract new health personnel to the Corps, to attract officers already in the Corps to designated assignments, and to promote the Corps and service in it;
Manages an Associate Recruiter Program (ARP) and otherwise mobilizes recruitment activity among the active-duty, reserve, and retired officers;
Carries out approved recruitment programs specifically for reserve components and other Corps personnel asset programs
Manages the Commissioned Officer Student Training and Extern Program (COSTEP). DCCR’s mission is to provide COSTEP applicants with information on all of the programs available within the PHS and maintain an efficient method of supplying information to the local personnel officers for the placement of COSTEP applicants, and to be forward-looking and capable of responding to changing directions within the PHS and the Federal Government as we introduce student externs to the Corps.

CAPT Dean Coppola
Director, Division Commissioned Corps Recruitment (DCCR)

Telephone: (240)-453-6086

Address: 1101 Wootton Parkway - Plaza Level
Rockville, MD 20852

Last Name	e-Mail	Title/Position	Telephone
CAPT Dean J. Coppola	Dean.Coppola@hhs.gov	Director	240-453-6086
CDR Thomas Pryor	Thomas.Pryor@hhs.gov	Senior Recruitment Specialist	240-453-6057
LCDR Christopher Dunbar	Christopher.Dunbar@hhs.gov	Recruitment Specialist	240-453-6045
LCDR Ardis Zah	Ardis.Zah@ihs.gov	Recruitment Specialist / IHS	301-443-2362
LT Renee Pleasanton	Renee.Pleasanton@ihs.gov	Recruitment Specialist / IHS	301-443-2472
LT Felicia Watts	Felicia.Watts@hhs.gov	Recruitment Specialist	240-453-6070
LT Theresa Zach	Theresa.Zach@hhs.gov	Recruitment Specialist	240-453-6003
LTJG Kevin Kunard	Kevin.Kunard@hhs.gov	Recruitment Specialist	240- 453-6040
LTJG Velisa Jackson-Stephens	Velisa.Jackson-Stephens@hhs.gov	Recruitment Specialist	240- 453-6082
Mr. Steve Hand	Steven.Hand@hhs.gov	HR Specialist - JrCOSTEP	240-453-6072
Ms. Cyndia D. Harroway	Cyndia.Harroway@hhs.gov	HR Specialist - Military	240-453-6061
Recruitment Call Center	Main Recruitment Number		800-279-1605
Fax			240-453-6134

PHS Commissioned Corps officers and interested civilians may contact the OCCO Help Desk if they have questions or concerns regarding: (1) the application of Corps policies; (2) operational questions and issues; and (3) any other matter concerning Corps operations.

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