• Mission:To improve Corps medical officer recruitment by working with CPO to develop recruitment strategies and materials; advising the CPO on medical officer recruitment issues; and providing volunteers for local, state, regional, and national Corps recruitment activities.

• Subcommittee Co-Chairs:
  • CAPT Ha Tang (tang@tchealth.org)
  • CDR Sara Luckhaupt (pks8@cdc.gov)
• Medical Student Awards Strike Team Co-Chairs:
  • CDR Sara Luckhaupt (pks8@cdc.gov)
  • LCDR Marie de Perio (hgj1@cdc.gov) 

• Recent/Current activities
  • Prepare and update long-term and short-term recruitment strategies
  • Serve as liaison between DCCPR and PPAC
    • Provide comments on criteria and process for recruiting Medical Officers
    • Co-chairs previously participated in inter-category Call to Active Duty (CAD) Team organized by DCCPR (now inactive)
  • Provide consultation to physicians at various stages in the application/CAD process
  • Prepare and update recruitment materials
  • Give presentations about the Commissioned Corps at professional conferences, medical schools, and residency programs
    • No funding available, so must take advantage of convenient opportunities
  • Medical Student Awards Strike Team
    • Started with 10 medical schools in 2012, expanded to 57 medical schools in 2015 

• Meeting Schedule
  • Ad hoc conference calls
  • Most communication takes place over e-mail 

• Current Needs
  • Officers willing to serve as points of contact for specific medical schools and/or residency programs (especially in locations with no or few other medical officers) 

Power Point Presentation: Physician Opportunities in the USPHS Part 1

Power Point Presentation: Physician Opportunities in the USPHS Part 2