Bob D'amore

Bob has more than 45 years in the healthcare administration arena, both civilian and military, and is a retired USAF Medical Service Corps officer. He holds a master’s degree in health care administration, has 30 post-graduate hours in public health, and has attended many civilian and military courses and programs in medical readiness and medical disaster operations. Prior to his Air Force career, Bob worked in strategic planning at Georgetown University Hospital, in the department of community medicine at the University Hospital of Jacksonville (Florida), and at Hadley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC, where he started a hospital-based medical group practice program. He was also the Director of Emergency Services for Orange County NC.

During his AF career, and in addition to his primary career track in medical readiness, Bob was an associate hospital administrator, a medical squadron commander, a medical clinic commander, a deputy medical support group commander, and even served a tour as a Wing Inspector General. Bob has significant medical planning and medical disaster response experience, having been involved in the on-the-ground responses to several major disasters and served as the senior AF medical officer in Afghanistan early in OEF. Bob is a current member of a US Health and Human Services (HHS) Incident Management Team.