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Gregory C. Utz, MD
Captain/Medical Corps/US Navy
Projected US Navy Retirement: 30 April 2016
Phone:1-619-952-8964, Cell
1-619-934-2182, Home
E-Mail:gutzmd@gmail.com
Executive Summary:
 Innovative US Navy Physicianand Medical Leaderwith29 yearsof experience including,but
not limitedto, InternationalHealthAdvisorforUSAmbassador/Embassy,Ministryof Healthand
Ministryof Defense; DirectorandPrimaryPlannerof Multinational HumanitarianAssistance and
DisasterRelief (Deployable HA/DR);CommandingOfficerandExecutiveOfficerforMilitary
Operational Medical ResearchandDevelopmentLaboratories;ResearchProgramand
DepartmentManagementon4 continents(NorthAmerica,SouthAmerica,Africa,andAsia);
InfectiousDiseases,Internal Medicine,andTropical DiseasesStaff withClinical,Field,
Operational,andGraduate Medical Education (GME) positions;andInternational,Country-to-
CountryAgreementAuthor.
 SeekingInterestingCivilianPositiontransitionuponretirementfromthe USNavyon 30 April
2016.
Summary of Assignments:
 Health AffairsAttaché, US Embassy-Hanoi,Vietnam,June 2013-September 2015: AdvisedUS
AmbassadorandUS Mission; Departmentof Defense (DoD); USPacificCommand (USPACOM)
Surgeon’sOffice; USNavyBureauof Medicine andSurgery (BUMED); Departmentof Healthand
Human Services (HHS);Ministryof Health(MOH);Ministryof Defense (MOD);Ministryof
Agriculture andRural Development(MARD);and Ministryof Labor,Invalids,andSocial Affairs
(MOLISA) onHealthand Medical Issues,ProgramDevelopment,andPrimaryDevelopmentand
Planningof majorMedical HA/DRPrograms. ProvidedCommunicationandCoordinationof
HealthAffairsAttaché Office withUS and International HealthTeamDepartments:CDC,USAID,
State Department,DoD, US President’sEmergencyPlan forAIDSRelief (PEPFAR),WorldHealth
Organization(WHO),andothers.
 CommandingOfficer(March 2010-June 2013) and Executive Officerat the Naval Health
Research Center(NHRC) in San Diego (May 2007-March 2010): Successfullycompletedthe Base
RealignmentandClosure (BRAC) of 5US Based(CONUS) ResearchandDevelopment(R&D)
laboratories,while augmenting professional staffsandincreasingproductivity.Expanded
contract and researchsupportfor NavyMedical R&D, BUMED, and DoD, as well asArmy and Air
Force R&D activitiesthatwere unabletoexecute researchcontractingina timelymanner. Led
an NHRC teamto establishapre-competed$500 Million R&DOmnibus contractwith21 primary
contract performers andsubcontractingtoover300 contract performers.Establishedresearch
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(CIP).Refocusedandrevitalizedscope of MilitaryOperational Medical Researchand
Translational Productsof highrelevancetoNavyandDoD. Led Teamat NHRCto develop aDoD
InformationAssurance CertificationandAccreditationProcess (DIACAP-certified) electronic
ResearchManagementProgram(eRPM) foruse by NavyMedical R&D Enterprise Laboratoriesin
the US andOverseas.
 Director of Medical Operations(DMOP) from 2006-2007 aboard the USNS MercyHospital Ship
and was an InfectiousDiseases,Internal Medicine,andTropical Diseases TeachingStaff and
Institutional Research Board (IRB) Memberat the Naval Medical Center-SanDiegofrom May
2005-April 2007: AsDMOP aboard1000-bed USNSMercy Hospital Ship,plannedand
orchestratedprovisionof humanitarianmedical care. Deployedin2006 on a humanitarian
missiontoSoutheastAsiaandthe Pacific, responsible forall aspectsof the humanitarianmission
that resultedinmore than214,000 medical encounterswithover60,000 patients,300
preventivemedicineassessments,andtrainingof 6000 medical professionalsin10locationsin
fourSoutheastAsian andPacificcountries. SuccessfullyintegratedjointUSandalliedmilitary
medical professionalsfromAustralia,Canada,India,Indonesia,Malaysia,the Republicof the
Philippines,andSingapore as well asadozennongovernmentalorganizations (NGOs),including
ProjectHope,AlohaMedical Mission,International Relief Team, CARE,International
Organizationof Migration,TzuChi,Save the Children,andothersorganizationsinvery
challenging,high-security-threatareas.
 Acting Officer-in-Charge (Periodic) andDepartmentHead of Parasitologyat the Naval Medical
Research CenterDetachment(now Naval Medical Research UnitNo. 6) in Lima, Peru (Oct
2002- April 2005): Servedasthe DepartmentHeadof Parasitology,managingmore than12
researchprojectsandin excessof $1.5 millioninavarietyof collaborative projectswith
Ministriesof HealthinSouthAmerica,the Global EmergingInfectionsSystem (GEIS),Walter
ReedArmyMedical Center,Naval Medical ResearchCenter-SilverSpring,the NationalInstitutes
of Health,andprivate industry(Pfizer).While atNMRCD-Lima,he servedasperiodicacting
Officer-in-Charge (OIC),includingaprolongedperiodin2004 whenthe sittingOICwas
transferredfora familymedical emergency;CommandIRBreviewer;Occupational Health
Officer;andTravel Medicine Head.
 InfectiousDiseasesand Internal Medicine TeachingStaff at the Naval Medical Center-San
Diego(1998-2002): In additiontoprovisionof inpatientandoutpatientmedical care and
conductinginfectiousdiseasesclinical research, actedasthe Chief ConsultantforBioterrorism
and Biowarfare,InfectiousDiseasesConsultantforthe PharmacyCommittee,Chief Medical
Consultantforthe AmbulatoryInfusionCenter,Headof HIV Services,andthe AssistantHead
and subsequentHeadof InfectiousDiseases.
 InfectiousDiseasesstaffat the Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3),Cairo,Egypt
from 1995-1997: Head of the MalariaSectionandan InfectiousDiseases researchstaff.Primary
responsibilitiesincludedcreationof anew MalariaSectionand expansionintonorthernGhana
to developanewsite formalariavaccine developmentandtesting. Wrote andprimarily
responsible forapproval of aUS DoD-GhanaMOH CountryMedical ResearchAgreement that
has providedamodel forsubsequentNavycountry-to-countryagreements. Other
responsibilitiesincludedmanagingthe EquineHeptavalentBotulismAntitoxinprotocolandthe
RiftValleyFeverVaccinationprotocol,managingandsupervisinganew NAMRU-3 Tropical

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Medicine Elective,assistingwiththe NAMRU-3Institutional Review Board(IRB),andprovisionof
infectiousdiseasesandinternal medicine consultationstoDoDand State Departmentpersonnel
at the AmericanEmbassy inCairo,Egypt.
 CompletedInfectiousDiseasesFellowshipatNaval Medical Center- San Diego1993-1995.
 Internal Medicine Staffand FamilyPractice AttendingStaff at Naval Hospital-Bremerton,
Washington1991-1993: ProvidedInpatientandOutpatientPrimaryCare andCritical Care in
additiontoFamilyPractice Teachingresponsibilities.
 CompletedInternal Medicine ResidencyatNaval Medical Center-SanDiego1989-1991.
 Operational Tours from 1987-1989: Seabee BattalionPhysicianwithNavalMobile Construction
Battalion62 withdeploymenttoSicily (1988-1989) and as SeniorMedical Officeratthe Naval
Coastal SystemsCenterBranchClinic,PanamaCity,FL(1987-1988).
 Internshipin Internal Medicine at Los AngelesCounty-UniversityofSouthernCalifornia(1986-
1987).
 Site-TwoRefugee Campalong Thai-KampucheanBorder 1985-1986: AfterfinishingRequired
StudiesatGeorgetownUniversityMedical School,completed 3-monthInternal Medicine and
PediatricElectiveatSite-TwoRefugee Campalongthe Thai-Kampucheanborder,inaffiliation
withGeorgetownUniversity,the UnitedNationsBorderReliefOperation,andthe CatholicOffice
for EmergencyRelief andRefugees.Dutiesincludedprovisionof medical care toover144,000
CambodianandVietnamese RefugeesandTrainingRefugee Medics.
 GeorgetownUniversityMedical School,1982-1986: Completed Doctorof Medicine degree
(MD).
 EmergencyMedical Technician/Paramedic,1977-1981: Five yearsprovidingEmergencyand
Rescue Servicestothe Tri-State Area(Minnesota, WisconsinandIowa) ina 50-mile radius
centeredinLa Crosse,Wisconsin,whilecompletingBachelorof Science DegreeatUniversityof
Wisconsin-LaCrosse.
Certifications:
 InfectiousDiseases,AmericanBoardof Internal Medicine (ABIM):1996-2006, 2006-present.
 Internal Medicine,AmericanBoardof Internal Medicine:1993-2003, 2003-2013.
 Tropical Medicine,AmericanSocietyof Tropical Medicine andHygiene(ASTMH):1999-present.
 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), AmericanHeartAssociation: 2016-2018.
 Basic Life Support (BLS),AmericanHeartAssociation:2016-2018.

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Clinical Licensure and Credentials:
 Medical License,State ofWashington:1992-present.
 Medical License,State ofCalifornia: applicationinprogress.
 ClinicallyCredentialedas InfectiousDiseasesandInternal Medicine Staff: Naval Medical
Center-SanDiego.
Education and Training:
 InfectiousDiseasesFellowship,Naval Medical Center-SanDiego:Finished1995.
 Internal Medicine Residency,Naval Medical Center-SanDiego:Finished 1991.
 Internal Medicine Categorical Internship,LosAngelesCounty-USC:Finished1987.
 Doctor of Medicine (MD) Degree,GeorgetownUniversitySchool of Medicine:1986.
 Bachelor of Science,Mathematics,EmphasisonStatistics,Univ.of Wisconsin-LaCrosse:1980.
MilitaryAwards:
 Legionof Merit Medal 2015, HealthAffairsAttaché,USEmbassy-Hanoi,Vietnam.
 Legionof Merit Medal 2013, CommandingOfficer,Naval HealthResearchCenter(NHRC)-San
Diego.
 MeritoriousService Medal 2010, Executive Officer,NHRC.
 MeritoriousService Medal 2006, Directorof Medical Operations,USNSMercyHospital Ship.
 MeritoriousService Medal,2003, at Naval Medical ResearchCenterDetachment(NMRDC),
Lima,Peru.
 Navy and Marine CommendationMedal,2005, NMRCD, Lima,Peru.
 Navy and Marine CommendationMedal,1998, Naval Medical ResearchUnitNo. 3 (NAMRU-3),
Cairo,Egypt.
 Navy AchievementMedal,1997, NAMRU-3,Cairo,Egypt.
 Navy AchievementMedal,1993, Naval Hospital-Bremerton,Washington.
 Navy AchievementMedal 1988, Naval Hospital-PensacolaBranchClinic,Naval Coastal Systems
Center,PanamaCity,Florida.
Security Clearance:
 Top Secret Clearance (current,single scope investigation2013)