Dana Thomas MD MPH
USCG Chief Medical Officer, Director of Health, Safety & Work-Life
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U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, SEWashington, DC 20593
Phone+1 202-475-5135
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Summary
- As Chief Medical Officer and Director of Health, Safety and Work-Life, I reduce the Coast Guard's risk to mission and forces by ensuring a ready, relevant and responsive total workforce. Responsible for the nutritional, physical, mental, and psycho-social health, well-being and safety of almost 90,000 diverse employees, and twice as many family members. The Coast Guard is comprised of 42,000 Active Duty, 7,500 Reservist, 8,000 Civilian, and 30,000 Auxiliarist members.
ABPM certified in Aerospace Medicine & Occ and Environmental Medicine (Fellow, ACOEM); ABPS certified in Disaster Medicine; and CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service fellowship-trained as a medical epidemiologist.
Education & Training
Navy Medicine Operational Training Center Aerospace MedicineResidency, Preventive Medicine, 2001 - 2003
Tripler Army Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1998 - 1999
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 1999 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2017 - 2019
American Board of Preventive Medicine Aerospace Medicine- American Board of Preventive Medicine Occupational Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsRisk of longer-term endocrine and metabolic conditions in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Coast Guard cohort study - five years of follow-up.Hristina Denic-Roberts, Lawrence S Engel, Jeanine M Buchanich, Rachel G Miller, Evelyn O Talbott
Environmental Health. 2025-03-22 - Impact of genetic polymorphisms on associations between crude oil exposure and health effects among Coast Guard Deepwater Horizon responders.Joseph B Kim, Hristina Denic-Roberts, Jordan McAdam, Dana L Thomas, Lawrence S Engel
The Science of the Total Environment. 2024-12-20 - 2 citationsAcute gastrointestinal symptoms associated with oil spill exposures among U.S. coast guard responders to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.Craig Anderson, Jayasree Krishnamurthy, Jordan McAdam, Hristina Denic-Roberts, Ellie Priest
Annals of Epidemiology. 2024-11-01
Press Mentions
Dana Thomas, MD: Retired Two-Star Admiral, Physician-Scientist, and Leader in Occupational and Aerospace MedicineAugust 14th, 2026- America’s Best in Medicine Highlights Dana Thomas, MD: Retired Two-Star Admiral, Physician-Scientist, and Leader in Occupational and Aerospace MedicineAugust 16th, 2026
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