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Office
651 Ilalo Street
Honolulu, HI 96813Phone+1 808-692-0895Fax+1 808-692-1251- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Walden UniversityPhD, 2008 - 2012
- University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of MedicineMedical Education, 2006 - 2007
- NOAA Dive Training CenterDiploma, Diving Medicine, 1998 - 1998
- George Washington University, Interagency Institute for Federal Healthcare ExecutivesCertificate, Advanced Healthcare Administration, 1997 - 1997
- Navy Diving & Salvage Training CenterDiploma, Diving Medicine, 1995 - 1995
- Inter-American Defense CollegeDiploma, 1992 - 1993
- Walter Reed Army Institute of ResearchResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1988 - 1989
- Uniformed Services UniversityMTM&H, Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 1987 - 1988
- Command & General Staff CollegeDiploma, 1983 - 1984
- US Army Hospital1975 - 1978
- Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1975
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State License 1998 - 2020
- HI State License 1999 - 2020
- AZ State License 1979 - 2019
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACPM) American College of Preventive Medicine, 2009
- Order of Military Medical Merit US Army Medical Regiment, 1998
- de Fleury Medal (Bronze) US Army Corps of Engineers, 1998
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsMedical School Hotline: Liaison Committee for Medical Education Accreditation, Part VI: Academic, Career, Personal Counseling/Student Health and Well-Being.Richard W Smerz, Sheri Ft Fong, Damon H Sakai> ;Hawai'i Journal of Medicine & Public Health. 2016 May 1
- 1 citationsThe relationship of decongestant use and risk of decompression sickness; a case-control study of Hawaiian scuba diversRichard W Smerz> ;Hawai'i Journal of Medicine & Public Health. 2014 Feb 1
- 1 citationsMedical school hotline: Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Accreditation and the John A. Burns school of medicine: what medical student teachers should know.Damon H Sakai, Richard T. Kasuya, Richard W Smerz, Noelani Ching> ;Hawai'i Journal of Medicine & Public Health. 2013 Jul 1
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Journal Articles
- Future of Latin American Armies in the Post Cold War EraSmerz, R, Inter-American Defense College Collection of Independent Study Papers
- Medical Support of Sinai MFO, 1982Dunn, M; Smerz, R, Military Medicine
- Descriptive Epidemiological Analysis of Diving Accidents in Hawaii, 1983-2001Nakayama, H; Smerz, R, Hawaii medical Journal
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Effect of Aging on Prevalence and Recovery from DCISmerz, R, Undersea and Hyperbaric medicine
- Influence of Severity of DCI on Outcome by AgeSmerz, R, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
- Hawaiian Deep Tables, historical development and usage over twenty yearsSmerz, R, Proceedings of 2nd US-Japan Panel on Diving and Aerospace Medicine
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Press Mentions
- Medical School HotlineJanuary 1st, 2021
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Undersea & Hypebaric Medical SocietyMember
- South Pacific Underwater Medical SocietyMember
- American Public Health AssociationMember
- Uniformed Services Academy of Preventive MedicineMember
- Association of Prevention Teaching and ResearchMember
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneMember
- American Academy of Underwater SciencesMember
- AAMC Group on Student AffairsMember
- Special Operations Medical AssociationMember
- Association of Military Surgeons of the United StatesMember
- Member
- Hawaii Medical AssociationMember
- Member
Other Languages
- Spanish
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