Maurice Ramirez

Founding member of the American Academy of Disaster Medicine serving to guide the development of the Academy prior to its incorporation as a separate entity from the American Board of Disaster Medicine.

Provide Consulting & Keynote Speeches in the areas of Disaster Healthcare, Corporate Preparedness and Business Strategies for Good Times & Bad.

Founding Chairperson 2004 - 2007 Guided the formation and incorporation of the American Board of Disaster Medicine from July 2004 though February 2007.

Senior Physician with the Level 1 Disaster Medical Assstance Team based in Tampa, FL (DMAT-FL3). Served in federal deployments for hurricane Katrina (Louis Armstrong Int'l Airport - New Orleans, LA), hurricane Rita and hurricane Wilma.

Physician on the Level 1 State Medical Response Team based in Tampa, FL (SMRT-FL3).

Emergency Physician as an Independent Contractor for multiple staffing companies at hospitals across Florida.

Professional Speaker providing Motivational Keynotes, Nutrition and Health programs, custom training and presentation of academic material in an Infortainment format to public, private, corporate and professional audiences.

Disaster Response Volunteer beginning in June 1980 as a recovery field worker clearing debris, later volunteering with the American Red Cross as a shelter volunteer and then shelter first aid provider.

Practiced as a Family Physician with subspecialty certification in Geriatrics, Sports Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in several of Florida's urban and rural settings including Jacksonville, Panama City, Apalachicola, Kissimmee and Orlando.

Medical Director for Emerency Medical Services (EMS and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Franklin County Florida. Developed and deployed multiagency disaster drills in cooperation with the Franklin County EOC manager.