Preventive Medicine

The Chief of Preventive Medicine is a board certified Preventive Medicine Physician. The chief directs a department with ten sections staffed by over 71 employees comprising both military and civilian. The DPM serves the same functions on an Army post as a county health department would serve in the civilian sector with the addition of occupational health services and deployment/field preventive medicine.

Occupational Health (OH)

• Fit Testing
• Worker’s Compensation
• Employment and DOT Physicals
• Return To Duty Evaluations & Work Restrictions
• Worker’s Compensation Evaluations and Work-Site Safety Inspections

 Industrial Hygiene (IH)

• Indoor Air Quality Sampling and Ventilation Testing
• Work-Site Evaluations (Engineered &Administrative Controls)
• Mold and Asbestos Assessment and Abatement
• Lead Exposure Surveys and Consultation
• Employee Exposure Monitoring (Noise, Radiation, Chemicals, etc.)

Public Health Nursing (PHN)

• Communicable Disease Surveillance and Treatment (Tuberculosis, Sexual Health/Responsibility Clinic, HIV, Hepatitis, Meningitis, etc.)
• Environmental Injury Prevention and Education (Heat and Cold Injuries)
• Rabies Prevention and Education
• Travel Medicine Clinic
• Military on the Move (MOM) Program; Active Duty Pregnancy and Postpartum Physical Training

Environmental Health (EH)

• Water Surveillance
• Online Food Handlers Course
• Sanitation Inspections of Community Facilities (Gyms, Pools, Daycares, Beauty & Barber Shops, etc.)
• Insect Surveillance and Management
• Field Sanitation Training

Health Physics

• Radiation Exposure Assessment
• Radiation Exposure Monitoring

Army Hearing Program

• Annual Hearing Screenings
• Hearing Protection Fittings (Earplugs) and Hearing Aids
• Tactical Communications Systems
• Hearing Conservation Officer Training
• Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) Certification Course