Patrick Downes, Boston Marathan Bombing Survivor and Trauma Care Advocate
Patrick Downes lost his leg in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. His wife, Jessica, lost both of her legs below the knee.
Patrick uses his experience and platform to advocate for improved trauma care for those injured by terrorism and for increased collaboration between civilian and military medicine. He and Jessica recently endowed a scholarship at Boston College, Patrick’s alma mater, for a student with a physical disability. The couple is also publishing a children’s book about their service dog, Rescue, to teach kids about the benefits service dogs can bring to people with disabilities.
Patrick and Jessica’s story was portrayed in Mark Wahlberg’s film Patriot Day
Col Jeff Bailey, USAF, Trauma Surgeon, USUHS
Colonel (Dr) Jeffrey A. Bailey enlisted in the USAF in 1976 and served as a medical laboratory specialist at Beale AFB California. He attended the Air Force Physician Assistant (PA) Program and was commissioned in 1982. He served as a PA in primary care at Beale AFB California and the 15th Medical Group at Wheeler and Hickam Air Force Bases Hawaii. He earned a Master’s in Public Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California in 1986. He graduated from Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri with a Doctor of Medicine in 1996 as an Air Force Health Professions Scholar. He completed a residency in Surgery and a fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care at St. Louis University in 2003. He is board certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
While completing his trauma fellowship he led the effort to affiliate the Air Force Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) with St. Louis University and its Level I trauma center and subsequently served as its director. In 2006 he transferred to the Missouri Air National Guard and served on the Staff of the Air Surgeon of the National Guard Bureau. He twice deployed (2006, 2007) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as Chief of Trauma at the Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad Air Base. He also deployed to the Combined-Joint Operational Area of US Central Command in 2010 to serve as the Joint Theater Trauma System (JTTS) Director and operationalized a system to capture clinical data from point of injury evacuations into a Tactical Evacuation (TACEVAC) registry. In 2011 Colonel Bailey returned to the Regular Air Force to serve as the Director of the Joint Trauma System (JTS) and its DoD Trauma Registry at Joint Base San Antonio Texas. During his service he led the JTS to designation as a Defense Center of Excellence and oversaw the re-alignment of the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) from the Defense Health Board to the JTS. In 2013 he deployed again as the US Central Command JTTS Director and implemented the Pre-Hospital Trauma Registry (PHTR) across the expeditionary trauma system. With the re-alignment of the CoTCCC to JTS and implementation of the PHTR he effectively extended the operational cycle of system-wide continuous and near concurrent performance improvement across the entire continuum of combat casualty care.
In 2015 Colonel Bailey was assigned as the Director for Surgery at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, the tertiary academic medical center of the National Capital Region Multi-Service Market of the Military Health System. He is a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He is responsible for the operation and direction of all aspects of subspecialty and perioperative surgical care, education, research, and readiness for the Surgical Directorate.
He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Chief of the Military Region of its Regional Committees on Trauma. He also serves as a Director at Large for the National Trauma Institute. He is a past-Specialty Governor of the American College of Surgeons and a past-President of the St. Louis Surgical Society.
Colonel Bailey’s decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (2 Oak leaf clusters), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Air Force Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Ribbon, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border, and NATO Medal.
Colonel Bailey is married to Kimberly Anne Doran of Hillsborough, California. They have two daughters and five grandchildren.
Dr. Patrick Bailey, FACS, Medical Director, American College of Surgeons
Patrick V. Bailey, MD, MLS, FACS, FAAP is Medical Director, Advocacy in the Division of Advocacy and Health Policy of the American College of Surgeons and a Clinical Professor of Surgery at both the George Washington University and the Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences.
A graduate of Arkansas State University and the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis, Dr. Bailey completed his general surgery internship at the George Washington University and his general surgery and surgical critical care residencies at St. Louis University. His pediatric surgery residency was completed at the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. He remains board certified in all three disciplines.
Following three years of active duty service in the Air Force, he served on the faculty of the surgery departments of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, the University of South Dakota and the University of Arizona in Phoenix. In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Bailey holds a Master of Legal Studies degree from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University and he is a Captain in the Navy Reserve.
Dr. David Marcozzi, Associate Professor and the Director of Population Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine
A Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Dr. David Marcozzi is an Associate Professor and the Director of Population Health within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He also serves as a Co-Director of the Program in Health Disparities and Population Health in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, and is the Assistant Chief Medical Officer for Acute Care at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Prior to these roles, Dr. Marcozzi served in the federal government as a senior leader and subject matter expert on health delivery, emergency care, and emergency preparedness.
During his federal tenure, Dr. Marcozzi held positions within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the White House. Serving last as the Senior Advisor for Emergency Preparedness and Acute Care within the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Marcozzi was involved with health delivery reform efforts, clinical quality standard and measure development. Before being asked to assume this role, he served as Director of the National Healthcare Preparedness Programs within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Dr. Marcozzi returned to HHS in September 2011 after completing a 3-year detail to the White House National Security Council. There he served as Director of All-Hazards Medical Preparedness Policy. During his time at the White House, he led multiple Sub-Interagency Policy Committees and assisted with responding to several event of national significance. Before his detail to the White House in 2008, Dr. Marcozzi created and directed the Emergency Care Coordination Center, an office within HHS established to improve prehospital and hospital based emergency care.
Prior to his federal positions, Dr. Marcozzi completed a congressional fellowship at the U.S. Senate. Serving on the Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness Subcommittee, he assisted in drafting the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act that became law in 2006.
A Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, Dr. Marcozzi has been mobilized four times since 2001 and is now assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command as a Deputy Surgeon. As a prior member of the National Disaster Medical System, Dr. Marcozzi responded to multiple disasters including the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
The author of several articles and scientific manuscripts, he is also the recipient of numerous military and civilian awards including the National Security Council Outstanding Achievement Award, a Certificate of Appreciation from the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, the Army Medical Department ‘A’ Proficiency Designator, the Army Commendation Medal, the National Disaster Medical System Distinguished Member Award and the Duke Emergency Medicine Distinguished Faculty Award.
Col Guy Kiyokawa (Ret), Deputy Director, Defense Health Agency
COL Kiyokawa was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He earned his Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Southern California. In 1987, he graduated from the U.S. Army Aviation Officer’s Basic Course which included the Rotary Wing Aviator Course (Flight School). COL Kiyokawa spent the next four years flying UH-1V in aeromedical evacuation missions at Fort Ord, California.
His health facilities experience spans across all facets including new hospital construction and facility maintenance / repair at regional and major command headquarters. In 1992 COL Kiyokawa completed a health facilities internship at the New Brooke Army Medical Center Project Office, Ft Sam Houston, Texas. Work experience in health facilities includes Chief, Facilities Division, 18th MEDCOM, Korea; Chief, Health Facilities Planning Office, Europe Regional Medical Command, Heidelberg, Germany; and Deputy Commander / Chief, Facility Life Cycle Integration, U.S. Army Health Facility Planning Agency, Falls Church, Virginia.
His health care administration experience spans many levels of care including clinics and community hospitals, regional medical centers, regional medical commands, and major command headquarters. In 1995 COL Kiyokawa earned his Masters in Health Administration from Baylor University. Work experience in health administration includes Chief, Ancillary Support Branch, Silas B. Hays Army Community Hospital, Fort Ord, California; Administrator, Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Executive Officer, Tripler Army Medical Center and Pacific Regional Medical Command, Honolulu, Hawaii; and Deputy Commander for Administration (DCA), US Army Aeromedical Center and Lyster Army Health Clinic, Ft Rucker, Alabama. COL Kiyokawa is a Diplomate (CHE) in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).