Department of Epidemiology & Community Health Link
Dr. Buttery

C.M.G. Buttery MB BS MPH

Adjunct Clinical Professor of Public Health

CURRICULUM VITAE

8606 Woodshill Court
Richmond, VA 23235
804-560-1478

rokimbo@comcast.net

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA Born July 1, 1930, in Yorkshire, England
Married to E. Rosemary, nee Macgowan, three children

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Grade and Grammar Schools:  Manchester and Birmingham, United Kingdom
High School:  Whitgift High School, Croydon, Surrey, England, graduated 1946
Medical School:  GUY's Hospital, University of London, England, graduated May 1955, M.B., B.S.
Internship (Rotating):  Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, P.Q., Canada, 1955 - 1956
Residency:  Jefferson Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, Internal Medicine, 1956 - 1957
Postgraduate Training:  Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, Graduated 1968   Passed examination for Admission to Dr. P. H. program
Graduate Course in Hospital Administration, U. S. Army Medical Service School, Fort Sam Houston, 1968

Graduate , U. S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1972
Graduate, Industrial College of Armed Forces, 1975
Graduate , U. S. Army War College, 1979

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Preventive Medicine, 1971, Certificate Number 2204, Sub-specialty, Public Health

LICENSURE INFORMATION
State Board of Medicine, Virginia, 1956, Certificate Number 13075, still active

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
President, PH Consulting Inc. July 1996 to Jan 2000.
Clinical Professor of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology & Community Health VCU-MCV, 1995 to present
Director Richmond City Health Department, Nov 1991-June 30 1996
Commissioner of Health, Department of Health, Commonwealth of Virginia, July 1986-to October 1991
Director, Corpus Christi-Nueces County Department of Public Health, June 1980 to June 20, 1986 Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Community Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, 1975 - 1980
Director, City Health Department, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1968 - 1975
Assistant Director, Fairfax County Health Department, Fairfax, Virginia, 1966 - 1968
Private practice of family medicine, Rocky Mount, Virginia, 1957 - 1966

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

Royal Army Medical Corps, Laboratory Technician, 1947 - 1948, Berlin, Germany
Territorial Army (Parachute Field Ambulance), 1948 - 1955
Virginia National Guard, Artillery Battalion, 1963 - 1972
U. S. Army Reserve, Mobilization Designee, Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Office of the Surgeon General, 1972 – 1994.  Retired as Colonel, Medical Corps
Received A designator for excellence.

Military Education:
Completed Advanced Career Course, Medical Corps, 1965 - 1967
Diploma, Hospital Administration, MFSS-Fort Sam Houston - 1968
Command and General Staff College, 1968 - 1973
Industrial College of Armed Forces, 1973 - 1975
U. S. Army War College, 1977 - 1979

Recent Grant Awards
March 1997, $200,000 application for health education., Developed for Southside Virginia AHEC
March 1995- $3.25 Mn. for Lead Paint Removal for City of Richmond
January 1994- $2Mn for Healthy Start program for Children for Richmond City.
October 1992. $500,000 from Robert Wood Johnson to develop model immunization data & tracking system for Central Virginia.

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
American Medical Association, 1974 - Present
American College of Preventive Medicine, 1971 - Present (Fellow) (Member, Board ofRegents, 1984-1986)
Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, 1974 - Present
Southern Health Association, 1968 – Present  (President - 1984-85)
American Academy of Family Physicians, 1956 - Present

Medical Society of Virginia, 1956 - Present
Texas Medical Association, 1980 - 1986
Coastal Bend Medical Society, 1980 - 1986, Corpus Christi
American Public Health Association, 1968 - Present
Governing Council, 1970 - 1978
American Association of Public Health Physicians, 1968 –Present President, 1980 - 1982
United States Conference of Local Health Officers, 1970 – 1996 - President 1986
Texas Academy of Family Physicians, 1980 - 1986
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Clinical Professor of Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health, MCV-VCU 1995 to present.  Director Preventive Medicine residency program, Chair, MPH Admissions Committee

Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine, MCV-VCU 1986-Present

Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 1981 - 86

Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Department of Community Medicine, 1981 - 1986

Lecturer and Community Medicine Rotation Director, Memorial Medical Center, Corpus Christi, Family Practice Residency Program, 1980 - 1986

Preventive Medicine Residency Site Supervisor, Texas Department of Health, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, 1981 - 1986

Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1975 – 1980, Faculty Senate, 1975 – 1980, President, 1979 - 1980

Visiting Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, Department of Family and Community Medicine, 1986 - 1992

Associate Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Full Time Faculty), 1975 - 1980

Assistant Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Department of Family and Community Medicine, (Part Time Faculty), 1973 - 1975

Visiting Lecturer, Medical College of Virginia/ Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Nursing, 1973 - 1980

Visiting Lecturer, Old Dominion University, School of social work, 1972 - 1980

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

At MCV, Admissions Chair, MPH Program

Director Public Health/General Preventive Medicine Residency Program 1995 - 1999

As Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, provided semiannual lectures on public health practice and applied community epidemiology, reviewed research papers, and provided onsite experience for doctoral students and preventive medicine residents.

As Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston, School of Public Health, provided periodic lectures on applied epidemiology and provided supervised practicums for public health residents. Provided training in management and occupational health of preventive medicine residents of Texas Department of Health; provided teaching in epidemiology, biostatistics, general preventive medicine and occupational health of Memorial Medical Center's family practice residents.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Development of Health Systems Planning for local health departments
Development of community-wide Medical Information Systems
Development of Outcome Evaluation for Primary Care
Evaluation of Health Aspects of Housing
Linkage of public and private Systems of Primary Care
Development of Office-based Medical Information Systems
Application of state of the art Computer Systems to public and private health care
Development of Family Based Health Data Bases
Politics of introduction of Preventive Medicine Programs into Community and State Health Programs
Development of practical Environmental/Occupational Health work standards

COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES

Chair: Admissions Committee, MPH program, Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health VCU – MCV.  1994 to present.

President - Virginia Immunization Project - 1997-1998

American Medical Association; Member, Residency Review Committee for Preventive

Medicine (Occupational Health); 1978 - 1984.  Specialist site visitor for occupational medicine and public health

American College of Preventive Medicine; Member, Board of Regents; 1984 - 1986

Eastern Virginia Medical School:

Committee on Instruction

Committee on Evaluation

American Public Health Association Member, Governing Council; 1971 - 1979
Southern Health Association (formerly American Public Health Association/
Southern Branch):

American Association of Public Health Physicians; Board Member, 1974 - Present; President, 1980 - 1982
American Association of Family Physicians, Virginia Chapter; 1956 - 1980, 1986 - Present; Chairman, Scientific Program, 1978.
Virginia Public Health Association; 1966 - 1981, 1986 - Present; Member, Executive Committee; 1970 - 1976
American Cancer Society, Corpus Christi Chapter, Executive Committee, 1983 - 1986
American Heart Association, Corpus Christi Chapter, Board of Directors, 1984 - 1986
United Way, Corpus Christi, Board of Directors, 1983 - 1986
Virginia State Board of Sanitarian Examiners, Gubernatorial Appointee, 1971 - 1975
Virginia State Advisory Committee on Health Statistics, from initial development of Committee until May, 1980
Portsmouth Mental Health and Retardation Services Board, 1968 - 1974 (maximum of two terms allowed)
Health, Welfare, Recreation Planning Council, Board of Directors, 1975 - 1980
Virginia Lung Association; Member, Tuberculosis Advisory Committee, 1972 - 1980; Member, Program Planning Committee, 1977 - 1980
Regional Health Services Council (predecessor to HSA); 1968 - 1975;
Member, Mental Health Services Committee
HSAV (Virginia) Planning and Development Committee, 1975 - 1976
Portsmouth School Committee for Developmental Disabilities, 1975 - 1977
Portsmouth Human Resources Advisory Council 1975 - 1977
Portsmouth Commission on Emergency Medical Services; 1973 - 1980; President, 1974 - 1976
Flynn Christian Home for Alcoholics, Board of Directors, 1974 - 1980

HONORS

Outstanding Public Manager, City of Richmond VA, 1993
Special Award, Corpus Christi Restaurant Association, 1983
Outstanding Environmental Award, Virginia Environmental Health Association, 1971
Outstanding Public Official Award, Tidewater Homebuilders' Association, 1971
Best Scientific Exhibit, Virginia Academy of Family Physicians, 1964 and 1965

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Development of combined family and community medicine clerkship.  One, of only three in the United States.  Only one of eight weeks duration in 1980.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Buttery, C.M.G. Health Assessment South Central Virginia. Prepared for South Side Virginia AHEC, Seoptember1997

Health Access in South Central Rural Virginia, presentation to Joint Commission on Health Care, June 1997

Buttery CMG.  The South Richmond Health Status Survey. VMQ 1994; 121:218-219

"Measles Outbreak in a Fully Immunized Secondary School Population," with Brunell, P. A.; Gustafson, T. L., et al., New England Journal of Medicine 316:711-774, March 26, 1987

"Public Health Effects of Drought," Submitted to American Journal of Preventive Medicine

"Animal Control in Corpus Christi, Texas," American Journal of Public Health 75:196, January 1985

"Endemic (murine) Typhus in Corpus Christi," with Magnuson, L. W., M.D., M.P.H et al.TEXAS MEDICINE 80:53-54, August 1984

"Medical Miracle, Use of the Personal Computer in the Doctor's Office," Desktop Computing, October 1981

"Role of the Practicing Physician in Primary Care Research," Virginia Physician, MAR-APR 1980

"A Clerkship in Community and Family Medicine," with Moser, D., MS, Journal of Family Practice, August 1980

Epidemiology of Primary Care, Comparison of Primary Care Practices, presented at North American Primary Care Research Group meeting in Pennsylvania,  April 1980

Research in England:  Published in two parts in Virginia Family Physician, NOV-DEC and JAN-FEB issues, 1979 and 1980

Housing Environment and Health, Published in the Proceedings of the Annual Educational Conference of the National Environmental Health Association, 1979

"Economic Stratification as a Tool for Disease Control," DHEW Publication # HSM 73-8172, Research Needs in Family Practice, URBAN HEALTH, 1976

"Treatment of Sinusitis," General Practice Journal (now American Family Physician)

"Clinical Investigation in General Practice," Southern Medical Journal, 1963

"General Practice Laboratories," Nebraska State Medical Journal, 1962

"The Physician and Radiation Fallout," Virginia Medical Monthly, 1960

"Hypoadrenalism and Hyperthyroidism," ibid, 1958

BOOKS

Adera T., Buttery C.M.G., Nelson W.R.  Preventive Medicine Questions.  In: Appleton and Lange’s Review for the USMLE Step 2,  Ch. 6, p. 221-266.  Appleton and Lange, 2000.

The Health Director’s Handbook. CMG Buttery, MD, Japanese Edition,  Tokyo, Japan. 1997

The Health Director’s Handbook. CMG Buttery MD. Oxford University Press 1990.

"The Local Health Department," Chapter 69, 13th Edition, Maxcy-Rosenau Public Health and Preventive Medicine; Editor, John Last, 1992

"The Local Health Department," Chapter 59, 12th Edition, Maxcy-Rosenau Public Health and Preventive Medicine; Editor, John Last, 1986

"Medical School: Prevention in Primary Care Preceptorships," with Seibert, D. J. and Barker, W. H., Teaching Preventive Medicine in Primary Care, Springer Series on medical education, Volume 5, Editor, W. H. Barker, 1983

"The Biomedical Sciences and the Medical Student," with Cassidy, R. L., Principles and Practice of Family Medicine, published by Springer, Edited by Taylor,1978

"The Responsibility of the Health Professional," Proceedings of the Assembly on Hunger and Malnutrition, Edited by Self, Kristo and Smith, published by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 1977

"A Public Policy Viewpoint of Health Care for the Poor," Social Issues in Health Care, Edited by Self, S. J., Ph.D., published by Teagle & Little, 1976

"Local Government Employees' View of Self and of Citizens' Input," Democracy and Public Services in Local Government, Edited by Rutyna and Choi, published by Old Dominion University Research Foundation, 1976

"Changing Populations, Hospital Beds, and Medical Practitioners in Portsmouth," with Moore, J. B., A.I.P., Urban Problems and Techniques, Vol. II, 1970

OTHER PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

LETTERS TO EDITORS:

Regarding Web Based Learning- Am. J. Prev, Med 2001;20(1)

Physician & wife face future – with advance directives in hand. AMA News, September 25, 2000.

Why the Health Director Might Not Support Influenza Immunizations; with Merchant, D., Ph.D.; American Journal of Public Health; June 1979

Screening Adolescents for Gonorrhea, Pediatrics, March 1978

Definitions of Anemia, American Journal of Public Health, February 1978

What Family Physicians See in Practice, Journal Canadian Medical Association, January 1978

The Problem Oriented Approach to Practice, Journal of the American Medical Association, December 1977

Glucose Tolerance Tests and Optimal Control of the Diabetic, American Family Physician, November 1977

A Call for Standards in Reporting Lab Tests, Virginia Medical Monthly, November 1976

PRESENTATIONS

The Future of Military Preventive Medicine.  Annual Military Medicine Meeting, WRAMC, 1994

Computers in Public Health, West Virginia Public Health Association Meeting, 1983

Epidemiology of Endemic Typhus, Global Medicine Symposium, United States Air Force, Brooke Air Force Base, 1984

Occupational Health and City Employees, with Magnuson, L. W., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Seminar Series, 1982

Computer Use and the Local Health Department, Texas Public Health Association Annual Meeting, March 1982

Epidemiology of Primary Care, Texas Medical Association Annual Meeting, May 1981

Epidemiology of Primary Care, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston,Seminar Series, April 1981

Chronic Disease and Public Health, Louisiana Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 1981

Comparison of Local Health Departments in Texas and Virginia, University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Public Health, Houston, Annual Seminar

The Future of Public Health Education, Keynote Speech, North Carolina Chapter, SOPHE, 1978

Primary Care and Individuals, American Public Health Association/Southern Branch Annual Meeting, 1978

Biology and Epidemiology of Swine Influenza, requested presentation to Biological Sciences Symposium, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, October 1977

Rural Urban Health Differences, American Public Health Association/Southern Branch Annual Meeting, 1977

Health Information Systems, with Dreitlein, W., American Public Health Association/Southern Branch Annual Meeting, 1974

Public Health Needs, presented to the U. S. Congress/House Committee on Public Health and Environment at request of National League of Cities/Conference of Mayors, 1974

Systems Techniques for Local Health Departments, Local Health Officers, State of Indiana, Annual Meeting, 1974

Military-Civilian Relationships in Preventive Medicine Seminar; Annual Preventive Medicine Seminar; United States Navy; Norfolk, Virginia; 1972

Local Health Department Information Systems, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 1972

Urban Health Planning and Infectious Disease, Virginia Lung Association Annual Meeting, 1972

The Clinical Office Laboratory, Virginia Academy of Family Physicians Annual Meetings, 1964 and 1965

The General Practice Laboratory, Nebraska Medical Association Annual Meeting, 1962

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