CURRICULUM VITAE
OF
L.B. Sandy Rock, MD, MPH
Issaquah, WA
(425) 260-4051
President, Interpretive Consultations, Inc.
RISK COMMUNICATOR, HPM Corporation, AdvanceMed Hanford, Richland, WA June 7, 2004-present
Instructor in Environmental Science and Cell Biology and Environmental Health (beginning 1/05; jointly with UW) at Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington; Spring 2000-2005
Adjunct Professor, Washington State University Tri-Cities, Environmental Science and Regional Planning, teaching Environmental Risk Communication, Spring 2005
Education:
BA, with distinction 1966, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
MD 1970, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Internship (Family Practice) 1971, Naval Hospital/Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
MPH 1972, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Pediatrics Residency (partial) July 1972-December 1972, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
Board Certification: American Board of Family Practice, 1976, 1982, 1989
Additional Training:
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Experience:
Project Consultant, American College of Preventive Medicine, I-131 Environmental Health Education Project, October 1, 2001--->March 2004
Project Consultant, Water Resources Education Center (WREC), City of Vancouver (WA), PBT Exhibit, March 2002-April 2003; October 2003-March 2004
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Environment and Health Research Director, Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center, January 2001--->2004
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Instructor, Environmental Science, Cell Biology, Environmental Health- Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington, September 2000---->March 2005
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Public Health Physician, Washington State Department of Health; Seattle, WA, May 1995 to May 2000 (Hanford Health Information Network--HHIN)
Responsible for education of health care providers in the Pacific Northwest regarding possible health effects from exposure to radioactive materials released from the Hanford Nuclear Site. Many presentations given to HCPs and public. Organized Radiation Risk Communication conference, September 1996. Co-Director, Radiation Risk Communication conference, 1999. Researcher/writer for newsletter.
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Primary Care Physician
Self--contractual to ambulatory clinics
Seattle, WA area
1993 to 1994
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Primary Care Physician
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
1990 to 1992
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Public Health/Primary Care Physician
Santa Barbara County Health Department
Lompoc, CA
1988 to 1990
Community and public health to mixed migrant worker, Hmong, and indigent community. Supervised public health outreach staff.
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Acute and Ambulatory Care Physician/Director
San Diego State University Student Health Services
San Diego, CA
1983 to 1987
Direct patient care: Supervisor, Acute Care; Disaster Response Planning Committee member, 1985-87
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Family Practitioner
Lewis Gale Family Practice Center
New Castle, VA
1980 to 1983
Patient care; Medical Examiner; Medical Director, Rescue Squad; solo physician for rural county of 4000 population.
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Solo Family Practitioner
Solo General Practice
1976 to 1980
Solo GP in rural coal mining and farming community. Member of Plan Development Committee, Subarea Health Council of Health Systems Agency, 1978-80; member, Child Abuse/Neglect Team, 1977-80; Vice-Chair, Mental Health/Mental Retardation Services Board, 1978
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Emergency Room Physician
Lonesome Pine Hospital Wellmont Lonesome Pine Hospital
Big Stone Gap, VA
1973 to 1975
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Medical Director
Model Cities Neighborhood Health Center New Orleans, LA
1972 to 1973
Patient care; supervisor of physicians and other medical personnel; member neighborhood/community advisory board. (Inner city, "project" clinic.)
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Publications:
"Low Dose Exposures Near a French Nuclear Plant" CONNECTIONS - Winter/Spring 1998
"Genetic Sensitivity to Radiation" CONNECTIONS - Summer/Fall 1998
"Downwinders: Are You Prepared to Answer Their Questions?" Northwest Physician Magazine, Summer 1996; Summer 2000
"Be Quick to End Mercury Pollution" Op-Ed in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 3, 2003
"Mercury Rises as a Health Concern," Northwest Public Health, Summer 2003
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Teaching:
Presentations (available on Internet):
Presentations
Testimony
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Extracurricular activities, hobbies, talents, travels, and volunteer work:
Guitar playing and singing since 1960; banjo during Seventies
East Africa work/study/visit, Rondo Plateau, Tanganyika (Tanzania), Summer 1962
Counselor, Camp for Diabetic Children, Virginia, 1968, 1969
Research: ribosomal RNA, 1965; hemorrhagic shock, 1966; renin-angiotensin, 1967 (UVa Dept Biology; UVa Dept Pharmacology; Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, respectively)
U.S. Navy Reserve, 1967-1971, Honorable Discharge, April 30, 1971
SCUBA Certification, 1971, San Diego, CA
Pilot's license, Single Engine Land, 1973 to present (not current)
Radio Program ("Doctor Rock's House Call"), WLSD & WSWV, 1973-74
Built house at Dot ("with a little help from my friends,") Lee County, Virginia 1975-1978
Service Trip physician with Sierra Club to Denali National Park (Peter's Dome), 1983
Member Nicaragua medical survey (of health care system) team , CHRICA,1984
Emergency medical team member, Mexico City (EARTHQUAKE), Ejercito de Salvacion, 1985
Volunteer Physician for "Flying Samaritans" in Baja California, 1986
Great American Peace March (for Nuclear Disarmament) physician, 1986
Outdoor Leader for "Leisure Connection," SDSU, 1986-1987 (mountaineering; canoeing; XC skiing)
Kayaked from San Felipe, Baja California to Santa Rosalia, BC, Oct-Nov, 1987
Led successful ascents on Mt. Shasta, 1987; general mountaineering, lifelong; Past member, Wilderness Medical Society
Cross-country (Nordic) skiing, 1983 to present
Initiated recycling program at condominium complex, Santa Barbara, 1988
Taught "Spanish for Medical Personnel" to non-Spanish-speaking medical staff, Lompoc, CA, 1989.
Parapente flying, Washington State, 1992
Extensive travel in Mexico and Central America, 1984-1993.
Tour Guide in Costa Rica, January through June, 1993
Created "Hammering Man with Ball and Chain" postcard, 1994
President, Denny Regrade (Seattle) Community Council, 1996-1997
Member, Tobacco Control Program Committee, American Lung Association of Washington (www.alaw.org), October 2000-
Member, Board of Directors, Northwest Council on Climate Change, June 2001-
Chair, Environment & Health Committee, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (www.wpsr.org), June 2001-June 2004
Co-Founder, s.e.n.s.e. (Solutions for the Elimination of Neighborhood woodSmoke Emissions), 2001
Member, Mercury Chemical Action Plan Advisory Committee, Washington State Department of Ecology, 2001-2002
