Frederick M. "Skip" Burkle Jr.
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Born | Emergency Medicine | April 29, 1940
Frederick M. "Skip" Burkle, Jr. (born April 29, 1940) is an American physician known for his work in
Drafted into the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, he served as a military physician in Vietnam and was instrumental in Operation Babylift.[2]
Burkle reached the rank of Captain (O-6) in the U.S. Naval Reserve before retiring.[3]
Personal life and education
Burkle was born in
As a child, Burkle had dyslexia and unable to read until 5th grade.[4] He developed his own language, which prompted his mother to seek a psychological evaluation for him. The evaluation, done at the time when little was known about learning disabilities and their co-existence with giftedness, revealed an extremely bright but "lazy" child.
Shy and self-conscious, Burkle intensely disliked school, even though he dreamed of becoming a doctor, inspired by seeing magazine pictures of physicians who saved starving children in Africa's jungle hospitals. He attended
"She urged me to plead my case to the High School Academic Dean, a stern gray haired Brother of Holy Cross, to both loan me the application fee and forward a decent recommendation. I was shaking in my boots. He silently pondered the circumstances yet nodded his head and agreed to accept the personal risk despite the potential anger of my Father . . ."[4]
Burkle obtained his bachelor's degree from
He has been qualified in
Together with his wife Phyllis, who worked as a teacher, the Burkles have raised three children, and currently reside in Hawaii.
Military service and awards
In Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited, author Andrew Wiest described how in 1968 Burkle was drafted into the
A retired Captain (O-6) in the
As a navy reservist, Burkle was recalled to active duty during the
In early 2003, Burkle was appointed the interim minister of health of the
His awards include two
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
In 1994, Burkle worked with then senator of Hawaii Daniel Inouye to develop a Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (COEDMHA). At the time the CFE was located at Tripler Army Medical Center and Burkle was its first and founding director.[19] The center has since been renamed to the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) and was moved to Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. The purpose of the center was to serve as a resource for bringing science and innovation to enhance humanitarian assistance and disaster relief by improving humanitarian civil-military coordination.[20]
Burkle's vision was to have the CFE serve as a civilian-led research and training institute that would enhance the capacity of the U.S. and foreign militaries to operate effectively in humanitarian assistance missions. The main tasks of the CFE were to increase militaries' understanding of the humanitarian ethos and the guiding principles of humanitarian organizations, along with promoting an understanding of the international humanitarian architecture and the key humanitarian organizations involved in humanitarian response. Dr. Burkle hired a highly experienced staff drawn from academia, the United Nations, the medical field, and the U.S. military to fulfill this vision.[20]
He also established partnerships with a wide range of
The center was named a
Additional international work
In the late 1970s and early 80s, Burkle traveled to China to assist in treating and lecturing on malnutrition and poverty that plagued 83% of the population.[26] Burkle partnered with his long-term friend and colleague Professor Zong-Hao, Li, former director at Beijing Emergency Medical Center, currently president of the China Emergency Resuscitation Association, to teach and advance emergency medicine as a specialty in China.[27][28] During the 1990s he assisted in the development of the emergency medical services in hospitals in and around Beijing and on the Hainan Island.[29][30]
In 1992, Burkle worked with International Services of the American Red Cross in the Kurdish Crisis in Iraq.[31][32]
He was deputy assistant administrator, Bureau of Global Health at the Bureau of Global Health at United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United States Department of State (2001–2003).[33]
Burkle is a faculty member at European Master in Disaster Medicine, an International Master of Science organization by the University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy and the Free University of Brussels. Here Burkle helps as advisor in their research center CRIMEDIM as well as guides their research in humanitarian aid.[34]
In 2002, Burkle received a White House Appointment to serve as Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Global Health at United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United States Department of State. In this capacity, he was appointed the first Interim Minister of Health in Iraq in 2003 during the planning and immediate crisis period.[5]
In January 2017, WADEM (World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine) named its biennial Award for Global Leadership in Emergency Public Health in honor of Dr. Burkle, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the science and practice of humanitarian relief efforts. The Burkle Award's first two recipients were Drs. Ian Norton of the WHO Emergency Medical Teams Initiative, and Joanne Liu of Médecins Sans Frontières.[35]
Academic career
- 1989–2000 Burkle was professor of pediatrics, surgery and public health and chairman of the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii Schools of Medicine and Public Health. He has also been an adjunct professor with the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences and the School of Nursing. And he has served as clinical professor of surgery and adjunct professor in tropical medicine at the University of Hawaii.[5]
- July 1993 – present he served as an adjunct professor, and from 2006 to 2010 a professor, at the Department of Community Emergency Health & Paramedic Practice, Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, and from 2012 at the Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative, Melbourne, Australia.[36]
- July 1993 – present he served as adjunct professor, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.[5]
- 1994 – 2000 he was the founder and director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, and a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for humanitarian civil-military cooperation, the only one so designated.[20]
- May 2004 – present he served as Senior Fellow the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and visiting scientist, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University.[5]
- June 2004 – present he served as former senior scholar and now senior associate faculty and research scientist, the Center for Refugee & Disaster Response, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutes.[5]
- 2004–present he served as senior policy advisor, Center for Disaster Medical Sciences, University of California at Irvine.
- 2008–present he served as senior international public policy scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, D.C.[5]
- 2012–present he served as adjunct professor, James Cook University, Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Australia[37]
- Burkle is honorary professor, the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester, UK.[5]
- He served as the senior advisor in medicine and public health for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.[5]
- He has also been associated with the following institutions: Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Washington, D.C., and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Louisiana, U.S.A.[3]
- Burkle has been a speaker at The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Global Forum in Davos, Switzerland, National Institutes of Health, the Hyogo Declaration Regional Symposium and the World Bank.[5]
Narcissism in U.S. Polity
In December 2015, Burkle published a seminal paper on "Antisocial Personality Disorder and Pathological Narcissism in Prolonged Conflicts and Wars of the 21st Century" warning against political leaders with narcissistic and antisocial character disorders as a major source of humanity's problems.[38] This was the most read article on ResearchGate in 2016. He followed it up with a Harvard International Review paper, co-authored with Dan Hanfling, MD, and published in March, 2016, on "When being smart is not enough: Narcissism in U.S. Polity" where he discusses the widespread collective narcissism in America as a main enabling factor and portent of a toxic presidency.[39]
Awards and honors
- 1996: Col. Donald Cook (Medal of Honor) Award for Humanitarian Service presented by the board of directors/alumni association, Saint Michael's College, "the highest honor for alumni it recognizes those who unselfishly give of themselves in the service of others".[40]
- 1999: The William Crawford Gorgas Medal: National Award presented by the American College of Military Surgeons of the United States for "distinguished work in preventive medicine, groundbreaking work in disaster management and humanitarian assistance and the training of an entire generation of U.S. and international personnel".[5]
- 1999: State of Hawaii Emergency Physician of the Year Award, presented by the governor of Hawaii[5]
- 2000: Sidbury Visiting Professor: Duke University School of Medicine, International Health, Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, May 2000
- 2000: Ellwood Lecture: American Academy of Pediatrics, 34th Annual Pediatric Seminar, March, 2000
- 2000: Knight of Honor Award: Presented to Distinguished Alumni of Notre Dame High School, West Haven, Connecticut[41]
- 2004: International Federation for Emergency Medicine: Humanitarian Award, 10th International Conference in Cairns, Australia, June 2004[42]
- 2005: University of Vermont, College of Medicine Alumni Association Award for Community Service in Medicine for his "distinguished career in humanitarian and military service," 2005[43]
- 2007: Elected to the
- 2008: Woodrow Wilson International Public Policy Scholar, 2008 to present[5]
- 2009: Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, Honoris Causis, from Saint Michaels College, 2009[47]
- 2012: Joseph Leiter Lectureship at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, DC. This award, presented every two years recognizes "research and instruction to outstanding service and leadership and professional recognition that supports and encourages the best and brightest in the field," 2012[48][49]
- 2014: Disaster Medical Sciences Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians, 2014[50]
- 2015: Board of Scientific Counselors, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response of the Centers for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC)
- 2015: Burkle's research on casualty estimates in nuclear war, shared with colleagues from the University of Georgia, was selected by the Nobel Laureates to be presented at their World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Spain.
- 2016: Commencement Address at the Saint Michael's College graduation, 2016.[51]
- 2017 McGill University Humanitarian leadership award[52]
Publications
Professor Burkle is noted among "the most recognized leaders in the fields of Disaster Medicine, Public Health Preparedness, Emergency Management, and Environmental Health."[53] He has published over 240 scientific practice and policy articles, multiple abstracts, 70 book chapters and four books, three on disaster management including Disaster Medicine: Applications for the Immediate Management and Triage of Civilian and Military Disaster Victims in 1984.[54]
- Lifeline – Frederick "Skip" M Burkle, Jr., Lancet. Volume 364, No. 9433, p495, 7 August 2004. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16793-7
- Globalization and Disasters: Issues of Public Health, State Capacity and Political Action, Journal of International Affairs. Vol. 59, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2006.[55]
- Population-based Triage Management in Response to Surge-capacity Requirements during a Large-scale Bioevent Disaster, Academic Emergency Medicine. December 2006; 13(11). DOI:10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.040[56]
- Conversations in Disaster Medicine and Public Health: The Profession], Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Volume 8, Issue 1. February 2014, pp. 5–11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2014.11
- Yasuhiro Otomo and Frederick M. Burkle. Breakout Session 1 Summary: Frameworks and Policies Relating to Medical Preparedness and Health Management in Disasters, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Volume 8, Issue 4. August 2014, pp. 359–360. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2014.72
- The World Health Organization Global Health Emergency Workforce: What Role Will the United States Play?, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Volume 10, Issue 4, August 2016, pp. 531–535. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.114
- Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine: Comprehensive Principles and Practices: Complex Public Health Emergencies, Cambridge University Press, 18 April 2016, pp. 433–449.[31][57][53]
References
- ^ Mistakes Were Made, The Washington Post, September 17, 2006
- ^ Operation Babylift, Ford Library Museum. Retrieved 2017-01-15
- ^ a b c Burkle '61 to speak at service-themed commencement, Saint Michael's College. Retrieved 2017-03-20
- ^ a b Tribute to Dr. Frederick Burkle, Congressional Record, (Senate - June 07, 2016). Retrieved 2017-01-15
- ^ Wilson Center. Retrieved 2017-01-02
- ISBN 978-1-78200-325-0.
- ^ Dr. Skip Burkle, Veterans Advantage, May 10, 2001
- ^ American Pediatricians at War: A Legacy of Service, Pediatrics, February 2012, VOLUME 129 / ISSUE Supplement 1
- ^ 2012 Leiter Lecture "Future Humanitarian Crises: Challenges to Practice, Policy and Public Health" NLM in Focus, National Library of Medicine, May 4, 2012
- PMID 16933807.
- ^ Emergency medicine in the Persian Gulf War - Part 1: Preparations for triage and combat casualty care, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 23, Issue 4,1994
- ^ Emergency Medicine in the Persian Gulf War--Part 2. Triage Methodology and Lessons Learned , Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 23, Issue 4, 1994
- ^ Emergency Medicine in the Persian Gulf War--Part 3: Battlefield Casualties , Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 23, Issue 4, 1994
- ^ Health and politics in the 2003 war with Iraq: lessons learned, The Lancet, October 9, 2004
- ^ Bush promised Iraqi civilians a better future. What are their lives like now?, MSNBC, Oct 17, 2013
- ^ Appoint the Best to Iraq, Not the Best-Connected, The Washington Post, July 6, 2003
- ^ Replacing the Expert with the 'Loyalist', History Commons. Retrieved 2017-01-15
- ^ Bronze Star citation, 14 July 1991.
- ^ 10 U.S. Code § 182 - Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School. Retrieved 2017-01-13
- ^ a b c The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA), RAND Corporation. Retrieved 2017-01-13
- ^ CFE-DM Training Programs, Center For Excellence in Disaster Management. Retrieved 2017-1-13
- ^ Humanitarian Assistance Response Training, Naval Education And Training Security Assistance Field Activity. Retrieved 2017-1-13
- ^ Health Emergencies in Large Populations (H.E.L.P.), Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. Retrieved 2017-1-18
- ^ Humanitarian Assistance Response Training (H.A.R.T.), Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. Retrieved 2017-01-18
- ^ WHO Collaborating Centre for Civil-Military Cooperation, World Health Organization. Retrieved 2017-03-21
- ^ The Contradictions That Define China, NewSecurityBeat blog, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center, May 27, 2010
- ^ China Daily, National section, Thursday October 11, 1990
- ^ The Chief Expert Zonghao Talk About First Aid Chinese Edition by Li Zong Hao Zhu, www.yihuadichan.net. Retrieved 2017-03-29
- ^ Emergency Medical Services Systems in the United States and China: A Developmental Comparison, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Vol. 9, No. 4, October - December 1994
- ^ Emergency Medical Services System in Hong Kong: A Pearl in the South China Sea, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Vol. 12. No, 2, April - June 1997
- ^ ISBN 978-1-107-04075-5.
- ISBN 978-0-387-98157-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8232-2240-7.
- ^ EMDM Faculty and Scientific Committee, Dismedmasters.org. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
- ^ World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine Frederick "Skip" Burkle Jr. Award , WADEM.org. Retrieved 2017-05-25
- ^ [1], Monash University. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- ^ James Cook University - Public Health and Tropical Medicine Staff, James Cook University. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
- S2CID 20765260.
- ^ "When being smart is not enough: Narcissism in U.S. Polity", Harvard International Review, March 2016
- ^ "Colonel Donald Cook Award", Saint Michael's College. Retrieved 2017-01-02
- ^ "Alumni Knight of Honor All Time List" Archived 2016-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Notre Dame High School – West Haven. Retrieved 2017-01-02
- ^ "Humanitarian Award Recipients", International Federation for Emergency Medicine. Retrieved 2017-01-02
- University of Hawaii, August 5, 2005
- ^ Medical Alumnus "Burkle Elected to Institute of Medicine", University of Vermont, August 12, 2007
- ^ "Six JHU Researchers Elected To Institute Of Medicine", Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, October 8, 2007
- ^ Medical School's Burkle Selected by Institute of Medicine, University of Hawaii, October 24, 2007
- ^ "Burkle '61 to speak at service-themed Commencement", Saint Michael's College. Retrieved 2017-01-02
- U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 2017-01-02
- ^ 2012 Joseph Leiter Lecture - Future Humanitarian Crises: Challenges to Practice, Policy & Public Health, Center for Information Technology, National Institute of Health, May 9, 2012
- ^ "Congratulations, 2014 ACEP Award Recipients", American College of Emergency Physicians. October 24, 2014
- ^ Humanitarian heroes vitalize 2016 Commencement, Saint Michael's College. Retrieved 2017-01-02
- ^ Podcast Episode 4: Professionalization in the Humanitarian Sector, Humanitarianu.com. Retrieved 2017-03-02
- ^ a b New Textbook Announced and Reviewed: Disaster Medicine - Comprehensive Principles and Practices. 2nd Edition. Kristi L. Koenig & Carl H. Schultz. 2016 - Cambridge University Press, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Volume 32, Issue 1, February 2017, pp. 112-113
- ^ Frederick M. Burkle, ResearchGate. Retrieved 2017-02-01
- ^ Globalization and Disasters: Issues of Public Health, State Capacity and Political Action, Journal of International Affairs, Columbia. Retrieved 2017-02-01
- PMID 17015415.
- ^ Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine: Comprehensive Principles and Practices, Cambridge University Press, 18 April 2016, pp. 433-449
Bibliography
- Frederick "Skip" Burkle, Wilson Center Bio. Retrieved 2017-01-10
- Frederick "Skip" Burkle, Coursera Bio. Retrieved 2017-01-10
- Frederick "Skip" M. Burkle, Jr., Humanitarian Healthcare Provider Program, Advancing Practice. Retrieved 2017-01-10
- Frederick "Skip" M. Burkle, Jr., Enhancing Learning & Research for Humanitarian Assistance. Retrieved 2017-01-10
- Frederick Burkle, Jr., adjunct professor, Monash University. Retrieved 2017-01-10
External links
- Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
- Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding - Measuring the Human Cost of War: Dilemmas and Controversies, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center, January 10, 2007
- Noted International Health Scholar to Speak at DHMC, DMS, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, February 20, 2008
- Watch: Frederick Burkle on Lessons from Haiti and Professionalizing Humanitarian Assistance, NewSecurityBeat, April 20, 2011