Mario Ramirez, Md, Mpp Email & Phone Number

Mclean, VA, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Senior medical consultant to the Public Law and Policy practice at Akin Gump, a top-20 global law firm, providing legal services and federal consulting solutions to individual clients and institutions.
• Advise and advocate for domestic and international clients on pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, textiles, and private equity on topics of federal relations, government contracting, and health regulatory policy.
• Counsel clients on the impact of federal COVID-19 policy and regulations related to the pandemic response.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Chief Medical Advisor to PNC Bank Corporate Executive Committee and Continuity of Operations teams on the COVID-19 pandemic and issues of health security.
• Track and synthesize key developments, provide disease forecasting intelligence, monitor domestic and international outbreak information.
• Provide real-time updates on vaccine, pharmaceutical, and federal/state regulatory policies that impact business operations.
• Deliver critical update briefings to senior leadership, business segment leaders, and branch managers covering 60,000 PNC employees across the United States.
• Host interactive video discussion sessions and print news updates with company leadership, business segment leaders, and branch managers on updates to health and medical policies.

The United States

• Managing Director at innovation lab and management consulting firm working across education, healthcare, and housing sectors to catalyze opportunity development for disadvantaged Americans.
• Focus on market evaluation, go to market strategy, partnership development, fundraising, feasibility analysis, and network development.
• Have leveraged $20M+ in capital in support of 10,000 disadvantaged persons to date across America’s most iconic institutions, innovative start-ups, and impactful nonprofits.
• Client list includes state governors and education agencies, national nonprofits, and large health systems.

• Actively practicing emergency physician with experience in academic, military, and private practice settings.
• Extensive body of experience working in aeromedical and prehospital settings, hospitals at all levels of trauma care, tertiary care facilities, rural critical access centers, forward military bases, and concierge.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Chief Medical Officer for a growing organization that partners with pain management physicians, medical professionals and practice leaders to help them:- ensure the highest standard of quality patient care- effectively.
• AffirmHealth's product is a software as a service solution that integrates into physician office workflows and proactively automates the monitoring of patients' prescription drug history and delivers intuitive and.
• As CMO, I leverage my medical background to help tailor product development and integration into the clinical setting, communicate our clinical strategy, and assess federal and state level health care policies.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Patronus offers comprehensive, premium and secure medical care solutions for discerning clients. Our team includes former White House Physicians and high level military and diplomatic medical personnel that provide.
• Patronus leverages a global network and leading technologies to support any customized medical need both domestically and internationally.
• Personally lead corporate medical division and direct pandemic/disaster planning and response as well as medical support for executive level management personnel.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Briovation is an innovation catalyst and seed stage investment fund that exists to bring transformation to the healthcare marketplace.
• As CMDO, my responsibilities included bringing the clinician perspective to the entirety of the organization including investment decisions, due diligence, content creation, and public facing engagement.
• Planned, developed, and delivered Health:Further’s first ever “Clinician Innovator and Entrepreneur Track,” resulting in a 500% increase in physician and clinician attendance at Health:Further 2018. Exceeded all sales.
• Assisted with Health:Further Innovation Partnership Programs to match private sector needs with new and emerging companies that can disrupt current practices.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Attending clinical physician in emergency department with annual census of 40k patients/year. Managed adult and pediatric patient populations at all acuity levels of care.
• Clinical faculty appointment with Johns Hopkins University
• Worked with a broad range of the emergency services team including prehospital providers, mid-level providers, scribes, nurses, and pharmacists.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• First Chief Operating Officer for growing non-profit organization focused on building local capacity to improve health security around the world.
• HSP leverages longstanding partnerships and capacity building efforts in increasingly difficult parts of the world to improve biosecurity and biodefense efforts where national security and public health intersect.
• HSP's team includes a growing collective of scientists, physicians, and subject-matter experts spanning the domains of public policy, global health, sustainable development, and national security.
• Managed daily operations with program management of multimillion dollar budget across three continents and several international partners.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Served as Acting Director for P.E.T. concurrent with White House Fellow term; managed office during transition period between full time Directors.
• Directly advised Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs and Immediate Office of the Secretary on international issues of emerging concern including Ebola and MERS-CoV, antimicrobial resistance, pandemic influenza, dual.
• Served as direct HHS interface to White House National Security Council on issues of international public health safety, and coordinated efforts with multilateral bodies including the World Health Organization.
• Had direct oversight of six person mixed contractor and civil service team; co-managed several million dollar budget with program input. Provided strategic oversight and guidance to future organization efforts.

Department Of Health And Human Services

• One of fifteen White House Fellows in the class of 2014-15; assigned directly to Secretary Sylvia Burwell.
• Served as a member of the core HHS Ebola response unit with responsibilities in both the domestic and international response; provided high level briefings and policy recommendations.
• Additional work on the national security consequences of developing antimicrobial resistance.
• Experience reading and applying classified health related intelligence reports.

Joint Base Andrews NAF, MD

• Assistant Medical and EMS Director at Malcolm Grow Medical Center providing care to neonates through adult patients with an annual census of 27k patients/year.
• Named 2012 779th Medical Operations Squadron Officer of the Quarter.
• Deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan 2012-2013 as a Critical Care Air Transport Team leader, 50 critical patient evacuations, zero in-flight mishaps or patient complications.
• Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Aerial Achievement, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary, Afghan Campaign, NATO Service, National Defense Service, Air Force Training, and Small Arms Expert Marksman ribbons.
• Graduate: Commissioned Officers Training School (Distinguished Graduate), Aerospace Medicine Primary Course, Squadron Officer College (by correspondence), Air Command and Staff College (by correspondence).

Arlington, VA

• Provided remote contract research and analytical work for “Project Pediatric Preparedness,” focusing on public health response to terrorist attacks utilizing weapons of mass destruction.
• Provided independent research and analysis to support investigation of domestic emergency response capabilities including patient case studies and analysis of response protocols.
• Supplied additional research on chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons issues as requested.

Washington, DC

• Researched, analyzed, and prepared briefing reports on foreign political issues related to achieving universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
• Provided in-depth analysis of regional security policies for Egypt, Syria, Libya, Israel, and North Korea.
• Mentor: Jonathan Tucker, Ph.D.

Boston, MA

• Managed research project on porcine “adult stem cell” manipulation and modification.
• Working knowledge of advanced laboratory techniques including: tissue processing, primary cell culture, cell mutagenesis, western blot, gene cloning and amplification, PCR, and flow cytometry.
• Developed methodology for purifying extremely rare, early hematopoietic stem cells.
• Presented and published several abstracts and papers in professional scientific journals.
• Mentors: David Cooper, M.D., Ph.D., Frank Dor, M.D., Ph.D.

Washington, DC

• Interned at the Coalition for Health Services Research, the advocacy branch for AcademyHealth, a collection of health services researchers, policy analysts, and other health professionals.
• Delivered presentations on universal health coverage, malpractice reform, Medicare, Medicaid, and prescription drug benefits to Congressional offices and other Washington Health Policy Fellows.

Executive Mba

• Degree in progress • Recipient of the Bugas Family Bicentennial Merit Scholarship

Mpp, International Security

Concentration in International Security and Political Economy, concurrent with medical degree • Thesis: Achieving Universality of the.

M.D., Emergency Medicine

• American Medical Student Association Washington Health Policy Fellowship Program Career development fellowship for medical students.

B.S., Biology, General

Major: Biological Sciences, GPA 3.46 • Baylor College of Medicine Summer Medical and Research Training Program Undergraduate basic science.

Ems Fellowship, Tactical And Operational Medicine, Prehospital Medicine

• Faculty appointment, Clinical Instructor in Emergency Medicine • Consultant/Instructor to Nashville Police Academy, SWAT, and Special.

Internship, Residency, Emergency Medicine Residency Program