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Michael Callahan MD, DTM&H
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital
Program Manager, Avian Influenza Surveillance, U.S. Dept of State, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction and Defense Science Office/DARPA
Dr. Michael Callahan is a program manager for DARPA- Defense Science Office. His research interests are in the area of new technology and novel drug development to address catastrophic health events. He received undergraduate degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology. He received a Masters of Science in Public Health (cum laude) in International Health and his Medical Degree from the University of Alabama and his tropical medicine training from the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Dr. Callahan has been active in disaster medicine, wilderness medicine and medical care in resource-constrained regions since 1982. In 1988 he co-founded the charter organization Rescue Medicine, which provides emergency air medical evacuation and refugee medical care in austere developing regions. Following Sept 11, Dr Callahan served as Director of the Biodefense and Mass-Casualty Care at the multi-institution rapid medical research consortium, the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), and as staff physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Callahan has directed multiple USAID and WB-funded projects in Africa and Asia and served as program manager and emergency clinical consult physician for a U.S. Department of State non-proliferation and biological threat reduction and redirect effort in former biological weapons facilities in Russia. Current activities include active clinical consultation for highly-dangerous pathogens, envenomation and active duty as command physician for Rescue Medicine Airlift One's international disaster medicine team.