Scott Cormier Mr. Cormier serves as Director of Emergency Preparedness and Management for the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). In this capacity, he oversees emergency preparedness, planning, and response for the largest private healthcare provider in the world, with 163 hospitals and 104 freestanding surgery centers around the world. Prior to joining HCA, Mr. Cormier worked with the Defense Intelligence Agency, Office for Counter-Proliferation, where he provided technical expertise and training in detection, field analysis, and personal protective equipment and technology for weapons of mass destruction. Mr. Cormier also serves as a lead instructor with the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, located at Louisiana State University. In this capacity, he teaches military, federal, state, and local personnel how to prevent, respond to, collect forensic samples from, and recover from incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. He has helped to develop and present live video training seminars of WMD programs, and served as a consultant and actor in a film involving forensic collection and assay of dry powder biological agents. He also co-developed, with Bill Patrick, a pocket guide for estimating lethal doses for the indoor release of dry powder Bacillus anthracis spores. Mr. Cormier serves as a CBRNE subject matter expert in review of courses funded by the Department of Homeland Security. These courses have included Tactical Response to WMD Incidents; HazMat Technician, Firefighter, and EMS Response to WMD Incidents; EMS Treatment of WMD Victims; and Incident Command/Emergency Operations for WMD. Mr. Cormier served as a Senior Medical Services Officer with General Dynamics, Inc. In this role, he performed physical exams and patient assessments, prescribed and dispensed medications, and administered treatment and care on a U.S. Navy Special Warfare research vessel operating in remote locations. He also served as an Emergency Medical Services Project Manager for multiple healthcare systems, where he coordinated EMS and fire department outreach and initiated and coordinated the implementation of a hospital paramedic program, which allowed paramedics to work in critical care units. Mr. Cormier developed disaster response plans and coordination of area hospitals, developed a decontamination training program for hospital personnel, and served on a national committee focusing on disaster preparedness and terrorism response for hospitals, and he co-authored a study on the use of aminophylline in prehospital cardiac arrest. Mr. Cormier has more than 30 years of public safety experience and is a certified Paramedic, HazMat, and Rescue Instructor. He was a founding member of the City of Pittsburgh, PA, River Rescue Unit, where he served as a Dive Master. He also served as an Operational Supervisor, Rescue Supervisor, and HazMat Team Chief for a large suburban EMS Authority. He served for 6 years in the Marine Corps as a Military Police and Corrections Specialist, and he served for 3 years in the Virginia National Guard, where he obtained certification as a Human Intelligence Collector and Interrogator. Previous • Next Speaker Bio
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