![]() In 2018, Captain Cooperman assumed the role of Deputy Chief, Manpower and Personnel (M1), Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, Portsmouth, Virginia. As OIC, she led one of the largest and top performing Branch Health Clinics on the East Coast. Boone, Branch Health Clinic aligned to the then, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia. In 2015, she served as Officer-In-Charge (OIC), Admiral Joel T. During her time in Washington, she was a key architect for Navy Medicine manpower programming and planning and, highly instrumental in shaping shore based and operational medical manpower platform capabilities. which included a post graduate utilization tour at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), followed by Special Assistant for Health Affairs, Military Manpower & Personnel, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) and, Deputy Executive Assistant, Chief, BUMED and the Navy Surgeon General’s office. In May 2004, she was selected for Duty Under Instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.Ĭaptain Cooperman subsequently completed three prominent tours in Washington, D.C. Naval Hospital, Rota, Spain, serving as the Operations Officer and supported the first Navy-led medical and dental humanitarian mission (MEDFLAG) in Er Rachidia, Morocco, in September 2003. ![]() ![]() Upon completion of her tour in San Diego, she transferred to the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps officer.Ĭaptain Cooperman’s first assignment was to the Naval Medical Center, San Diego as Resource Sharing Program Manager. His military decorations and awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards), the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal (3 awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (5 awards), the Navy Good Conduct Medal, and numerous unit and service awards.Ĭaptain Kathleen Cooperman is a native of Arlington, Virginia, Captain Cooperman entered into Naval Service under the Healthcare Scholarship Collegiate Program (HSCP) in 1998, and commissioned in 2000 as a U.S. He graduated with a Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice from Virginia Commonwealth University in May of 2013, a post-graduate certificate in Simulation and Modeling from the Naval Postgraduate School in August of 2013, and a post-graduate certificate of Introduction to Foundations in Health Professions Education from USUHS in May of 2021. In addition to being the first Hospital Corpsman to successfully challenge the Licensed Practical Nurse certification in North Carolina, Captain Parrott holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Carolina University, a Master of Science from Georgetown University, and an anesthesia certificate from the Navy Nurse Corps Anesthesia Program where he received both the Regional Student and Student Researcher of the year awards. His operational experiences include student nurse anesthetist, USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Emergency Resuscitation and Stabilization Team, USS LaSalle (AGF 3) Emergency Resuscitation and Stabilization Team, USS O’Bannon (DD 987) and chief nurse anesthetist and safety officer, Expeditionary Medical Facility, Kuwait. His previous tours have included staff nurse and division officer (PACU), Naval Hospital, Camp Lejeune staff nurse anesthetist and affiliate Navy Nurse Corps Anesthesia Program faculty, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth chief nurse anesthetist, Naval Hospital, Naples, Italy staff nurse anesthetist and adjunct USUHS faculty, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda chief nurse anesthetist and Head, Staff Education and Training Department, Sigonella, Italy assistant professor and the Program Director for the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) Nurse Anesthesia Program, Bethesda, Maryland Director, Capability Development, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Falls Church, Virginia and Executive Officer, Navy Medical Operational Training Command in Pensacola, Florida. Naval Reserve and received his commission as an Ensign in 1995. Upon leaving active duty at the end of Desert Storm, he affiliated with the U.S. During his enlistment, he cross-rated to Hospital Corpsman and reported for duty at Naval Hospital, Camp Lejeune. Captain Parrott grew up as a military dependent overseas and began his Navy career as honor guard crew aboard the USS Constitution (IX 21, “Old Ironsides) in Boston, Massachusetts.
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