Mark Keim

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About Mark Keim

Dr. Keim is the CEO of DisasterDoc LLC, an international firm specializing in consultation, education and research related to public health emergencies. He is also an adjunct Professor at Emory Rollins School of Public Health; and Faculty at BIDMC Harvard Medical School, Disaster Medicine Fellowship. Mark is residency-trained in Emergency Medicine and fellowship-trained in Disaster Medicine. He recently earned an MBA degree with honors in 2014. Mark is retired from a career at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where he served as Associate Director for Science. He served on the White House Subcommittee for Disaster Reduction from 2006-2015. He was twice commended by the US Secretary of Health with the “Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service” as CDC’s incident manager for both the Anthrax letter emergency and Hurricane Katrina. He also received the CDC Special Service Award for leading field response after the Indonesia tsunami. Dr Keim authored a sentinel study documenting the health effects of climate change as early as 2007. He served as an editor for the 2012 United Nations IPCC Special Report on Exposures. In 2015, he received the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Certificate of Merit recognizing his global impact on Disaster Risk Reduction. He was a contributing author for the 2016 U.S. GCRP Climate and Health Assessment. In 2016, he was an invited speaker at former VP Al Gore's Climate and Health Summit. In 2019, he became a Climate Reality Leader. Dr. Keim is the author of 52 journal publications and 23 book chapters, including, “Climate-related Disasters” published in May 2021. His new book, “Disaster Planning” will be published by Cambridge University in October 2021. He has served as a peer review consultant for 21 scientific journals and on the editorial board of 2 scientific journals. His press interviews have appeared on CNN, PBS, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Washington Post, The Lancet and Scientific American.