DMAT San Diego CA-4

Commander: Irving "Jake" Jacoby, MD, FACP, FACEP [Attending Physician, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, and Hospital Director for Emergency Preparedness and Response, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA; Professor of Medicine and Surgery, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA; Associate Director, UCSD Hyperbaric Medicine Center;]

Deputy Commander: Therese Rymer, RN, CFNP [Director Clinical Services, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, UCSD Medical Center]

Administrative Officer: Zona Wahrenbrock, R.N., B.S.

Nursing Director: Sue Cox, RN, Trauma Coordinator, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA

Pharmacy Director: Michael J. Sohmer, BS Pharm, FASCP [Sharp Chula Vista Hospital, Chula Vista, CA]

Logistics Chief:   Dave Holland

Communications Chief: Jay Thompson [Thompson Communications, Inc., San Diego, CA ]

Safety Officer: 

Supply/Management Officer: Ed Snyder

Training Officer: Sara Ontiveros, RN [UCSD Medical Center]

Sponsor Liaison Officer for UCSD Medical Center:  Richard Leikweg, Hospital Director, UCSD Medical Center

Sponsor Liaison Officer for International Relief Teams: Barry La Forgia, Executive Director

Web Master: Jay Thompson