Public Health
Director of Policy, Health Outcomes Military Exposures
Peter D. Rumm, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.M.
Peter D. Rumm, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.M., is Director of Policy, Health Outcomes Military Exposures (HOME) . He is an expert on military environmental (“toxic”) exposures and policy.
Dr. Rumm’s previous career roles as a pediatrician and preventive medicine doctor have included:
- Service Chief, Pediatrics, Noble Army Community Hospital, Ft. McClellan, AL
- Officer in Charge and Commander of several Army medical facilities
- Director of Epidemiology, Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine -Europe in Landstuhl, Germany
- Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist in the Wisconsin Division of Public Health. Concurrent one year service on the National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism.
- Director, Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication and a Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Drexel Dormsife School of Public Health
- Deputy Division Director for several Medical Device Divisions at the Food and Drug Administration with a detail to the Office of Generic Drugs
- Details while at FDA to the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
He is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. He is an author on many publications, has written two book chapters, and has given dozens of presentations. Dr. Rumm has received an Order of Malta Award from the military medical service of Italy, a lifetime distinguished alumni award from Columbus State University in Columbus, GA, a distinguished VA service award, and various military awards. External to VA, Dr. Rumm is active in civic events including for Rotary, and has served on the board of directors for two health systems. He is also an adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Health Management, Economics, and Policy, Augusta University School of Public Health.
