Biography

I am a pediatric cardiologist in the US Army. I got my pediatrics training at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, and my pediatric cardiology training at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, completed in 1999. I worked for the Army at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for several years and now I am working at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.

I'm certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and SubBoard of Pediatric Cardiology, and licensed in the state of Pennsylvania. I'm a member of the ACC, AAP, and the AEPC.

As an Army doctor, I've mostly seen the children of our servicemen with known or suspected heart disease. Most of these children can be managed in military hospitals and clinics, but for surgery they have to be referred to bigger civilian hospitals.
 

Interests

I am interested in the particular needs of military families with children affected by congenital heart disease. I am an expert in how the military can provide for such children and how their condition might affect assignment locations. I am knowledgeable in what conditions may prevent entry to military service. Most recently I have begun a study of the special needs of children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and how they are cared for in the military population.
 

C.V.

Malish R, Scott JS, Rasheed BO, Military Civic Action: Lessons Learned from a brigade level aid project in the 2003 war with Iraq, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, in press.