Family and Preventive Medicine

Royce Moser, Jr., MD, MPH

Royce MoserDr. Moser is a graduate of Harvard College, Medical School, and School of Public Health. He spent 23 years in the United States Air Force, working in aerospace, occupational, and environmental medicine programs. His assignments included commander of medical facilities in peacetime and in combat environments, Medical Officer Special Weapons Defense for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and director of all aeromedical education programs in the Air Force. His final assignment was Commander, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, at the time an organization of over 900 members with over 80% of its $30 million budget in research and development activities. As a flight surgeon, he accumulated over 2,000 hours of flight time, including 144 combat hours, in over 30 different types of aircraft.

He is currently a Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, and is the immediate past Director of the Department's Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, one of 17 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Education and Research Centers. He has been in charge of major National Institutes of Health and Air Force epidemiologic research programs and has directed manufacturing facility occupational medical programs. Dr. Moser has had a strong interest in education and served as director of the USAF Aerospace Medicine Primary Course and aeromedical continuing education courses as well as director of residency programs in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, and general preventive medicine. His current major teaching emphasis is management of preventive medicine and occupational and environmental health and safety programs, and he teaches graduate and continuing education courses on the topic. He also has published a number of papers and one textbook, currently in its second edition, on this subject.

Dr. Moser additionally has interests in disaster and terrorism response planning, and he published the article, "Preparing for Expected Bioterrorism Attacks," in May 2001, a few months before the anthrax events in the fall of that year. In 2002, he developed the on-line education program, Bioterrorism Responses by Health Care Professionals, prepared under auspices of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. He has published additional disaster response articles, using his experience in simulated and actual mass casualty incidents to stress the importance of the "4 Cs" of Command and Control, Communication, and Coordination in response planning. He was the lead author of the Utah Medical Surge Capacity Plan and recently developed a proposal for a Regional Homeland Defense Medical Center that would involve the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, the Utah Department of Health, the Intermountain Health Care, and the Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

He is the President-Elect of the Harvard School of Pubic Health (HSPH) Alumni Association and Chair-Elect of the HSPH Alumni Council. In 2008, Dr. Moser received a commendation from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for his study of spatial disorientation in US Air Force pilots that provided the necessary data to support installing automatic Ground Collision Avoidance Systems in advance fighter aircraft. Dr. Moser is a past Trustee (9 years) of the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) and a past member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Preventive Medicine Residency Review Committee (6 years). He is past president of the Aerospace Medical Association, and is certified by the ABPM in Aerospace Medicine and in Occupational Medicine.

Contact Information
Address: 391 Chipeta Way, Suite C, SLC, UT 84108
Office phone: (801) 581-4800
Fax: (801) 581-7224
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Assistant: Toni Chambers, 801-581-8719, 801-581-7224 (Fax), Send Toni Chambers an email

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications (Since 1987 only):

  1. Moser R Jr., Connelly C. Catinella AP. Management aspects of medical preparation for mass casualty incidents. Journal of Emergency Management. Journal of Emergency Management. 2006, 4(5): 27-32.
  2. Moser R Jr, Connelly C, Baker L, Barton R, Buttrey J, Morris S, Saffle J, Whitney J. Development of a state medical surge plan--II: Plan content. Disaster Management & Response 2006;4(1):19-24.
  3. Moser R Jr., Connelly C, Baker L, Barton R, Buttrey J, Morris S, Saffle J, Whitney J. Development of a state medical surge plan--I: Procedures, process and lessons learned or confirmed. Disaster Management & Response 2005;3(4): 112-117.
  4. Coakwell M, Bloswick DS, Moser R Jr. High-risk head and neck movements at high G and interventions to reduce associated neck injury. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 2004;75:68-80.
  5. Moser R Jr, White GL Jr, Connelly C, Amos LK. Planning for health care responses to natural disasters, terrorism, and other mass casualty situations. Utah's Health, 2003;IX:20-23.
  6. Moser R Jr, White GL, Lewis-Younger CR, Garrett LC: Preparing for expected bioterrorism attacks. Mil. Med. 2001:166:369-374.
  7. Frazier L, Berberich NJ, Moser R Jr, et al: Developing occupational and environmental medicine curricula for primary care residents: Project EPOCH-Envi. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1999;41: 706-711.
  8. Brady W, Bass J, Moser R Jr et al: Defining total corporate health and safety costs--significance and impact, review and recommendations. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1997;39:224-231.
  9. Raymond MW, Moser R Jr: Aviators at risk. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine 1995;66:35-39.
  10. Suruda A, Wallace D, Moser R Jr: Tuberculosis and the need for respiratory protection for health care workers. Western Journal of Medicine 1994;160:566-567.
  11. Hegmann, KT, Barrier PA, Moser, R Jr: Occupational medicine training program surveys. Journal of Occupational Medicine 1993;35:768-775.
  12. Moser R Jr: Quality management in occupational and environmental health programs: benefit or disaster? Journal of Occupational Medicine 1993;35:1103-1105.
  13. Moser R Jr., McCance KL, Smith KR. Results of a national survey of physicians' knowledge and application of prevention capabilities. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 1991;7(6):384-390.
  14. Moser R Jr., McCance KL, Smith KR. The comprehensive prevention knowledge and applications survey instrument: its validity and reliability. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 1991;7(3):136-140.
  15. McCance KL, Moser R Jr., Smith KR. Results of a national survey of physicians' knowledge and application of AIDS prevention capabilities. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 1991;7(3):141-145 .
  16. Moser R Jr. Should the HIV-positive crewmember continue to fly? Medecine Aeronautique et Spatiale 1991;30:355-358.
  17. Moser R Jr. Is the age 60 rule still appropriate? Medecine Aeronautique et Spatiale 1991; 30:43-46.
  18. Lyon JL, Robison LM, Moser R Jr. Uncertainty in the diagnosis of histologically confirmed pancreatic cancer cases. International Journal of Epidemiology 1990;18(2):305-308.
  19. Moser R Jr., Meservy D, Lee JS, Johns RE, Bloswick DS. Education in management aspects of occupational and environmental health and safety programs. Journal of Occupational Medicine 1989;31:251-256.
  20. Moser R Jr., Woolley FR. A prevention armamentarium for aeromedical practitioners. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 1987;58:590-599.


/Books and Book Chapters/

  1. Moser R Jr. Effective Management of Health and Safety Programs--A Practical Guide. OEM Press, Beverly, MA, 1992, Second Edition, 1999, Third Edition 2008.
  2. Moser R Jr. Additional significant medical and surgical conditions of aeromedical concern. In Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine 2nd Edition (Chapter 19), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1996