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Dr. Galloway was selected as the Regional Health Administrator for Region V in 2007. In this capacity, he serves as the lead federal physician, the principal federal public health official and the senior USPHS officer for Region V, which encompasses the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Dr. Galloway serves as the Department�s principal representative for public health in the field for this region. As the Regional Health Administrator, Dr. Galloway�s leadership responsibilities include disease prevention, health promotion, women�s and minority health, the reduction of health disparities, the fight against HIV/AIDS, the Medical Reserve Corps, pandemic influenza and emergency planning and response. In addition to this role, in February, 2011 he was again selected as the Acting Regional Director for Region V.
Through the summer months until the end of September, Dr. Galloway was deployed to work with Admiral Thad Allen, Deepwater Horizon Incident Commander as the HHS Senior Health Official for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the HHS Secretary�s representative to the National Incident Command where he served as the government-wide coordinator of the health issues related to the response under the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response.
Dr. Galloway has shown his effectiveness and commitment to emergency preparedness and response in multiple previous roles, including being selected as the Region C Senior Health Official for pandemic influenza and bioterrorism, covering 12 states. He was previously assigned to the University of Arizona as an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the College of Medicine as well as an Associate Professor of Public Health in the College of Public Health. As Director of the Native American Cardiology Program prior to coming to Chicago, Dr. Galloway organized and provided direct cardiac care to Native Americans in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, California and New Mexico. He was the senior cardiologist nationally for the Indian Health Service and the director of the National Native American CVD Prevention Program.
Dr. Galloway is now an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Northwestern College of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia and completed his residency at the University of Vermont. Following residency he served as an internist and consultant at the Keams Canyon Hospital on the Hopi Indian Reservation. He then served as the medical director and chief of staff at the Whiteriver PHS Hospital on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation and as a special assistant to the Phoenix area IHS Director at San Carlos Apache PHS Hospital. Subsequently, Dr. Galloway performed a cardiology fellowship at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
Dr. Galloway is board-certified in both internal medicine and cardiology. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Chest Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. Dr. Galloway has published well over 180 articles, abstracts, book chapters and one book �Primary Care of Native American Patients: Diagnosis, Therapy and Epidemiology.� He has received numerous awards, including being named the Outstanding Clinician for the Indian Health Service nationally in 1997, the Secretary of Health and Human Services Award for Distinguished Service in 2000 from Secretary Shalala and again in 2004 from Secretary Tommy Thompson. He was also awarded the prestigious Arizona Healthcare and Hospital Association�s 2001 Salsbury Award for his dedication, leadership and outstanding contributions to the health of the people of Arizona. He has been awarded several Public Health Service medals, including the Commendation Medal. The Physicians Professional Advisory Committee to the U.S. Surgeon General elected Dr. Galloway as the 2005 Clinical Physician of the Year. Dr. Galloway has been selected by his peers as one of the �Best Doctors in America,� which is an honor given to only the top 4% of sub-specialists nationwide. Dr. Galloway was selected by U.S. Surgeon General Carmona as the Governor for the American College of Cardiology to represent the United States Public Health Service and was subsequently elected by his peers as the ACC Governor for Arizona. He was also selected by Governor Napolitano to serve on her Governor�s Commission on Health, Physical Activity and Sports for the state of Arizona.
Dr. Galloway is a award winning physician, a respected scientist and well known teacher and public speaker. He has written numerous articles for medical journals as well as the general press, including Newsweek. Dr. Galloway works with the American College of Cardiology in its efforts with the American Diabetes Association in the �Make The Link� Program, an educational and public health approach focusing on the link between diabetes and heart disease. For this work, Dr. Galloway received the national American Diabetes Association�s 2003 C. Everett Koop Award for Health Promotion and Awareness on behalf of the American College of Cardiology. He is also involved in a number of Tribally requested research initiatives, including the Strong Heart Study and the SANDS (Stop Atherosclerosis in Native Diabetics) Study.
He is a founder and active leader in the �Pathways Into Health� tribal, academic and federal and tribal collaboration for the development and education of American Indian and Alaska Native health care professionals utilizing the strengths of distance learning, cultural integration and interprofessional education. For this he has been awarded the 2008 Award for Special Contributions to American Indian Education from the University of Arizona American Indian Alumni and was named the 2008 �Health Power for Minorities� Honoree for American Indian/Alaska Native Month
Dr. Galloway is also a co-founder and leader in the large collaborative entitled Building a Healthier Chicago, with the American Medical Association and the City of Chicago. Founded in February 2008, Building a Healthier Chicago (BHC) is an urban wellness intervention to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and prevent, detect and control high blood pressure by improving the environments where Chicago residents and employees live, work, eat, play, pray, and learn. The initiative focuses on honoring and strengthening the work of over 100 stakeholder organizations from the non-profit, for profit, education, medical, academic, and government sectors. The BHC model is a national model with program currently now underway in Kansas City and numerous others at various stages of development in New York City, Philadelphia, St Louis and Los Angeles.
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