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SCOTT HERVEY FOERSTER M.D. M.P.H.

Epidemiologist in the service of Public Health



EDUCATION:
Degree in General Medicine (M.D.) from the Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University
Cum Laude Graduate, Szeged, Hungary September 1986 to September 1992
Masters Degree in Public Health (M.P.H.) from the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health graduation date, May 2001

Currently in China on assignment since 2004 engaged in Research and Teaching

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:
Sleep Pathology, Lynn Health Science Institute, Oklahoma City, OK 2001
Megacode Training, (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) Southwest Medical Center 1994
Polysomnographic and EEG training Somnodiagnostics, Oklahoma City, OK 1994
Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Baptist Medical Center, 1993
Certified Lactation Educator Mercy Hospital, Oklahoma City 1993
Prenatal Ultrasonic Screening Szeged Women’s Center, Szeged Hungary, 1990

SPECIAL SKILLS:

BEAM (Brain Electrical Activity Mapping) Laboratory experience
Computer - Multiple platforms, problem diagnostics, extensive teaching experience
Cord Blood Harvesting - Performed the first cord blood stem cell capture in Oklahoma.
Electrocardiograph - Clinical and emergency room settings
Electroencephalograph - Generally performed in rural hospitals
Medical Laboratory Equipment - Proficient in utilization of multiple laboratory platforms
Megacode experience with both adult, pediatric and neonatal resuscitation
Patient Recruitment - Clinical and investigational studies
Polysomnography - Over 120 sleep studies and evaluations
Phlebotomy - With over 1,200 sticks, only 6 failures
Publishing and proofreading skills - 3 books, 4 manuals and numerous reports
Surgical Skills - Assisted with: over 300 cesarean sections,40% high risk; over 1,000 vaginal deliveries, 10% high risk;    numerous tubal ligations; cerclague; dilatation and curettage of nonviable; microsurgery reanastomosis and laproscopic surgery.
Ultrasound - Expert in prenatal screening examinations

STUDENT RESEARCH

Behavioral and Cognitive consequences of a unilateral intraventricular infusion of Thrombin
- Biomedical Research Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 2000-2001

Oklahoma Urban Air Toxics Study
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health, Oklahoma City, OK 1999 - 2000

Vasopressin Analog Investigations,
- SZOTE Peptide Laboratory Szeged, Hungary.

Electronic Fertility Research,
- SZOTE Women's Clinic, Szeged, Hungary.


PERSONAL SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS:
Medical English for the Chinese Medical Professional (Author, Nanchang Medical University 2005)
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Doctoral Thesis) 1992 Szeged, Hungary
Medical Databases (Organization of data files 1989 to 1992) Szeged, Hungary
Physiology Laboratory Manual (Translator from Hungarian to English)
Clinical Endocrinology Textbook (English consultant, and graphic designer)
Toxicology Textbook for WHO distribution ( English Consultant, Translator)

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English: Native Language
French: Fluent
Hungarian: 5 years at the University Level (Fluent)
Russian: 1 year at the University Level (spoken only)
German: 1 semester at the University Level (need practice)
Farsi: 1 Semester at the University Level (need practice)
Mandarin Chinese: Currently learning

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