Brian Patrick Monahan (born 1960) is the Attending Physician of the United States Congress and the

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and holds the rank of rear admiral in the

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. Monahan was selected by the leadership of the Congress and nominated to the position and rank by

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in January 2009. He previously served as the director of hematology and

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at the

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. He is a Master of The

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and a Member of the Academy of Medicine. Monahan is an experienced internal medicine and hematology and

(HMO) doctor and researcher, from 1987-1989 Monahan served as the battalion surgeon for the 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment of the

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prior to his training in internal medicine at the

. In the early 1990s, Monahan was a staff physician for the Office of Attending Physician and maintained a supporting role with the office during countless National Special Security Events, State of the Union Addresses and Joint Sessions of Congress, and essential

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initiatives. He served as professor and chairman of medicine at The

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of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, prior to his present assignment. He returned permanently in the spring of 2008 as the assistant attending physician. In May 2003, Monahan was presented with the 18th Annual Clinical Investigation Program Award for his project entitled, ''A Pilot Study of Oxaliplatin and Capecitibine in Adult Patients with Refractory Solid Tumors''. The three-year project tested the effectiveness of an anti-cancer drug on 100 patients with colon cancer. Working with the

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Monahan served as the principal investigator on countless clinical trials of novel anti-cancer drugs and assisted heavily in the discovery of the unexpected sudden death associated with the first non-sedating antihistamines like

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. Monahan was also Navy specialty leader for hematology and medical oncology from 2001-2008, chairman of the U. S. Military Cancer Institute Medical Oncology Program and associate director for federal compliance and human subjects protections from 2002-2008. His expertise and work with the American Society of Clinical Oncology was instrumental in the creation of the first national in-training competency examination in medical oncology in 2008. Monahan is also a medical educator at the

(USU) Department of Medicine where he has been selected Outstanding Teacher of the Year multiple times. He became assistant professor of medicine at USU in 1991 and was promoted to associate professor in 1999 and professor of medicine and

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in 2006.F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine: Brian Monahan Bio
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in 2000.

Education

Monahan received his B.S. ''summa cum laude'' from Fairfield University and M.D. ''magna cum laude'' from the

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. He trained in internal medicine and later hematology and medical oncology (HMO) at National Naval Medical Center (NNMC). He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology.

References

External links

Official US Navy Biography

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