James James, NDLSF

James J. James is Director of the American Medical Association (AMA) Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response, and Editor-in-Chief, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, a peer reviewed publication of the American Medical Association. Dr. James brings over 30 years of experience in the public and private health care sectors—as a clinician, researcher, professional personnel manager and program director—to this challenging and critical undertaking. He is the chair of the National Disaster Life Support Foundation Board of Directors and the co-chair of the National Disaster Life Support Education Consortium executive committee. In December 2007 he was appointed to the very prestigious National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) and in 2008 the Defense Health Board (DHB).