Kenneth Wayne Kizer

Background

Kizer, Kenneth Wayne was born on May 28, 1951 in Decatur, Indiana, United States. Son of Homer Martin Kizer and Ellen Hope Howland.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Stanford University, 1972; Doctor of Medicine with honors, Master in Public Health in Epidemiology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1976.

Career

Rotating internship, Naval Regional Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1977; undersea medicine fellowship, Naval Undersea Medical Institute, Groton, Connecticut, 1977; resident in diagnostic radiology, U. California, San Francisco, 1980-1981; resident in occupational medicine, U. California, San Francisco, 1982-1983; firefighter physician director Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Authority, State of California, 1983-1984; chief deputy director and chief of public health, California Department Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Sacramento, 1984-1985; director, California Department Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Sacramento, 1985-1991; professor, department chairman community and international health, University of California, Davis, 1991-1994; undersecretary for health, Department Veterans Affairs, Washington, since 1994; director, Health Sys. International, Inc., 1994-1997. Educator, researcher, consultant in field.

Achievements

• Kenneth Wayne Kizer has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator, administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chair Black Infant Health Leadership Committee, California, 1989-1991, Lyme Disease Steering Group, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Vaccine Research and Development Advisory Committee, 1986-1991,California Radiation Emergency Screening Team, 1988-1991, Interagency TaskForce for Oversight of Department of Energy Facilities in California, 1989-1990, Hazardous Waste Appeal Board, 1990. Co-chair California Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Leadership Committee. Member Diving Control Board University of California, 1980-1991, Governor's Emergency Operations Executive Council, 1984-1991, Governing Board California Young Men’s Christian Association Model Legislature Program, 1986-1990, Chemical Emergency Planning and Response Commission, 1988-1990.

Chair S.W. Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission, 1990-1991, tobacco education oversight committee State California, 1990-1991, Executive Committee San Francisco Bay Area Youth Excellence Initiative, 1989-1990, management committee Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project, 1987-1991. Former member Gov's Task Force on Toxics, Waste and Technology, 1985-1986. Former secretary commission emergency medical services State of California, 1984.

Board directors California Wellness Foundation, since 1992, Matthews Foundation, 1991-1994, Center for Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research, Edition and Superior vena cava syndrome, 1992-1994, Infection Control Council, 1991-1994. Member of advisory board Preventive Sports Medicine Institute, 1991-1994. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1976-1980.

Fellow American College Preventive Medicine, American College Emergency Physicians, American College Occupational Medicine, American Academy Clinical Toxicology, Royal Society Health, Royal Society Medicine, American College Medical Toxicology, ExplorersClub. Member APHA, International Society Toxinology, American College Physician Executives, South Pacific Underwater Medical Society, Wilderness Medical Society, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, National Society Young Men’s Christian Association Youth governments, National Association Underwater Instrs. (Outstanding Contribution to Diving award 1984), Delta Tau Delta (Beta Rho chapter Hall of Fame 1987), Alpha Omega Alpha, Delta Omega.

Interests

• Avocations: scuba diving, hiking and backpacking, photography, racquet sports, book collecting.

Connections

Married Suzanne A. Stoddard, August 26, 1972. Children: Kelli Christina, Kimberly Casey.

Father:

Homer Martin Kizer

Mother:

Ellen Hope Howland

Spouse:

Suzanne A. Stoddard

child:

Kimberly Casey Kizer

child:

Kelli Christina Kizer