Background
Underwood, Paula Kay Daughter of Agnes Josephine Underwood.
Underwood, Paula Kay Daughter of Agnes Josephine Underwood.
Bachelor of Science, University of Denver, 1973. S.R.N. (State Registered Nurse), Gloucestershire Royal School of Nursing, Gloucester, England, 1977. South Carolina.M. (State Certified Midwife), Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1978—1979.
Doctor of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, 1984. Master in Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, 1987. Master of Health Administration, United States Army-Baylor University Program, San Antonio, Texas, 2001.
Stewardess Pan American Airways, Boston, 1973—1974. Staff nurse Dilke Hospital, Chepstow, England, 1977—1978. Intern Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, 1984—1985.
General medical officer Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1985—1986. Resident in preventive medicine Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, District of Columbia, 1987—1988. General medical officer Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1985—1986.
Chief of preventive medicine 98th General Hospital, Nuernberg, Germany, 1988—1990. Preventive medicine officer 1st Armored Division, Iraq, 1990—1991. Chief of preventive medicine 3rd Combat Support Hospital, Nuernberg, Germany, 1991—1993, Evans Army Community Hospital, Fort Carson, Colorado, 1993—1996.
Deputy Commander for clinical services (chief of the medical staff) Winn Army Community Hospital, Fort Stewart, Georgia, 2001—2003. Commander United States Army Medical Research Unit, Rio de Janeiro, 1997—1999. Preventive medicine staff officer Office of The Army Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia, 2003—2004, deputy functional proponent for preventive medicine, since 2004.
Residency advisory board member Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washinton, since 2004. Chair Joint Preventive Medicine Policy Group, Washington, since 2004. Army preventive medicine representative Armed Forces Epidemiology Board, Washington, 2003—2004.
Colonel United States Army, 1984.
Fellow: American College of Preventive Medicine (certified). Member: United States Army Baylor University Alumni Club, University of Colorado Alumni Association (life), Association of the United States Army (life), Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), Desert Storm Veterans Association, The Army History Foundation (life), Military Officers Association of America (life).
Married Juan Guillermo Jaramillo Angel, June 11, 1987. 1 child Paula Alicia Jaramillo-Underwood.