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David W. Chandler, Ph.D., Director of U.S. Army Audiology and Speech Center
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Specialties
Audiology
Medical Education
Management
Patient Care
Research
Administration
Education
Ph.D., Hearing Science, Minor: Perceptual Psychology
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1993
M.S., Audiology
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1977
B.A., Communication Disorders
Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, 1976
Certification/Licensure
American Board of Audiology, 2002
State of Florida License in Audiology, 1999
Council for Accreditation in Occupational Conservation Course Director Certificate, 1984
American Speech-Language Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology, 1979
Selected Examples of Credentials and Qualifications in Action
Research Interests:
Binaural Hearing
Human Auditory Motion Perception
Effects of Uncertainty on Auditory Perception
Blast Overpressure and Injury on the Ear
Oversee grant administration teams who conduct research, and draft and write research grants receiving more than $3.5M in research funds. Actively participate in and supervise research projects.
Advanced medical education as a faculty member of the Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Residency Training Programs at Walter Reed and Madigan Army Medical Centers. Effectively directed all training in communication disorders. Incorporated problem solving- based education. Contributed directly to the training and board certification of more than 50 military otolaryngologists, and 100 audiologists and speech-language pathologists in the U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy, and civilian sector.
Spearheaded force health protection in all assignments as a leader in the Army Medical Department.
Instrumental in developing and deploying the first-ever Hearing Evaluation Automated Registry System used to manage the Hearing Conservation Program across the Department of Defense.
Effectively managed the Army medical surveillance program in U.S. Army-Europe, significantly impacting the force health protection of all U.S. Army personnel in Europe including Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Middle East.
Served as the liaison officer for the Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine in Europe. Facilitated training and exchanges with medical officers from NATO forces and other European countries.
Directed the transition of leadership of the NATO Committee of Chiefs of Medicine Preventive Medicine Working Group from the German Army to
U.S. Army-Europe.
As the Army Medical Department’s Authority on blast overpressure injuries to the ear, directed audiologic care and follow-up of blast-injured casualties from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Led otolaryngology/audiology medical team to Nairobi, Kenya to evaluate employees of the U.S. Embassy following the 1998 terrorist bombing. Consulted in the development of the audiologic assessment protocol for survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing. Directly involved in the Viet Nam Head Injury Study which advanced medical science’s knowledge of hearing loss associated with head injury.
Professional Employment
United States Army, Colonel
(Administrative Director/Consultant)
1999 to Present, Director, U.S. Army Audiology and Speech Center
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Services: Director of the Army Medical Department’s center for clinical services and research for communication disorders among Army personnel. The center offers the highest echelon of evaluation and treatment of communication disorders in the Department of Defense with focused services in three areas: Patient Care, Research, and Medical Education.
Scope: Direct and account for four sections with 34 | 