RichardArbuthnotMcCluskeyMD

Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Physician

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I am a board-certified Occupational Medicine Specialist. I have been Chief of Occupational Health at Naval Hospital Pensacola since 2010, managing the Navy Medical Surveillance Program for Naval Hospital Pensacola, Naval Air Station Pensacola, and eight Branch Clinics in six states. I perform surveillance and screening exams, fitness for duty determinations, acute care for work-related injuries, and facility Worker's Compensation coverage for injured workers. I am also the subject matter expert for issues related to work place health and environmental toxicology.

Wright State University Aerospace MedicineResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1995 - 1998
University of South Florida MorsaniResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1991 - 1995
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1991
Wright State UniversityMS, Aerospace Medicine, 1985 - 1987
University of FloridaPhD, Pharmacology, 1984 - 1987
Temple UniversityBA, Biochemistry, 1979 - 1983

PubMed

20 citations
Toxicity of lunar dust assessed in inhalation-exposed rats.
Chiu Wing Lam, Robert R. Scully, Ye Zhang, Roger A. Renne, Robert L. Hunter
Inhalation Toxicology. 2013-10-09
541 citations
A Review of Carbon Nanotube Toxicity and Assessment of Potential Occupational and Environmental Health Risks
Chiu Wing Lam, John T. James, Richard McCluskey, Sivaram Arepalli, Robert L. Hunter
Critical Reviews in Toxicology. 2006-03-01
923 citations
Pulmonary Toxicity of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Mice 7 and 90 Days After Intratracheal Instillation
Chiu Wing Lam, John T. James, Richard McCluskey, Robert L. Hunter
Toxicological Sciences. 2003-09-26

Journal Articles

Detection of airborne cytomegalovirus in hospital rooms of immunocompromised patients
McCluskey R, Sandin R, Greene J, J Virol Methods, 1996

Books/Book Chapters

Nanotechnology and the Environment: Applications and Implications ACS Symposium 890
Chapter: Toxicity of single-walled nanotubes in the lungs of mice exposed by intratracheal instillation.
Page 60 - 66Lam CW, James JT, McCluskey RA, Hunter RLEditors: Karns B et al.Oxford University Press2004

Other

Patent: US Patent 937,611 “Magnetically responsive, hydrophilic microspheres for incorporation of therapeutic substances and methods of preparation thereof”Goldberg E...
Goldberg E, Longo W, McCluskey R
1996

Flight Surgeon NASA / JSC and later research affiliationResearch into topics of indoor air quality and environmental toxicology of concern to NASA for current and future spaceflight missions including toxicity of extraterrestrial materials (Moon and Mars dust) and novel structural materials for spacecraft construction (carbon nanotubes).2000 - 2007