SvenKnudsenLjaamoMD

Preventive Medicine • Bedford, MA

Occupational Medicine, Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Public Health Epidemiologist / Occupational Medicine / Service Line Medical Director

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Office
200 Springs Rd
Bedford, MA 01730
Phone+1 781-687-2199

Fax+1 781-687-3805

Education & Training

US Army Environmental Hygiene AgencyResidency, Occupational Medicine, 1990 - 1992
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene & Public HealthMPH, Public Health, 1990 - 1991
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene & Public HealthMPH, Public Health, 1990 - 1991
Madigan Army Medical CenterInternship, Surgery, 1987 - 1988
University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical CampusClass of 1987
US Coast Guard Academy B.S., Physical Science , High Honors, 1973 - 1977

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2005 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1992 - 2006
MA State Medical License 1993 - 2005
American Board of Preventive Medicine Occupational Medicine
Medical Review Officer Certification CouncilMedical Review Officer

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

6 citations
Vaccination Status and the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Personnel Under Surveillance in Long-term Residential Facilities.
Katherine Linsenmeyer, Michael E. Charness, William O’Brien, Judith Strymish, Sucheta J. Doshi
JAMA Network Open. 2021-11-01

Journal Articles

Active Tuberculosis in a Deployed Field Hospital
Emmons EA, Ljaamo SK, Military Medicine, 4/1999
Disease and Nonbattle Injury among US Soldiers Deployed in Bosnia-Herzegovina 1997: Summary Primary Care Statistics for Opération Joint Guard
McKee KT, Kortepeter MG, Ljaamo SK, Military Medicine, 11/1998

Abstracts/Posters

Morbidity Experienced by Non-Indigenous Military Personnel Assigned to Duty at Arctic Latitudes
Sven Knudsen Ljaamo, MD, MPH, American College of Preventive Medicine “Prevention’92” Conference, Baltimore, MD, 3/23/1992

Committees

Bedford VH HCS COVID Vaccine Coordinator, Veterans Health Administration COVID Vaccine Coordinators 2020 - Present
Public Health Epidemiologist / Member, VA VISN1 (New England Health Care System) High Consequence Infection Clinical Working Group 2020 - Present
Public Health Epidemiologist / Member for Bedford VA HCS, VA VISN1 COVID Surveillance Clinical Working Group 2020 - Present

Research History

Chairman, Institutional Review BoardUpstate New York VA Health Care System, Syracuse VA Medical Center2009 - 2011
Research Medical OfficerUS Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA1992 - 1996

Professional Memberships

American Medical Association - AMA
Member
American College of Preventive Medicine - ACPM
Member

Other Languages

Danish, Polish, Ukrainian, Norwegian, Russian, German