Experience

National Capital Consortium/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)

Preventive Medicine
Internal Medicine
USU Global Health Certification (06/30/2020)
Battlefield Acupuncture (04/30/2019)

Graduated 2020

Creighton University School of Medicine

Graduated 2015

University of St. Thomas

B.S. Chemistry

Graduated 2011

Languages

Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) levels:
Italian – General Professional proficiency
French – General Professional to Limited Working proficiency
Spanish – General Professional to Limited Working Plus proficiency

Professional Societies

American College of Preventive Medicine  American Medical Association
Catholic Medical Association
American College of Lifestyle Medicine

PUBLICATIONS/RESEARCH:

Military:

Journal publications:

  1. Brief Report: Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infections in U.S. Air Force Basic Military Trainees Who Donated Blood, 2017–2020. MSMR. 2021;28(11):9-10.
  2. Kieffer JW, Stahlman S. Mental health disorders, behavioral health problems, fatigue and sleep outcomes in remotely piloted aircraft/manned aircraft pilots, and remotely piloted aircraft crew, U.S. Air Force, 1 October 2003-30 June 2019. MSMR. 2021 Aug 1;28(8):14-21. PMID: 34622757.
  3. Kieffer, John W. “Subsidiarity: Restoring a sacred harmony.” The Linacre Quarterly. 84.1 (2017): 1-9.
  4. Webber BJ, Kieffer JW, White BK, Hawksworth AW, Graf PCF, Yun HC. Chemoprophylaxis against group A streptococcus during military training. Prev Med. 2019 Jan;118:142-149. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.10.023. Epub 2018 Oct 26. PMID: 30393152.
  5. Joseph E Marcus, MD, William N Bennett, V, MD, Dianne N Frankel, DO, John W Kieffer, MD, Theresa M Casey, DVM, Amanda E Huston, MPH, Courtney N Hintz, MD, Alexander P Keller, IV, MD, Michael T Smolka, DO, Cynthia S Sikorski, MD, Heather C Yun, MD, Matthew J Dolan, MD, John L Kiley, MD, Response to a Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease Case Among Military Trainees, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2022;, ofac162, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac162https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac162
  6. Nazario-Toole A, Nguyen HM, Xia H, Frankel DN, Kieffer JW, Gibbons TF (2022) Sequencing SARS-CoV-2 from antigen tests. PLoS ONE 17(2): e0263794. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263794

MPH manuscript: The Fecal (Gut) Microbiome and Extended-spectrum Beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) Among US/UK Servicemembers Participating in TrEAT TD

Presentations:

  • COVID-19 Surveillance Testing and Non-Pharmaceutical Control in AF Basic Training, 26May2021, Diseases in Nature Conference

Undergraduate:

John W. Kieffer. (2011). Tuning Polydiacetylenes’ Thermochromic Behavior. Oral Presentation presented at: University of St. Thomas Chemistry Seminar; St. Paul, MN.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Preventive Medicine Staff

USUHS Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics (PMB) Adjunct Assistant Professor (09/11/20 – present)

  • Preceptor for USUHS PMB resident physicians (#4)
  • Faculty facilitator for USUHS medical students in biostats/epi small groups (11/19, 12/20, 06/21, 09/21, 12/21, 01/22, 04/22)
  • Faculty co-instructor for Classics in Epidemiology (08/26/21 – 11/04/21)

Residency and GMO Staff:

USUHS Medical Student resident physician faculty

  • Served as co-faculty with two others to build curriculum, coordinate other faculty and serve as primary preceptor for USUHS MS3 students for two 1-month rotations during COVID-19 disruption (03/20-05/20)
  • Proof-read mid-term and final exams for medical student biostats/epidemiology courses (07/19; 01/20)

USUHS Graduate School of Nursing (GSN) physician faculty

  • Pathophysiology lectures to students (09/11/19, 10/14/20, 09/09/21)
  • Wrote questions for USU GSN exam (09/19)

USAFSAM Public Health Course curriculum contributor (08/19)

  • Built simulated outbreak scenario with data, line list, questions, answers/explanations

Wright-Patterson Medical Center Internal Medicine (08/19)

  • Co-lectured internal medicine residents on biostats/epidemiology

THRU Project Advisor; mentor to youth after foster care; monthly meetings with youth to assist in job search, GED, finance, career, etc. (04/16-04/18)

Medical School:

Juan Diego Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Assistance Services; assist immigrants with English, preparation

for naturalization test and application (01/12-01/15)

Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC), Dominican Republic; Creighton University Women’s Health and Primary Care rotation; performed preventive health screening exams and education and primary care (02/15)

Creighton University (ILAC), Dominican Republic; served as primary care source in rural clinic; hosted educational session to women of the community regarding preventive health; honors in ILAC clerkship (06/14-07/14)

Applied Clinical Skills Course; served as Spanish-speaking standardized patient (04/13)

Advocates Student Group; Spanish translator for parent health education (03/13)

Shadow a Medical Student; hosted sophomore undergraduates in medical courses and lab (11/11-11/12)

El Centro de Estudios Pop Wuj in Xela, Guatemala; six weeks working in primary care clinic and satellite clinics in surrounding villages (05/12-06/12)

Medical Spanish Club; biweekly meetings focused on approach to Spanish –speaking patients (09/11-04/12)

Multicultural Health Sciences Student Association; tutored high school students in math (02/12)

Body Basics; volunteered teaching middle school children basic gross anatomy (09/11)

Undergraduate:

Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio Volunteer; helped Spanish-speakers with resumes (03/11-05/11)

Italian tutor; tutored fellow AFROTC cadet (03/11)

Tutor-Mentor Volunteer; helped elementary children with reading (09/09-12/09)

Chemistry Tutor, University of St. Thomas Chemistry Department; tutor for students taking general chemistry (02/09-04/09)