Brian Bello

Leadership & Clinical Operations

• Led operations across two high-volume specialty clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting 11 healthcare providers and ensuring continuity of patient-centered care for more than 4,200 DoD and VA patients.
• Supervised and mentored 10 junior medical personnel, improving clinical efficiency, workflow coordination, and professional development within multidisciplinary teams.
• Recognized with multiple performance-based awards for sustained leadership, operational excellence, and mission impact.

Patient Care & Clinical Support

• Provided direct patient care including phlebotomy, emergency response, and trauma support in outpatient, inpatient, and high-acuity clinical environments.
• Selected for advanced clinical training at a Level I Trauma Center, delivering care to more than 600 patients with conditions ranging from penetrating trauma to acute psychiatric emergencies.
• Supported infection control and preventive medicine initiatives to reduce COVID-19 transmission while maintaining mission-essential clinical staffing.

Training, Education & Program Management

• Served as BLS/CPR/AED instructor, facilitating 6–7 certification courses with a 100 percent pass rate and qualifying more than 40 healthcare personnel.
• Managed clinical training programs achieving 99 percent Basic Life Support compliance and 96 percent CPR/AED compliance, supporting organizational readiness and accreditation requirements.
• Led onboarding and sponsorship efforts for new staff, ensuring smooth integration into clinical and operational roles.

Administrative & Health Information Systems

• Coordinated electronic health record and telehealth access, managing CPRS/VistA, secure networks, and video telehealth systems to ensure timely provider access to patient care tools.
• Processed 35–41 credentialing and system access requests in compliance with healthcare IT security and privacy standards.
• Managed administrative actions including leave processing, travel claims, personnel transfers, and pay documentation with high accuracy and attention to detail.

Organizational Support & Retention

• Served as sponsor and mentor for incoming personnel, contributing to successful retention, contract extensions, and reenlistment.
• Supported organizational inspections and audits by maintaining accurate personnel and readiness records.
• Strengthened collaboration between military and civilian healthcare systems, enhancing interdisciplinary coordination and community partnerships.

Clinical Care & Medical Readiness

• Provided comprehensive medical care to 310–321 personnel, including preventive health assessments, immunizations, tuberculosis screenings, and medical record verification, resulting in 98–99 percent sustained medical readiness.
• Administered 450 immunizations and conducted more than 200 preventive health encounters, directly supporting operational and deployment readiness.
• Delivered primary and emergency medical care in austere and high-risk maritime environments with zero safety incidents.

Emergency Response & Operational Medicine

• Served as primary medical coverage during high-risk shipboard operations, including small boat operations, firefighting drills, sea and anchor details, and foreign military evaluations, ensuring crew safety with zero mishaps.
• Provided medical oversight during extended underway operations and patrols, sustaining 98 percent medical readiness for a crew of more than 300 personnel.
• Responded to medical emergencies, trauma scenarios, and patient transport events in confined shipboard settings.

Training, Instruction & Team Leadership

• Led and trained medical team members and stretcher bearers, supporting command-wide emergency preparedness and mass casualty response capability.
• Served as CPR and First Aid instructor, coordinating multiple instructors and qualifying more than 80 personnel in emergency medical response standards.
• Facilitated classroom and hands-on training for stretcher bearers covering wound care, patient assessment, transport techniques, and emergency station operations.
• Executed medical training drills and mass casualty simulations to reinforce readiness during deployments and inspections.

Medical Operations & Program Management

• Took charge of shipboard medical spaces and laboratory operations, authoring seven standard operating procedures that reduced testing errors by 50 percent and standardized quality of care.
• Managed daily medical operations and inspections, contributing to high inspection scores and multiple operational readiness commendations.
• Supervised work center activities, coordinated equipment maintenance, and supported successful medical readiness and safety inspections.

Supply Chain, Inventory & Equipment Oversight

• Managed and inventoried $40,000–$200,000 in medical supplies and equipment, maintaining 100 percent accountability and uninterrupted emergency medical capability.
• Oversaw acquisition and lifecycle management of medical supplies and equipment valued up to $70,000, ensuring compliance with safety and operational standards.
• Supervised maintenance of critical medical equipment valued at approximately $50,000, supporting continuous operational readiness.

Leadership & Mission Impact

• Supervised and coordinated teams of up to 30 personnel during high-risk training and operational events.
• Selected as a trusted medical leader based on performance, accountability, and ability to operate independently in high-stress environments.
• Played a key role in achieving top-tier readiness and safety outcomes during deployments, patrols, and command inspections.

• Provided patient care in internal medicine ward with average daily patient census of 18-24 patients.
• Performed venipuncture for civilians transitioning to military service annual total of 8280 patients. Assisted in management of immunizations and medical records for 1100 patients.
• Delivered more than 50 hours of on-site medical coverage across 30 training and operational events for Marine recruits, ensuring patient safety and rapid medical response.