Caleb Kennon
Lexington,KY
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Flight Surgeon
Kentucky Air National Guard
Louisville, KY
09.2022 - Current
Responsible for development of policies and procedures governing flight medicine, preventative medicine and occupational medicine and establishment of medical standards for personnel and determination of recommendation on waivers. This includes direct medical care and examination for Air Crew, Air Traffic Controllers, Misseliers, and Special Operations personnel while managing disorders and injuries peculiar to flight and austere environments. Effectively serves as liaison between squadron leadership and medical services. This examination includes initial and annual evaluation for fitness for flying and special duties and employing preventative health measures while evaluating members living and working environments to detect and control preventable health hazards. Serves as liaison for aeromedical evacuation and participates in flying missions of aircrews assigned. Trained in USAF Aircraft Mishap Investigation board to analyze human, organizational, technical, and physiological factors contributing to aircraft mishaps and address very specific areas of safety concerns. In addition, managing casualties that result from aviation accidents and other disasters.
Flight Surgeon, Homeland Response Force
Missouri Air National Guard
Saint Joseph, Missouri
04.2021 - 09.2022
Responsible to deploy regionally and nationally to conduct command and control, casualty assistance, search and extraction, decontamination, medical triage and stabilization, and fatality search and recovery to save lives and mitigate human suffering during natural or man-made disasters including: chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or terrorism. Integrates into joint operations with Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CSTs) and CERFPs, as well as federally-controlled elements of the enterprise. Medical responsibilities include directing triage care and providing trauma resuscitation and other life sustaining care while coordinating aeromedical evacuation at the state and federal level.
Military Officer - Health Services Corp
Missouri Air National Guard
Saint Joseph, MO
10.2014 - 04.2021
Monitors and directs health services programs. Interprets and directs the implementation of policies governing health services programs. Directs the management of health services functions such as medical logistics, fiscal management, managed care, human resource management, patient administration, aeromedical evacuation, medical facility construction, modification, and design, and medical research administration. Develops financial plans and budget estimates for Air Force health services programs. Directs the preparation of biometric reports, directives, correspondence, and memoranda pertaining to health services administration. Controls utilization of health services program funds in collaboration with the medical commander and comptroller. Prepares and exercises emergency, disaster, and defense plans, and monitors readiness training. Integrates cost management, quality and access to care issues into health services programs. Serves as member of Commander's Support Staff. Completes aviation medicine physical examinations, waivers, duty limiting condition examinations, preventative health physical examinations for over 1000 military personnel, and responsible for awards and decorations submissions and review. Officer in charge of Laboratory Services which is responsible for drawing and accounting for over two dozen laboratory tests ensuring proper processing, accountability, and tracking.
Aircraft Loadmaster
Missouri Air National Guard
Saint Joseph, MO
10.2009 - 10.2014
Strategically manage passenger and cargo handling operations for a C-130 military aircraft. Manage load planning through the analysis of documentation and manifests. Reference a variety of manuals to ensure standards are enforced and upheld when executing tasks. Communicate effectively with numerous air terminal representatives to ensure the expedited movement of personnel and cargo, thus increasing efficiency. Use mathematical formulas to calculate the weight and balance of the aircraft and allowable movement of cargo under emergency situations. Oversee safety regulations among passengers and ground personnel. Maintain proficiency in knowledge of job duties. Employ equipment and personnel airdrops in a deployed location under combat conditions. 640 hours.
Emergency Physician Scribe
PhysAssist, Inc
Saint Joseph, MO
03.2012 - 06.2012
Manage physician workflow through documentation, coordination between hospital departments and time management. Trained in Heartland Regional Medical Centers electronic records system and worked side by side with emergency medicine physicians documenting patient history, medical examinations, diagnosis, procedures performed in the emergency department, and the disposition of the patient. Proved instrumental in the coordination of different hospital specialties to ensure quick transfer and evaluation of the patient ensuring the highest of quality of care.
Mortuary Affairs Specialist
United States Air Force
Scott AFB, IL
10.2003 - 10.2009
Notified next of kin that their loved one had passed away. Arranged for the transportation and disposition of remains from the site of death to the final place of internment. Ensured mortuary entitlements, escorts, and military honors are arranged. Established and maintained mortuary case files. Plans and coordinates visitation and funeral services as well as the inspection of the remains. Worked technical mortuary functions such as supervising teams for the search and recovery of human remains. A Key facilitator in maintaining and managing $150 million worth of equipment. Revamped and organized records system and accountability of government assets with 100% financial accuracy. Postured 65 unit personnel for contingency/war time deployments. Managed and supervised Unit Control Center for Search and Recovery mortuary affairs exercises. Managed a merger of two military squadrons consisting of more than 2,000 civilian and military personnel.
Education
Subspecialty Fellowship: Pain Medicine - Interventional Pain Management Fellowship
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY06.2024
Medical Residency - Anesthesiology
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY06.2023
Aerospace Medicine
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine
Wright Patterson Air Force Base05.2019
M.D. - Doctor of Medicine
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO12.2018
Bachelor of Science - Biology with Health Science Concentration
Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph05.2014
Certification
Licensure
- Missouri, License Number: 2020028355
- Kentucky, License Number: 58148
Certifications
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- ATLS
- USAF Aircraft Mishap Investigation
Affiliations
American Medical Association 2015-present
American Society of Anesthesiologists 2017-present
Kentucky Society of Anesthesiologists 2020-present
Aerospace Medical Association 2019-present
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians 2021-present
Accomplishments
- Resident Peer Mentor (2020-Present)
- Wellness Council, UKMC Dept of Anesthesiology (2020-2023)
- Program Evaluation Committee, UKMC Dept of Anesthesiology (2020-2022)
- GME Housestaff Council, UKMC Dept of Anesthesiology (2020-2021)
- ASA Resident Component House of Delegates, (2021-2022)
- KSA Legislative Committee (2020-2022)
- Company Grade Officer's Council (2015-2023)
- UMKC Ambassador (2015, 2016, 2017)
- UMKC MD-Only Docent Coordinator (2015)
- Pre-Professional Society, MWSU; President, Vice President (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Publications
Peer Reviewed
- Ahmad M. El-Arabi, Garth Sherman, Caleb Kennon, Brian Chase, Jill Jones, Moben Mirza, William P. Parker, Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein, David A. Duchene, and Eugene K. Lee. The Limited Usefulness of Ultrasound Surveillance after Radical and Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma. Urology Practice. Volume 7, Issue 1. January 2020, Page: 34-40
National Presentations
- Brittany E. Levy MD, Richard S Bradford MS, Laura Ebbitt PharmD, Alvin Wu MD, Caleb Kennon MD, Daniel L. Davenport PhD, Avinash Bhakta MD. Opioid Use After Colorectal Resection: Identifying Preoperative Risk Factors for Post Operative Use. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 2021
- Caleb Kennon, MD, Nadia Romero, MD, Eric Wetherington, MD, Annette Rebel, MD, Thomas McClarney, MD, Bjorn Olsen, MD. Anemia Management in a Patient of the Jehovah's Witness Faith. GCC, IARS, 2021. ASA, 2021
- Kyle Kreft, MD, Caleb Kennon, MD, Chris Denny, MD. Management of Undiagnosed Para-Aortic Mass in the Intraoperative Setting. Anesthesiology Research Society and Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists, 2020
- Caleb Kennon, MD, Douglas Dauer, MD, Merry Kriueger, Brian Sindelar, BS, Edwin Bowe, MD. The Effects of Intensive Care Unit Disposition on Turnover Times. AACD Perioperative Leadership Summit, 2020. ASA Practice Management, 2020.
- Caleb Kennon, MD, Brian Sindelar, Edwin Bowe, MD. The Impact of Turnover Times Following ICU Disposition. AACD Perioperative Leadership Summit, 2020.
- Caleb Kennon, MD, Paul McAllister, MD, Edwin Bowe, MD. Operating Room Proximity and the Effects on Turnover Time. AACD Perioperative Leadership Summit, 2020
- Caleb Kennon, MD, Douglas Dauer, MD, Merry Kriueger, Brian Sindelar, BS, Edwin Bowe, MD. Operating Room Turnover Time is Not Longer for ICU Patients After Implementation of an Anesthesia Consent. AACD Perioperative Leadership Summit, 2020
- Andrew Zganjar, Caleb Kennon, Garth Sherman, Campbell JG, Jesse Gills, Jeffery Holzbeierlein, Eugene Lee. Female Urethral Carcinoma: Cohort Review of a Rare Diagnosis. American Urological Association-South Central Section Annual Meeting, 2017. UMKC Research Summit, 2018.
- Ahmad M. El-Arabi, Garth Sherman, Caleb Kennon, Brian Chase, Jill Jones, Moben Mirza, William P. Parker, Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein, David A. Duchene, and Eugene K. Lee. The Limited Usefulness of Ultrasound Surveillance after Radical and Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma. UMKC Research Summit, 2018.
- Caleb Kennon, Melissa Daggett. Effects of the Anti-Tumor Drug, Berenil, on Topoisomerase IIa. MWSU Research Colloquium, 2013
Local Presentation
- Caleb Kennon, MD, Josh Rock, MD, Nathaniel Linville, MD. The Utility of Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring in the Neurosurgical ICU. GCC, 2021
- Caleb Kennon, MD, Perioperative Pain Management in Chronic Opioid Use. General Competency Committe, University of Kentucky, 2020
Service and Outreach
- Polar Plunge (2020, 2021): Charity to raise money in support of the Special Olympics
- Business Relations Chairman, Kansas City Dance Marathon: Children's Miracle Network (2015, 2016): Founding executive member charged with the inaugural Kansas City Dance Marathon - a non-profit charity event to support KUMC Department of Pediatrics
- Medical Humanities Library - Founding Docent (2015): Founded and established the Medical Humanities Library
- Kansas City Chiefs Pyrotechnic Team "Red Rampage" (2015, 2016, 2017): Responsible for the inspection, set up, and application of pyrotechnics during the Kansas City Chiefs home games.
- Company Grade Officers Council (2015-present): Develop and implement leadership building opportunities and foster community and base relations by developing and coordinating community outreach programs
- MARSEF Science Fair Judge (2013, 2014): Organized and led a judging panel that awarded the first ever pre-professional award given to the student who demonstrated the proper scientific exploration into a medically relevant topic.
- Super Science Saturday Volunteer (2013, 2014): Lead the dissection lab.
- Baseball Coach (2013, 2016): Catching and hitting coach for Freshmen and little league aged ballplayers. Focus on fundamentals and the mental aspect of baseball encouraging the athletes to anticipate and problem solve.
- Dental Community Outreach Program (Spring 2013): Developed and led an oral hygiene health program to mentor middle school students.
- Eagle Scout Merit Badge College (2011, 2012, 2013): Citizenship in the world merit badge instructor.
- Toys for Tots (2011, 2012, 2013): Volunteered at the local boys home during the holiday season, providing dinner and distributing gifts.
- Elementary School Tutor (August 2010-May 2011): Mentored 6th graders in science and math at a Title 1 school.
Awards
139th Medical Squadron, 139th Medical Group Officer of the Year (2016)
MWSU Pre-Professional Outstanding Student of the Year Award, (2013, 2014)
MWSU Department of Biology Scholastic Key, (2012, 2013, 2014)
MWSU Presidents Honor Roll, (Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2014)
MOSDOH Pre-Professional Scholarship (2013)
Airman of the Year Award, Scott AFB (2009)
Outstanding performer, Operational Readiness Inspection (2008)
Airman of the Month Award, Kuwait (2007)
Timeline
Flight Surgeon
Kentucky Air National Guard
09.2022 - Current
Flight Surgeon, Homeland Response Force
Missouri Air National Guard
04.2021 - 09.2022
Military Officer - Health Services Corp
Missouri Air National Guard
10.2014 - 04.2021
Emergency Physician Scribe
PhysAssist, Inc
03.2012 - 06.2012
Aircraft Loadmaster
Missouri Air National Guard
10.2009 - 10.2014
Mortuary Affairs Specialist
United States Air Force
10.2003 - 10.2009
Subspecialty Fellowship: Pain Medicine - Interventional Pain Management Fellowship
University of Kentucky
Medical Residency - Anesthesiology
University of Kentucky
Aerospace Medicine
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine
M.D. - Doctor of Medicine
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Bachelor of Science - Biology with Health Science Concentration
Missouri Western State University