Scott Lillibridge, M.D.
Dr. Scott R. Lillibridge is a professor of epidemiology and assistant dean with the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health located in Houston. During his federal career with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), he served as special assistant to the HHS Secretary for National Security and Emergency Management and assisted in the development of a national preparedness program when the nation was experiencing anthrax attacks in 2001. Dr. Lillibridge was also the founding director of the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition to infectious disease concerns, this office provided program support for the development of a national pharmaceutical stockpile, enhanced disease tracking, training and national laboratory enhancement. This program provided funding for preparedness to every state and territorial health department throughout the United States.
Dr. Lillibridge’s career at CDC focused on emergency public health response issues. He has worked in emergency response and preparedness roles throughout the world in support of the U.S. government and non-governmental organizations. He was the lead physician during the initial U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) response to the Oklahoma City bombing and also led the U.S. Medical Delegation to Tokyo following the sarin release in 1995. In 2003, Dr. Lillibridge was summoned to China to consult with the Ministry of Health during the SARS epidemic. He also served on the UN Interagency Rapid Health Assessment Team led by the World Health Organization (WHO) that responded to the Indian Ocean tsunami in Indonesia.
Dr. Lillibridge received his B.S. in Environmental Health at East Tennessee State University in 1977. He received his medical doctorate from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD in 1981 and has prior military service with the U.S. Army Special Forces. In 1984, he completed specialty training at Baylor College of Medicine in Family Medicine and completed a fellowship with the Epidemic Intelligence Service of CDC in 1992.
