Anthony Macintyre

Faculty Appointments:

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Director,Emergency Preparedness

Degrees:

MD, Medical College of Virginia, 1992
BSE, Duke University, 1988

Residency Training:

Residency in Emergency Medicine, George Washington University
Transitional Internship, Georgetown University Hospital

Certifications:

Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Professional Societies:

American College of Emergency Physicians

Biography:

Anthony Macintyre, MD is a Board Certified Emergency Physician and Associate Professor with The Department of Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University. His academic career has focused on medical emergency planning and response at various levels. Dr. Macintyre has served as the medical director for Fairfax County’s Urban Search and Rescue team since 1995. His work with the team has involved deployments to the bombing of the Murrah building in Oklahoma City (1995), the bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi (1998), the Pentagon terrorist attack (2001), and to several international earthquakes. His most recent deployment involved response to the devastating earthquake in Bam, Iran (2004) as part of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) team. Dr. Macintyre has assisted the Federal Emergency Management Agency (now part of the Department of Homeland Security) in the restructuring of the medical components of the Urban Search and Rescue System.

Dr. Macintyre’s work has also included assisting other U.S. federal agencies with medical emergency planning and response including the US Agency for International Development/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), the National Disaster Medical System now within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, the US Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (formerly US Customs Service). He served as a medical advisor and a controller for the bio-terrorism component of the federally sponsored exercise, TOPOFF 2000 held in Denver, Colorado. More recently, he served as an official observer of the Chicago, Illinois component of TOPOFF 2003. In 2002, Dr. Macintyre served as an assistant investigator in the Sloan Foundation funded project to develop the Medical and Health Incident Management system (MaHIMs). This project provides a comprehensive, functionally-based model for the response to and management of complex, large-scale medical emergencies.

Dr. Macintyre was the co-developer of a mass decontamination capability for the old George Washington University Hospital (key concepts published in JAMA). In his capacity as an emergency physician, he was instrumental in structuring the hospital response to the 2001 anthrax dissemination event. Dr. Macintyre has served for 6 years on the District of Columbia Hospital Association (DCHA) Emergency Preparedness Committee assisting with the development of a hospital community response for Washington, D.C.

Selected Publications:

Hick J, Hanfling D, Burstein J, Markham J, Macintyre A, Barbera J. Protective Equipment for Health Care Facility Decontamination Personnel: Regulations, Risks, and Recommendations. Ann of Emerg Med, September 2003; 42: 3. 370-380.
Barbera JA, Macintyre AG. Medical and Health Incident Management (MaHIM) System: A Comprehensive Functional System Description for Mass Casualty Medical and Health Incident Management. Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, The George Washington University. Washington, D.C., October 2002.
Macintyre A, Barbera J. Bio-terrorism Response: Implications for the Emergency Clinician. Chapter in Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide. Ed. Tintanelli et al. McGraw Hill, 2004. pp 35-42.
Barbera J, Macintyre A. Jane’s Mass Casualty Handbook: Hospital. Emergency Preparedness and Response. Published by Jane’s publications, 2003. Barbera J, Macintyre A. The Reality of Modern Bio-terrorism Response. Lancet, Dec 2002; supp vol 360: 33-34.
Clack Z, Keim M, Macintyre A, Yeskey K. Emergency Health and Risk Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Lesson from the Embassy Bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. Prehosp and Dis Med, April-June 2002; 17(2): 1-8.
Barbera JA, Macintyre AG, Gostin L, Inglesby T, O’Toole T, DeAtley C, Tonat K, Layton M. Large-Scale Quarantine Following Biological Terrorism in the United States: Scientific Examination, Logistic and Legal Limits, and Possible Consequences. JAMA, Dec 5, 2001; 286 (21): 2711-2717.
Republished in: Bioterrorism: Guidelines for Medical and Public Health Management. Ed. Henderson D, O’Toole T, Inglesby T. JAMA Archives and Journals, 2002. Barbera J, Macintyre A, DeAtley C. Chemically Contaminated Patient Annex: Hospital Emergency Operations Guide. For Office of Emergency Preparedness, US Public Health Service (OEP/USPHS). Washington, DC. Aug 23, 2001.
Barbera JA, Macintyre AG, DeAtley CA. Ambulances to Nowhere: America’s Critical Shortfall in Medical Preparedness for Catastrophic Terrorism. BCSIA Discussion Paper 2001-15. Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness (ESDP) Discussion Paper 2001-07. John F Kennedy School of Government. Harvard University, October, 2001. Republished in: Countering Terrorism: Dimensions of Preparedness. Ed. Howitt A, Pangi R. MIT press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2003.
Macintyre AG, Weir S, Barbera JA. The International Search and Rescue Response to the U.S. Embassy Bombing in Kenya: The U.S. Medical Team Experience. Prehosp and Dis Med, Oct-Dec, 1999. 14(4); 11-17.
Macintyre AG, Christopher G, Eitzen E, Gum R, Weir S, DeAtley C, Tonat K, Barbera JA. Weapons of Mass Destruction Events with Contaminated Casualties: Effective Planning for Health Care Facilities. JAMA, Jan 12, 2000. 283(2); 242-249. Barbera J, Macintyre AG. Urban Search and Rescue. Emerg Med Clinics of North America. May, 1996; 14(2): 399-412.
Barbera J, DeAtley C, Macintyre AG, Perks DH. Oklahoma City Bombing: Medical Aspects of Urban Search and Rescue. Fire Engineering. November, 1995.