-February 1, 2010-
Dr. Artie Shelton former consultant to the Department of Veterans Affairs, joins Martin, Blanck & Associates
Falls Church, VA (February 1, 2010) – Martin, Blanck & Associates, a health services consulting practice focused on federal health sector programs and services announced the addition of Dr. Artie Shelton, a retired army physician with extensive experience in the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs.
“We’re privileged to have Dr. Shelton join our company. I have known and worked with Artie for several decades. He is a leader, and is committed to ensuring that our military veterans and military families receive the finest care possible in this country,” remarked Dr. Ron Blanck, Chairman of Martin, Blanck & Associates.
Shelton served fourteen years as a consultant to the Department of Veterans Affairs to include service as Director of the Organ Transplant Program. He recently was appointed as a Secretarial appointee on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans.
Prior to his consulting work, Shelton, served 21 years in the U.S. Army with various assignments in the United States and overseas. His military career included appointments as the foreign travel medical escort physician to the Congressional and Senate leadership and personal physician to the Army’s Chief of Staff. He served as Commander, Pentagon Army Health Clinic; Chief, Department of Primary Care and Community Medicine; Chief, Department of Medicine, USA MEDDAC and Chief, Professional Service in Bremerhaven, West Germany among other prestigious assignments. In 1993, he deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia where he served as the 42nd Medical Task Force Commander.
Shelton received his BS, MS, and MD degrees from Howard University and while there he received the Upjohn Research and Scholarship Award from the Howard University College of Medicine. Shelton completed his internship and residency training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and received fellowship training in Adult/Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at National Institute of Health, Children’s Hospital and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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