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8 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />2001 (fulltime), 2001-2003 (part-time). <br />Paul Chelminski <br />Attending Inpatient Physician, Chatham Hospital, Siler City, NC,1999-2001 (fulltime), <br />2001-2003 (part-time). <br />Attending Outpatient Physician, Chatham Primary Care, 311 North Fir Avenue, Siler City, <br />NC, 1999-2001. <br />Resident in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, the University of North Carolina Hospitals, <br />Chapel Hill, NC, 1995-1999. <br />Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of <br />Pharmacology, lab of Eugene Scarborough, PhD, 3/1991-7/1991. <br />Research Specialist, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biochemistry and <br />Biophysics, lab of P. Leslie Dutton, PhD. 1988-1990 (worked fulltime while taking <br />premedical curriculum at night). <br />Intern, The Wilson Quarterly, The Woodrow Wilson International Center, Smithsonian <br />Institution, Washington, DC, 1988 (authored book reviews and periodical summaries, <br />copy editing, fact checking, conducted. interviews, performed research in Library of <br />Congress). <br />Volunteer, The United States Peace Corps, Mali, West Africa, Community Development <br />Volunteer involved in dissemination of improved woodstove technology, sustainable <br />forestry, and obtaining funding for a maternity ward in a rural community through the <br />United States Agency for International Development, 1985-1987. <br />"Jug Hustler," La Companie Generale de Geophysique, performed manual laborer on a <br />seismic team in northeastern mountains of France. Work involved planting miles of <br />seismic sensors in ground and conducting controlled explosions, summer 1981. <br />Volunteer Experience: <br />North Carolina State Government Service <br />Chairman, Subcommittee on Public Education for Proposed Controlled Substance <br />Prescription Monitoring Program/Legislation in North Carolina under the aegis of <br />Leadership Committee on Unintentional Drug Deaths, North Carolina Department of <br />Health and Human Services, Injury Prevention Unit. Was the sole physician and clinician <br />among leadership team that developed and lobbied for legislation that implemented a <br />prescription drug monitoring system intended to stem epidemic of prescription opioid <br />abuse in North Carolina. All North Carolina physicians can now access system; more <br />information available at http://www.ncdhhs.gov/mhddsas/controledsubstance/index.htm. <br />Served from 2002 through 2006. <br />Member North Carolina Medical Society Prescription Drug Abuse Forgery and Diversion <br />Task Force. Provided expert background information and testimony to promote passage <br />of enabling legislation for statewide prescription drug monitoring program. Testimony <br />