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12 <br /> Page 2 of 4 Paul Chelminski <br /> Attending Emergency Department Physician, Chatham Hospital, Siler City, NC, 1999- <br /> 2001 (fulltime), 2001-2003 (part-time). <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, copy <br /> editing, fact checking, conducted interviews, performed research in Library of 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: 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 also <br /> intended to promote acceptance of system by physicians. Task force active in 2006 and <br />