Scott Everson

Dr. Scott Everson recently joined the U.S. Department of Energy as the Chief Medical Officer. He is a board certified occupational and environmental medicine physician with over 20 years of experience in delivering high-quality care to patients as well as leading organizations in recognizing, managing, and preventing work-related injury and illness. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in October and he most recently served as the Chief of Occupational and Environmental Medicine for the U.S. Air and Space Forces.

In this role, he served as the subject matter expert and primary consultant to the Surgeon General on all matters pertaining to occupational and environmental medicine. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and he completed a Master of Public Health degree at the University of Cincinnati. He currently lives in Dumfries, Virginia with his wife and three children. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family.

DOE’s CMO serves as the chief occupational and environmental medicine physician for the Department in support of over 50 occupational health facilities which in turn provide healthcare over 100,000 DOE Federal and contractor employees, as well as over 60,000 former DOE employees. The Department’s CMO functions as an integral member of the Department’s Environment, Health, Safety and Security (EHSS) organization.