But Chief Environmental Health Officer John Cook said his staff had been involved with the plant's plans all the way and there was no cause for alarm.
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According to Alex Kinghorn, the council's chief environmental health officer, the tender, which was signed last November, was based on the understanding that the majority of their waste would go to a landfill site in the Ballyclare area.
Dr Kirkup, who was independently appointed, has previously worked for the Northern Regional Health Authority and was appointed associate chief medical Officer in the Department of Health in 2005.
Dr. Bart Harmon is chief medical officer for Harris Healthcare Solutions and former chief medical information officer for the Military Health System of the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Dr Susan Turnbull, Jersey's chief medical officer of health, said the outbreak had most likely been caused by infected visitors vomiting in the ward.
As chief technology officer of Health and Human Services, Park appeared on stage with Aneesh Chopra who held the newly-created post of Chief Technology Officer.
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It has set up a review headed by Sir Donald Acheson, a former chief medical officer of health, to examine evidence on inequalities and make recommendations for action.
"It's one thing after another, " says Eric Topol, chief academic officer of Scripps Health.
David Carlucci is chairman and chief executive officer of IMS Health, based in Norwalk, Conn.
Topol, chief academic officer at Scripps Health, says he tried to get Schering and Merck to start a big heart-attack-prevention trial of Vytorin four years ago.
"There are many patients with similar names and you want to make sure you get the right patient, " said Dr. Samuel De Leon, the chief medical officer at Urban Health Plan.
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"We thoroughly embrace the concept, " says Rhonda Robinson Beale, chief medical officer at the behavioral health unit of UnitedHealthcare.
"It can be a very polarizing issue, " said Jason Madrak, chief marketing officer for the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, referring to the Boston-New York divide.
"You would have thought they would have been more sophisticated in doing trials and would have had all the right checks and balances, " says Eric Topol, chief academic officer at the Scripps Health in California.
Samuel Ross, chief executive officer of Bon Secours Baltimore Health System, said that when done well reality shows about weight loss can be educational for the public.
The first chief technology officer of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is doing more than just working to make community health data as useful as weather data.
Cathy O'Sullivan, chief officer of Aneurin Bevan Community Health Council, speaking on BBC Radio Wales, rejected a suggestion of introducing a chief inspector of hospitals, saying close monitoring of the NHS in Wales was already in place.
The Science and Technology Committee has an interesting-looking session scheduled (at 10.15am) with Prof Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health - there's plenty to ask her about: clinical trials, flu vaccinations, salt and sugar in foods, anti-smoking ads, you name it.
Mr Colella's co-founder is now the chief technology officer for Mr Obama's health department.
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The BMA rules have been drawn up in consultation with the Department of Health and the government's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson.
Allan Robins, senior vice president and chief science officer of BresaGen said the NIH and Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson are working hard to move human embryonic stem cell research forward now that they can allocate federal funds towards the work.
It scheduled various witnesses to appear at the hearing held earlier today, including Pro Football Hall of Fame member Dick Butkus, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Chief Science Officer Larry Bowers, and National Institutes of Health Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak.
"With this transaction we are taking another step in reshaping the Consumer Lifestyle portfolio and transforming Philips into the leading technology company in Health and Well-being, " said Philips Chief Executive Officer Frans van Houten.
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David Strand, the former chief operating officer of the Cleveland Clinic, is familiar with Google Health.
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In 2009 he joined National Health Investors, a health care real estate investment trust, as president and chief operating officer.
Mr Harmer is a former deputy chief medical officer of the Welsh government and chairman of the Welsh Health Specialist Services Committee.
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Deputy chief medical officer for England Dr Pat Troup said the Department of Health took the concerns of patients about the MMR vaccine very seriously.
Bristol Chief Financial Officer Andrew Bonfield will discuss the restatement at the SG Cowen Health Care Conference at 8 A.M. tomorrow in Boston.
Prof Dame Sally Davies, England's chief medical officer, said second-hand smoke could cause a range of health problems.
But England's chief medical officer said the highest level detected posed "very little risk to human health".
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