Christopher Shields:
CLASS OF 1986
Prospect High SchoolClass of 1986
Mt. prospect, IL
Northern Illinois UniversityClass of 1990
Dekalb, IL
Helke Elementary SchoolClass of 1979
Vandalia, OH
Christopher's Story
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2004 -2011 Served as the Emergency Response Manager for the Village of Oak Park.
2011.02.01 assumed the position of Assistant Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, over the division of Emergency Preparedness and Response,
Like many profiles I have read, I too started down a path that led me to a place I had not planned to go, but am greatful to be.
After graduating from Prospect I entered college, pledged a fraternity, enjoyed a sociable 4 years and sent my applications away to medical schools. I was accepted into Loyola and was about to start another 6-8 years of education when an epiphany occured. I was burned out...
So instead of heading down that path, I veered off and instead of internal medicine, paramedicine became my choice. Practicing emergency medicine, in the field was the rush I was looking for. I was blessed to meet a girl during this time in my life, who started as a frien...Expand for more
d and became my soul mate. A family followed and this brought with it a new and unique set of responsibilities. Life was cruising along, then unfortunately for me, along with the thrills of field medicine, comes the tragedy of an uncontrolable environment, where the unthinkable often becomes reality. A career ending injury occured, life came grinding to a halt. A full year of doctors, drugs and therapy brought me back from the brink and I was left with a mind full of education, a yearning to help and the need to feel useful again.
Enter the world we live in today, full of unthinkable horrors(natural and man made.) A new career opened, in the field of bio terrorism preparedness. I currently work as the Emergency Response Manager for the Village of Oak Park. Together with state and federal agencies, we are creating plans to protect, inform and enpower residents in our community.
It feels good to be of service again.
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