Neil Haley Interviews Dr. Matthew Minson, Author, Inventor, Clinician

 Matthew Minson, MD is an author, inventor and clinician and holds a joint appointment as the Senior Advisor for Health Affairs for the Texas Engineering Extension Service, and Asst. professor at the Texas A&M University, School of Public Health. He is an editor for Health and Science at the Texas A&M University Press and the Texas Press Consortium, served as the Medical Director for Texas Task Force One, FEMA-USAR at Texas A&M University.

He is the Author of Prepare to Defend Yourself; How to Navigate the Healthcare System… and Escape With Your Life, TAMU Press: 2014 and “How to Age Gracefully and Escape with your Dignity.” TAMUpress 2016, which was nominated for a National Book Award, Pulitzer, and chosen “Best of” by Library Journal.

Dr. Minson was the Senior Medical Officer for Strategic Initiatives at the US Dept. of Health and Human Services/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and served in the creation of the National Health Security Strategy, United States Agency for International Development, and deputy coordinator for the health and medical humanitarian response to Haiti. He has responded to disasters- the World Trade Center, the Columbia Shuttle Recovery, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Gulf of Mexico Oil Crisis, and the West, Texas Explosion.

Dr. Minson obtained his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Abilene Christian University, his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, and his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Texas Medical School, Houston. He and his wife Kelli live in the Houston area.  For more information, please visit www.preparetodefendyourself.com