Schwartz served as Chief of Health Services and Chief of Preventive Medicine at the U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Washington , DC where she implemented disease surveillance , vaccination , screening and NBC countermeasure programs . She wrote the service 's first ever pandemic influenza , anthrax and smallpox vaccination , quarantinable communicable disease , periodic health assessment and HIV policies . Schwartz also worked to develop health protection guidance for armed forces deployments following Hurricane Katrina , Hurricane Rita , the 2009 flu pandemic , the 2010 Haiti earthquake , the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the West Africa Ebola outbreak . She was appointed as the Coast Guard 's principal expert on flu pandemics . Schwartz has been awarded one Legion of Merit , two Meritorious Service Medals , both the Coast Guard and Navy Commendation Medals and , in 2011 , was recognised as one of the Military Health System female physicians of the year
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Erica Schwartz