From my columns over the years many readers know that I intermittently work for the U.S. government as the Chief Medical Officer of MA1 DMAT (Massachusetts Disaster Medical Assist Team) responding to disasters. This has included columns I have written about the work our team did responding to the earthquake in Haiti, to Superstorm Sandy and to many other disasters.In 2014 I was privileged to have been deployed alongside members of the U.S.