BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Pamela Hymel is senior director of Integrated Health and chief medical Officer for Walt Disaney Parks and Resorts. Previously she was director of Integrated Health and corporate medical director at Cisco Systems, where she was responsible for the strategy and design of Cisco's HealthConnections program, a health and productivity program for Cisco employees worldwide. She was also responsible for Cisco's on-site health clinic and childcare center at Cisco headquarters in San Jose, CA, and developed a global strategy for integrated health programs. In 2007, Cisco's HealthConnections program won a Best Employers for Health Lifestyles Gold Award from the National Business Group on Health, and a California Fit Business Award, as well other national recognition. Prior to joining Cisco, Dr. Hymel worked as a senior vice president at Sedgwick CMS and as vice president of Human Resources, Medical Services and HR Systems for Hughes Electronics. Her work at Hughes was recognized with an ACOEM Corporate Health Achievement Award and a C. Everett Koop Award honorable mention.
Board certified in both internal medicine and occupational medicine, Dr. Hymel is a nationally recognized leader in the field of benefits, occupational medicine and health-related productivity. She has authored or co-authored a number of studies and research papers on disability management and health and productivity management and is a frequent speaker nationally on these subjects.
Dr. Hymel has held a variety of leadership positions in medical and health-related organizations. She currently serves as President of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), the nation's largest association representing occupational and environmental physicians. She served on the ACOEM Board of Directors from 1999 to 2003 and again from 2005 to the present. She served as treasurer of ACOEM from 2001 to 2003.
In addition to her work on the ACOEM Board, Dr. Hymel serves on the boards of the National Business Group on Health, the Integrated Benefits Institute and the Pacific Business Group on Health. She served on the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) Committee to Assess Worksite Preventive Health Program Needs for NASA employees in 2004-05. She has chaired numerous task forces and committees. She was also president of the Western Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association in 2001.
Born in New Orleans, LA, Dr. Hymel received a bachelors degree in biology from the University of California-Irvine, and a masters degree in public health from Tulane University. She received her MD degree from the Louisiana State University Medical School.