David DiGregorio
David currently serves as principal for D2 Emergency Management Consulting, LLC and is faculty for the Beth Israel Deaconess/Harvard Medical School Disaster Medicine Fellowship. He contributes on the advisory board for First Line Technology.
David DiGregorio served as the director for the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Response/Special Operations Division from September of 2016 through April of 2023 after holding the position of deputy director for two years. He retired from the US Army and Massachusetts Army National Guard after 32 years of service in 2014. Amongst his duty assignments, David served as a non-commissioned and commissioned officer with the 1st Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team in the positions of Medical NCO, Physician Assistant and Deputy Commander. Prior to retiring, he held the position of Deputy State Surgeon for the Massachusetts National Guard, earning the Legion of Merit Award, Meritorious Service Medal and several Army Commendation and Army Achievement Medals. He has earned a MS degree in Emergency Management from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy as well as a BS degree and MS degree in Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He served on the faculty of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy as a capstone advisor for the graduate level Emergency Management course from January 2015-August 2021.
Presentations:
Community-based Reduction in Drug Overdose (CReDO): a Pathway Forward to Stemming the Fentanyl Crisis
Community-based Reduction of Drug Overdoses. What is it? The CReDO program is an effort started by Duane C. Caneva, MD, former Chief Medical Officer, Department of Homeland Security. The program looks to address the growing issue of overdoses in the US, many due to fentanyl or fentanyl-laced products Much work is being done by various agencies and groups in the US and specifically here in MA but communication and coordination between these groups should be improved. CReDO: -Seeks to integrate medical, law enforcement, and drug prevention efforts to overdose clusters and spikes -Seeks to improve the community response to the current drug overdose crisis and opioid public health emergency -Seeks to align efforts across the Federal interagency and integrate with state, local, and private sector partners -Promotes a System of Systems Architecture (SOSA) approach -Seeks to identify and share best practices within communities It begins with establishing operational views, with multiple Lines of Effort (LOE) in pursued in parallel.