OUR TEAM

Dr. Lee Tolar Meals, MD

Meals & Tolar Impairment Specialist

Dr. Lee Tolar Meals, MD

Meals & Tolar Impairment Specialist

As an undergraduate student, Dr. Meals worked for two summers at the PGDP as a health physics technician. Dr. Meals held a “Q” security clearance. She is well acquainted with the culture and exposures of workers on the site.

Dr. Meals’ knowledge of the EEOICPA and the nuances of it are further enhanced by her father, Stewart Tolar. Mr. Tolar retired from PGDP after 32 years of employment. In June 2001 he was the first person employed by the Paducah EEOICPA resource center and later provided management to all EEOICPA resource centers. 

Dr. Rheanel Tolar, MD

Meals & Tolar Impairment Specialist

Dr. James Brien

Meals & Tolar Impairment Specialist

Dr. James Brien

Meals & Tolar Impairment Specialist

Dr. Brien was born and raised in Mayfield, KY. After completing his Anesthesiology residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, and a fellowship in Cardiac Anesthesiology at the Texas Heart Institute, he returned in 2004 to practice in Paducah, KY.

Dr. Brien joined the Meals and Tolar team in August of 2020. “It is a privilege to be part of an organization that provides services to the many federal workers and civilian contractors that are employed by the different departments and branches of our government. It is the daily hard work and sacrifice of these individuals that helps to keep our country running.”