Medicine (MED) Faculty/Staff

2011 Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
2003 B.S., University of California, Davis, CA , Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

I have significant scientific experience in both government and academic environments. Currently I have appointments as a Research Neuroscientist with the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) at the Washington DC VA Medical Center and as a Research Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). I have a BS in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior from the University of California, Davis and a PhD in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, with a focus on stress resilience and human performance from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). I was trained in the acquisition and analysis of electroencephalography at the UMD as well as in functional Magnetic Research Imaging at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Georgetown University Medical Center. I have published several articles utilizing psychophysiology and neuroimaging to examine cognitive and emotive processes in military service members (SMs), elite athletes and physicians. In addition to my scientific training, my administrative work at the National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and responsibilities as a study manager for NIH, USUHS, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center clinical trials, has afforded me considerable experience with Federal government program management, regulatory compliance and science policy. My current research focus is on PTSD and mTBI uilizing fear conditioning, combat-related virtual reality, affective stroop, and telemedicine to reveal insight into the etiology of post-deployment health concerns in order to inform the next generation of rehabilitation and treatment for Veterans and SMs.

2015 Ph.D. Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2014 Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2011 Residency, Internal Medicine and International Health, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2008 M.D. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2004 B.A. Rice University, Houston, TX

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.S. 1978-1981
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, M.D. 1983-1987
University of Illinois at Chicago, MHPE 1998-2004
Internship (Medicine), Fitzsimons AMC 1987-1988
Residency (Medicine), Fitzsimons AMC 1988-1990
Fellowship (Rheumatology), Walter Reed AMC 1990-1992

Dr. Gilliland graduated from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln (Phi Beta Kappa) and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Alpha Omega Alpha). He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center and his Rheumatology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC). After completing his fellowship at WRAMC, he stayed on as a staff physician and was later billeted as a member of Educational Programs in the Department of Medicine at USU. Additionally, he earned a Master’s degree in Health Professional Education from the University of Illinois- Chicago.

During his 25 years in the U.S. Army, COL Gilliland served in a variety of clinical and academic roles including Introduction to Clinical Medicine- III Course Director, Fourth Year Clerkship Director for the Department of Internal Medicine, and the Rheumatology Fellowship Director. After retiring from the Army in 2008, he served as the Assistant Dean for Curriculum and later selected as the Associate Dean for Medical Education at USU.

Academically, he holds the rank of Professor of Medicine at USU and he has authored or co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 14 book chapters. He has numerous teaching awards including the ACP Master Teaching Award. While at USUHS, he has record of outstanding service to both the undergraduate and graduate medical education programs.

BA: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
MD: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Post-doctoral training: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Dr. Haigney is a board certified cardiologist and electrophysiologist who attends in the Walter Reed Cardiology and Genetic Cardiology clinics. The Haigney Cardiovascular Laboratory is primarily concerned with identifying mechanisms of sudden cardiac death, including those related to genetically transmitted arrhythmia syndromes. The lab combines basic and clinical investigations in a translational approach. A tachycardia-pacing model of large animal heart failure has been in place for ten years and has allowed evaluation of specific ion channels and their alteration by heart failure. The clinical research component has evaluated a number of approaches to prediction of arrhythmic events, with particular emphasis on unstable repolarization as manifest by QT interval variability. Most recently, the laboratory has investigated the use of inducible pluripotent stem cell derived myocytes to understand the mechanisms of cardiac arrest in human subjects. Dr. Haigney is particularly interested in iatrogenic factors contributing to sudden death, including the impact of prescription medications, particularly synthetic opioids, and sympathomimetic supplements.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Office A3060, Hebert School of Medicine, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda MD 20814
Phone: 301-295-3826
Fax: 301-295-3557
For appointments, please contact my Administrative Assistant: 301-295-3617
For appointments in the Genetic Cardiology Clinic at Walter Reed, please call 301-295-4939

1994-98 BS, Biology, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
1998-2002 MD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2002-05 Internal Medicine Residency, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
2006-09 Infectious Disease Fellow, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Lieutenant Colonel Joshua D. Hartzell, MD currently serves as the Assistant Dean for Faculty Development and Director of Internal Medicine Selectives at the Uniformed Services University. His previous roles included being the Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency, Assistant Chief of Graduate Medical Education (GME), and Army Intern Director at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). He is a board certified Internist and Infectious Diseases Physician.

Dr. Hartzell has a variety of research and scholarly interests. He has conducted research on infectious diseases to include pertussis, multidrug resistant organisms, leishmaniasis and Q fever. He was the lead author for the Armed Forces Practice Guidelines for the Management of Q fever and was a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working group on Q fever that published similar recommendations. Dr. Hartzell’s primary interests, however, are medical education, mentoring, and leadership development. In particular, Dr. Hartzell has an interest in developing the leadership and teaching skills of residents. Dr. Hartzell attended the Stanford Faculty Development Clinical Teaching Course in October 2013 and has avidly been conducting faculty development since that time. Dr. Hartzell developed an Army wide leadership curriculum for Graduate Medical Education Trainees that will begin in July 2017.

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. BS, Medical Science, 1985
Medical College of Wisconsin. MD, 1988
Uniformed Services University. Master of Public Health, 2002.

Dr. Hemmer received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1988 and his Master in Public Health from the Uniformed Services University in 2002. He is Professor of Medicine and the Vice-Chairman for Educational Programs, Department of Medicine, USUHS since 2008. He has been involved with US national leadership in undergraduate medical education, including serving as President of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM)—the national organization representing those who teach internal medicine to medical students—and as a member of Group on Educational Affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges. He has served on the Research in Medical Education (RIME) Steering Committee and chaired the RIME nominating committee. He served on the steering committee for USUHS curriculum form, chairing the assessment subcommittee. Subsequently, he chaired the Assessment subcommittee of the Executive Curriculum Committee at USU and is currently Chair of the Executive Curriculum Committee. Each year, he coordinates and co-leads a week-long 40 hour CME course for residency program directors on the Assessment of Clinical Competence. He is a member of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and has recently completed his term on the AAIM Education Committee. He also serves as the representative from CDIM to the Alliance for Clinical Education (ACE), a multidisciplinary group formed to foster the advancement of the clinical education of medical students. He has more than 75 peer reviewed publications, book chapters, and invited articles. His interests include improving the descriptive (or narrative) evaluation of trainee performance, professionalism, and clerkship director professional development.

2000-2004 Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine; Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Lake Erie, PA
1999-2000 Post-Baccalaureate; Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
1993-1997 Bachelor of Science/Biochemistry; University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

POST GRADUATE MEDICAL TRAINING
2009-2011 Fellowship, Endocrinology and Metabolism; National Capital Area Consortium; Bethesda, Maryland.
2004-2007 Residency: Internal Medicine, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

Dr Hoang’s early experiences in Vietnam and his health-related work throughout the years have cultivated virtues of compassion, commitment and understanding, which provide him with a strong foundation for a career in Internal Medicine.

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and graduated with cum laude from the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2004 and completed his internship and residency training at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), Bethesda, Maryland in 2007.

Dr Hoang had served as a staff internist at the U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan from 2007-2009 and received a Teacher of the Year award 2008- 2009. Dr Hoang completed his fellowship training at NNMC and is board certified in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. He served as a staff endocrinologist at NNMC (2011-2012) and at NMC Portsmouth (2012-2013). He served as Head, Endocrinology and Metabolism Division and Diabetes Champion at the Naval Medical Center San Diego (2013-2016) and Associate Professor in medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology. He has authored a variety of publications, including peer-reviewed articles, letter to the editor, and book chapters. He was recognized as “Associate Master Clinician Award” (2014) from NMCSD. He came back to WRNMMC, Bethesda in November 2016 to join the Endocrinology clinic here and to serve as the NCC Endocrinology Fellowship Program Director.

University of Kansas, Bachelors of Science 2009
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Doctorate of Medicine 2014

Training future military medical professionals is the most fulfilling job I could ever imagine.

1999 B.S. Biology (with Honors), University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2004 Ph.D. Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Dr. Lees started his career by training in T cell biology and cellular cancer immunotherapy. During his subsequent postdoctoral fellowship at he focused on the interactions between T cells and host tissue during autoimmune reactions, particularly focusing on autoimmune neuroinflammation. He then moved on to further investigations of autoimmune inflammation with studies on type I diabetes and a continued focus on neuroinflammation which remains active within the lab.

BA Emory University, Atlanta, 1968
MPH Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1969

1973-1976 University of Maryland at College Park, Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
1976-1980 University of Maryland at Baltimore, Doctor of Medicine
1985-1987 The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Master of Health Sciences in Epidemiology
1998-2001 The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Doctor of Philosophy, Human Genetics/Genetic Epidemiology

University of Florida
Uniformed Services University
Walter Reed NMMC Internal Medicine Residency
Walter Reed NMMC Rheumatology Fellowship

Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, University of Texas - San Antonio (UTSA)
M.S., Secondary Mathematics Education, American University
B.S., Mathematics, Boston University

Dr. Holly Meyer is an Assistant Professor of Health Professions Education in the Department of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). She has a PhD in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching from the University of Texas, San Antonio with an emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Meyer has a strong background in leadership development, K-12 education and program evaluation. Dr. Meyer’s research interests include leadership, curriculum development, instructional methods, assessment design, program evaluation and educational theory.

2006-2009 Internal Medicine Residency San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, Texas
2002-2006 M.D. (magna cum laude) State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York
1999-2002 B.A. in Biochemistry Canisius College, Buffalo, New York

LtCol(S) Neubauer grew up in the Buffalo, NY area. Early interests in the outdoors eventually led to his achieving the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He was also introduced to the "beautiful game" and remains an avid soccer player and youth coach to this day. Dr. Neubauer credits his mother (who worked as a hospital microbiologist) and experiences as a paramedic for developing his interest in medicine. After completing his undergraduate education at Canisius College in Buffalo, LtCol(S) Neubauer worked for several years as a professional ground and flight paramedic. In this latter role, he met Air Force Reserve Colonel Dr. Michael Torres who served as an early mentor. This led to his choice to pursue his medical education through the HPSP. At the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, Dr. Neubauer served as Student Government President and is proud to have earned the Buffalo Surgical Society Prize (awarded to the top student in the 3rd and 4th year of medical school). After medical school, Dr. Neubauer completed his residency at SAUSHEC. He thereafter joined the teaching faculty in San Antonio. After serving in Iraq, he was selected as associate program director for the internal medicine residency program in San Antonio. Under the guidance of key mentors such as Col William Hannah, Col Rechell Rodriguez, and Dr. Temple Ratcliffe, Dr. Neubauer discovered his interest in medical education. In 2012, he transferred to the Uniformed Services University where he has served as module director for the cardiovascular-pulmonary-renal module. Dr. Neubauer is presently pursuing a Masters degree in Health Professional Education at USU. In July of 2017, he was selected to serve as the service chief for the general internal medicine division at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

• Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, DC – M.D. 1973
• Fellowship in Medicine, Endocrinology, Georgetown University 1978
• Fellow in Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed 1980
• Stanford University Faculty Development Program 1987

The themes of my scholarly work are seen in these selected publications, including studies and essays.

Conceptual Frameworks of Assessment
• Pangaro L, A New Vocabulary and Other Innovations for Improving Descriptive In-training
Evaluations, Academic Medicine, 74: 1203-1207, 1999.
• Pangaro LN, A Shared Professional Framework for Anatomy and Clinical Clerkships, Clinical Anatomy, 2006, 19: 419-428.
• Pangaro L, ten Cate O, AMEE Guide - Frameworks for Learner Assessment in Medicine Medical Teacher, 35, 524 – 537, (2013)
• Pangaro L, Investing in Descriptive Evaluation: a vision for the future of assessment. Medical Teacher. 22(5), 478 - 481, 2000.
• Rodriguez R, Pangaro L, "Mapping the ACGME competencies to the RIME Framework", Academic Medicine, 87 (12), 1781.
Research on RIME and Evaluation Systems
• Hemmer P, Hawkins R, Jackson J, Pangaro L, Assessing How Well Three Evaluation Methods detect Deficiencies in Medical Students' Professionalism in Two Settings of an Internal Medicine Clerkship, Academic Medicine 75, 167 - 173, 2000.
• Gaglione MM, Moores L, Pangaro L, Hemmer PA Does Group Discussion of Student Clerkship Performance at an Education Committee Affect an Individual Committee Member’s Decisions? Academic Medicine 80:S55-S58, 2005.
• DeWitt DE, Carline D , Paauw DS , Pangaro L, A Pilot Study of a "RIME" framework-based Tool for Giving Feedback in a Multi-specialty Longitudinal Clerkship, Medical Education, 42: 1205 -1209, 2008.

Standardized Examinees and Simulation
• Pangaro LN, Worth-Dickstein H, Macmillan K, Shatzer J, Klass D, Performance of "Standardized Examinees" in a Standardized Patient Examination of Clinical Skills, Academic Medicine. 72: 1008 –
• Worth-Dickstein H, Pangaro L, MacMillan MK, Klass DJ, Shatzer JH Use of "Standardized Examinees" to Screen for Standardized-patient Bias in a Clinical Skills Examination, Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 17(1), 9 – 13, 2005.
• LaRochelle JS, Durning SJ, Pangaro LN, Artino AR, van der Vleuten C, Schuwirth, Impact of Increased Authenticity in Instructional Format on Preclerkship Students' Performance: A Two-Year, Prospective, Randomized Study, Acad Med. Oct;87(10):1341-7, 2012.

Assessment of Competence
• Pangaro LN, Holmboe, “Evaluation Forms and Formal Rating Scales”, Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Clinical Competence, ed Holmboe and Hawkins, Elsevier, 2008, p 24-41.
• Donato AA , Pangaro L , Smith C, Rencic J , Diaz Y , Mensinger J , Holmboe E, Evaluation of a Novel Assessment Tool for Observing Medical Residents, a Randomized Controlled Trial, Medical Education, 42: 1234-1242, 2008.
• Durning SJ, LaRochelle J, Pangaro L , Artino A Boulet J, vanr der Vleuten C, Hemmer P ,
• Does the Authenticity of Preclinical Teaching Format Affect Subsequent Clinical Clerkship Outcomes? A Prospective Randomized Crossover Trial, Teaching Learning in Med. ,(2):177-82, 2012
• Durning SJ, Artino AR Jr, Pangaro LN, van der Vleuten C, Schuwirth L. Perspective: redefining context in the clinical encounter: implications for research and training in medical education. Academic Medicine , 85(5):894-901, 2010

Curricular Reform, and educational systems
• PangaroL, The Role and Value of the Basic Sciences in Medical Education: The Perspective of Clinical Education - Students’ Progress from Understanding to Action, J International Assoc of Medical Science EducatorsVolume 20-3 307 – 313, 2010
• Finnerty EP, Chauvin S, Bonaminio G, Andrews M, Carroll RG, Pangaro LN. Flexner revisited: the role and value of the basic sciences in medical education. Academic Medicine. 85(2):349-55. 2010
• Pangaro L, Bachicha J, Brodkey A, Chumley-Jones H, Fincher RM, Gelb D, Morgenstern B, Sachdeva A, Expectations of and for Clerkship Directors - A Collaborative Statement from the Alliance for Clinical Education, Teach Learn Med2003 15: 217-222.
• Pangaro LN, editor, Leadership and Success In Medical Education, American College of Physicians, series on Teaching Internal Medicine (J. Ende, general editor), 2010, ACP Press, Philadelphia, PA.
• Gimbel R, Pangaro LN, Barbour G, America’s “Undiscovered” Laboratory for Health Service Research, Medical Care, Med Care. 2010 Aug; 48(8):751-
• Pock A, Pangaro L, Gilliland W, , The "Pillars" of Curriculum Reform" (manuscript #ACADMED-D-13-01220R1, Academic Medicine, accepted for publication,/69.
• Pangaro L, [invited] Commentary: getting to the next phase in medical education-a role for the vice-chair for education Academic Medicine, 2012 Aug;87(8):999-1001.
Faculty Development
• Roop S, Pangaro L, Measuring the Impact of Clinical Teaching on Student Performance during a Third Year Medicine Clerkship, Amer J Med. 110 (3). 205-209, 2001. (accompanying editorial, by Irby and Papadakis, "Does Good Clinical Teaching Really make a
Difference?")
• Guidebook For Clerkship Directors, co-editor, 3rd edition, Ruth-Marie Fincher general editor, Alliance for Clinical Education, 2005.
• Schuster B and Pangaro L, Understanding Systems of Education: What to Expect of, and for, Each Faculty Member, in Leadership Careers in Medical Education, ed Pangaro, American College of Physicians, 2010, pp 51-71.
• Pangaro LN, editor, Leadership and Success In Medical Education, American College of Physicians, series on Teaching Internal Medicine (J. Ende, general editor), 2010, ACP Press, Philadelphia, PA.

Electronic medical record
• Stephens MB, Gimbel RW, Pangaro L, The RIME/EMR Scheme: An Educational Approach to Clinical Documentation in Electronic Medical Records, Academic Medicine, 86, (1):11-14, 2010
• Hanson JL, Stephens MB, Pangaro LN, Gimbel RW, Quality of Outpatient Clinical Notes: A Stakeholder- derived Definition with Implications for a Quality Rating Instrument: A Qualitative Study, BMC Health Services Research, Nov 19;12:407, 2012.
• Harry B. Burke, Albert Hoang, ,1 Dorothy Becher, , 1 Paul Fontelo, ,3 Fang Liu, 3 CAPT Mark Stephens, Louis N. Pangaro, Laura L. Sessums, Patrick O’Malley,, Nancy S. Baxi,Christopher W. Bunt,Maj. Vincent F. Capaldi, Julie M. Chen, Barbara A. Cooper, David
A. Djuric,Joshua A. Hodge, Shawn Kane, Charles Magee, Zizette R. Makary, Renee M. Mallory, Thomas Miller, Adam Saperstein, Jessica Servey, Ronald W. Gimbel, QNOTE: A validated instrument for evaluating the quality of clinical notes, J Amer. Informatics
Assoc, J Am Med Inform Assoc 2014;0:1–7.

1990 Bachelor of Science: Biotechnology Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
1994 Doctor of Osteopathy University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa

Captain Petersen, an Infectious Disease specialist, is a native of Stony Brook, NY. He received his Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1990 and his medical degree from Des Moines University-College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1994. He did his internship in Internal Medicine at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia from 1994-5, followed by Undersea Medicine training at the Naval Undersea Medicine Institute in Groton, Connecticut in 1995. His first tour of duty was as an Undersea and Emergency Medicine physician at Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico from 1996-8 where he served as Undersea Medicine officer for Naval Special Warfare Unit 4, Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 and Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 Detachment Caribbean. He provided 24-hour emergency treatment for military and civilian divers in the island’s only hyperbaric treatment facility and also deployed with Seal Delivery Vehicle Team 2 becoming a certified submarine medical officer.

From 1998-2002 Petersen completed Internal Medicine Residency followed by Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California. His research efforts during training included studying HIV medication adherence at NMCSD and traveler’s diarrhea during Operation Cobra Gold in Thailand. In 2002 he was assigned as Infectious Disease staff at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, MD where his duties included Infection Control Chair, Head of travel medicine and Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee member. During his tour at NNMC he deployed on USNS Comfort (TAH-20) for the assault phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom and to Joint Task Force, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, and was twice recognized with teaching awards by the Internal Medicine house staff and medical students.

From 2007-11 he served at Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring Maryland as undersea medicine deputy department head and program manager of the Department of Defense’s wound infection program focusing on nosocomial infection of combat wounds. CAPT Petersen was selected for Senior Executive Medicine and became the first Executive Officer of U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 serving from 2011-2013. In 2013 he was selected for command and was Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima Peru from November 2013 to August 2015. He reported on board Uniformed Services University in 2015 as an associate professor of medicine and runs the 3rd year medicine clerkship at the DC VA hospital.

CAPT Petersen is a board certified specialist in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and a Fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Disease Society of America. He is an author of numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts. His decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with gold star, Joint Services Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with gold star and Navy Achievement Medal with gold star.

Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM), Drexel University
Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Faculty Fellowship, Washington, DC
Capstone Symposium for Senior Military Health System Leaders, Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute, Arlington, VA
The Healer's Art Faculty Development Training, Institute for the Study of Health & Illness, Commonweal, CA
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD

Col (Ret) Pock has cultivated a special interest in Integrative Medicine and internationally based, military-medical diplomacy. A board certified internist and a Medical Acupuncturist, Dr. Pock spent the majority of her career on active duty in the U.S. Air Force. She currently serves as the Associate Dean for Curriculum at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, and was actively involved in coordinating the implementation of a totally revised, "Molecules to Military Medicine" curriculum for the School of Medicine. Her prior military assignments included over 10 years of service in the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, during which time she served as the Director of the Air Force Medical Corps, as Chief, Medical Plans, Programs and Integration, as the Director of the Air Force International Health Specialist program (IHS), and as the Air Force Surgeon General's Chief Consultant for Internal Medicine and the Medical sub-specialties. Dr. Pock is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where she received her baccalaureate degree and is also an alumnus of the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine.

Antioch College Yellow Springs, OH '60-'63 Biology
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL MS 1964 Microbiology
Yale University, New Haven, CT Ph.D. 1969 Immunology
*Left after 3 years w/o degree to begin grad work
Oxford University, England '70-'72

David W. Scott, Ph.D. is Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine at the Uniformed Services School of Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, MD. An alumnus of Antioch College, Dr. Scott received his M.S. degree from the University of Chicago and Ph.D. from Yale University in 1969. Following a post-doctoral fellowship at Oxford University, UK, he joined the faculty at Duke University in 1971, where he initiated his National Institute of Health-funded studies on immune tolerance mechanisms. In 1983, he was named Dean's Professor of Immunology at the University of Rochester, a post he held for 11 winters. Dr. Scott thereafter became Head of the newly formed Immunology Department at the Holland Lab of the American Red Cross, and moved to the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 2004. He assumed his current position at USUHS in September 2010.
Dr. Scott has contributed to over 200 research papers on several subjects in immunology, focusing on immunologic tolerance, gene therapy, and most recently on engineering regulatory T cells for application in autoimmune diseases and hemophilia. He is the author of two textbooks, including a monograph entitled, The Nature of Immunologic Tolerance, and recipient of a number of awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Immunologists (AAI, 2004), a Boerhaave Professorship at Leiden University Medical School, The Netherlands (2006) and the 2009 Scientific Achievement Award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Active in science education, Dr. Scott has been Chair of Education Committees at the American Society for Microbiology and AAI. He has also served on the editorial boards of major immunologic journals, and as a member of National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and NIH Study Sections.

2004 M.D. Uniformed Services University
2000 B.S. (cum laude) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Lieutenant Colonel Scott Williams is the Deputy Director for Medicine at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital.

LTC Williams was born in Bournemouth, England and was raised in Princeton, New Jersey. He graduated and was commissioned into the U.S. Army from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000. LTC Williams received his medical doctorate from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2004. He completed a dual residency in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2009. He completed fellowship training in Sleep Disorders Medicine at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2012.

Upon graduation from fellowship, Dr. Williams assumed duties as Chief of Sleep Medicine at Womack Army Medical Center. While there he served on the AASM Education Committee and obtained an academic appointment as assistant professor of medicine at USUHS, later rising to the rank of associate professor of Medicine (primary) and Psychiatry (secondary). He increased his involvement with the AASM after returning to WRNMMC to take charge of the Sleep Disorders Center. He is now the chair of the Sleep Technologist and Respiratory Therapist Education Committee and is part of the gold standard panel for the Inter-Scorer Reliability program.

Dr. Williams continues to remain active in research, particularly in the area of overlap amongst OSA, PTSD, TBI and insomnia. He has published over 25 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 6 books chapters, and 19 abstracts. He is part of the U.S. Army Performance Triad working group, an organization tasked with implementing policies and procedures aimed at imparting common sense approaches to the struggles faced by Servicemembers in areas of nutrition, activity and sleep. Work-rest schedules, extended duty policy, circadian optimization and fatigue management are a few of the top priorities.

His military awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal; Meritorious Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters; Joint Service Commendation Medal; Army Commendation Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster; Army Achievement Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters; National Defense Service Medal; Iraq Campaign medal with two bronze service stars; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Army Service Ribbon; and the Overseas Service Ribbon. He is authorized to wear the Order of Military Medical Merit medallion; Army Flight Surgeon Badge; Parachutist Badge; Air Assault Badge; Meritorious Unit Commendation; and the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency.
His civilian awards include the Martin Fenton award for top IM/Psych graduating resident and the NCC Psychiatry Research award. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Undergraduate - Unites States Naval Academy - BS, Chemistry 1993
Medical School: Vanderbilt University - MD 1997
Internship/Residency - Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth 1997-1998/2002-2004
Fellowship - Gastroenterology, National Capital Consortium 2004-2007
- Therapeutic Endoscopy, University of Maryland 2006-2007

CAPT Young received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the United States Naval Academy, where he was awarded the Karl Montor Prize in leadership, in 1993. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt University, where was awarded the Albert Weinstein Prize in Medicine, in 1997. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA in 1998. After graduating at the top of his flight surgery class in 1999, he was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 106, the F/A-18 Fleet Replenishment Squadron for the East Coast, at NAS Oceana, VA
He returned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in 2002 and completed his Internal Medicine residency in 2004. He then transferred to the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD for his Gastroenterology Fellowship. During the third year of this fellowship, he spent nine months at the University of Maryland, Baltimore MD, training in Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy. During his senior year of fellowship, he was Captain of the Gastroenterology Jeopardy team which won the National Championship at the American College of Gastroenterology’s Annual Scientific session, besting 140 programs from across the nation. He graduated from Gastroenterology Fellowship, and was selected the Internal Medicine Fellow of the Year, in 2007. After graduation, CAPT Young deployed to Expeditionary Medical Facility Kuwait, where he served as the sole gastroenterologist for the forces deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He returned to the National Naval Medical Center in 2008 and assumed duties as the Associate Program Director for the National Capital Consortium’s Gastroenterology Fellowship. Also in 2008, he was named Director of Clinical research, directly overseeing the conduct of over 20 research protocols. In 2010, he was selected as the Director of Medical Operations for the USNS COMFORT. He deployed in support of Continuing Promise 2011, a humanitarian Mission serving nine partner nations in Latin America and the Caribbean. In this role, he oversaw the care of 66,000 patients, facilitated 1,100 surgeries, and coordinated veterinarian care for over 3,500 animals.
In 2012, he was selected as the Program Director for the fellowship Program at the National Capital Consortium, the largest Gastroenterology in the Department of Defense. From 2012-2015, he served as the Specialty Leader for Navy gastroenterology. He continues to be actively engaged in clinical research where his areas of focus are Barrett’s esophagus and the detection and prevention of colorectal cancer.
Captain Young is board certified in Gastroenterology. He has attained Fellow status in the American College of Physicians, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He holds an appointment as an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences where he is currently the Director of the Digestive Diseases section.

BS; (Chemistry) University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (1981)
MD; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (1985)
Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (1985-1988)
Nephrology Fellowship, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (1988-1991)
Research Fellowship (Renal Physiology); Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (1990-1991; Dr. M. B. Pamnani)