Medicine (MED) National Faculty

MED Contact Info

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Department of Medicine
4301 Jones Bridge Road, C1094
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799

Chair (301) 295-2010

Deputy Chair, Administration (301) 295-5791

FAX (USU) (301) 295-3557
FAX (WRNMMC) (301) 295-5792

Department of Medicine

MED - National Faculty

Craig Ainsworth, MD

Craig R Ainsworth, MD, Major, Army

Name: Craig R Ainsworth, MD, Major, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Medical Director Burn Intensive Care Unit-USAISR

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
ECMO
Renal Replacement Therapy

Email:

craig.r.ainsworth.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-1374

Education

BS in Microbiology from Brigham Young University
MD from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Residency in Internal Medicine from Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Ainsworth CR, Chung KK. Renal Replacement Therapy: A Practical Approach. In: Salim, Brown, Inaba, and Martin, eds., Surgical Critical Care Therapy: A Clinically Oriented Practical Approach. Berlin: Springer. 2016 In Press.
Ainsworth CR, Rizzo JA, Chung KK. Organ Response Organ Support. In: Jeschke ed. Hand book of Burns Volume 1-Acute Burn Care. Berlin: Springer. 2017 In Press
2014 Bronze Star Medal
2013-2016 Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Ft. Bliss, TX
2014-2016 Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Ft. Bliss, TX
2013-2016 Critical Care Committee, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Ft. Bliss, TX
2017 Chairman, Critical Care Committee, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX
2014 Battalion Surgeon 1-502 INF 2BCT 101st Airborne Division, Jalalabad, Afghanistan

Bibliography

1. Ainsworth CR, Edgerton CC. Cryoglobulinemia, eMedicine 2009, 2010, 2011.
2. Bandera B, Ainsworth CR, Shikle J, Rupard E, Roach M. Treatment of Unicentric Castleman Disease with Neoadjuvant Rituximab. CHEST. 2010;138:1239-41.
3. Ainsworth CR, Pamplin JC, Linfoot JA, Chung KK. A Bedside Communication Tool Did Not Improve Alignment of a Multidisciplinary Team’s Goals for Intensive Care Unit Patients. J Crit Care. 2013;28:112.e7-112e13.
4. Hall NM, Jones FJ, Ainsworth CR, Fincher RK. Methemoglobinemia in Patients Undergoing Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: a randomized controlled trial. Mil Med. 2013;178:701-4.
5. Ainsworth CR, Brown GS. Head Trauma 2014 Update. Published by MedScape in the eMedicine webpage.
6. Lundy JB, Chung KK, Pamplin JC, Ainsworth CR, Jeng JC, Friedman BC. Update on Severe Burn Management For The Intensivist. J Intensive Care Med. 2016;31:499-510. PMID: 26112758
7. ATHOS 3 Investigators. Angiotensin II for the Treatment of Vasodilatory Shock. N Engl J Med. 2017;377:419-430.
8. A retrospective analysis: do bacterial culture and sensitivity data support empiric use of pipercillin-tazobactam and antipseudomonal fluoroquinolones in hospitalized patients? US Army Med Dep J. 2017;2:9-11. PMID 28853113

Carlos Angueira, MD

Carlos E Angueira, MD

Name: Carlos E Angueira, MD

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brooke Army Medical Center

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Email:

carlos.e.angueira.civ@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-3881

Education

I attended medical school at the Universidad Central Del Caribe in Cayey, Puerto Rico. Internal medicine internship, residency and GI fellowship at Brooke Army Medical Center. I retired from active duty in 2009 and I am currently the Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Brooke Army medical Center.

Biography

COL (Ret) Carlos Efrain Angueira was born in the Canal Zone, Panama. The son of a career Army officer, he graduated from Stuttgart American High School in 1976 and entered college that same year at the Citadel on a four year R.O.T.C. scholarship. He graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate from the Citadel in 1980 and, soon thereafter, began medical school at the Universidad Central del Caribe in Puerto Rico under the Army’s Health Professions Scholarship Program. He graduated from medical school in 1984 and began his active duty Army career in June of that year.
COL Angueira entered an Internal Medicine residency program at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) on 1 July, 1984. In June 1987, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and was assigned to Darnall Army Community Hospital (DACH) in Ft. Hood, Texas as a staff internist.
In January 1988, COL Angueira attended the Officer’s Advanced Course in residence at the AMEDD Center and School. Upon completion of this course in May 1988, he was assigned as the Chief of the Internal Medicine Clinic at BAMC where he remained for two years. In May 1990, COL Angueira deployed with the 28th Combat Support Hospital to Costa Rica for a Humanitarian Assistance mission. He served as Chief Medical Officer and was directly responsible for the care given to over 1500 local civilians.
In July 1990, COL Angueira began a Gastroenterology Fellowship at BAMC and, for the following two years, his efforts were concentrated in academic medicine and the study of Gastroenterology. He completed his fellowship in June 1992 and remained at BAMC as a staff gastroenterologist.
Upon completion of his fellowship, COL Angueira was assigned to BAMC. He served as Staff Gastroenterologist, Assistant Chief Gastroenterology Service and, BAMC Risk Manager. In September 1998, he deployed with the 41st CSH as commander of the unit supporting the 1st Cavalry Division in Operation Joint Forge, Bosnia. COL Angueira was directly responsible for coordinating the delivery of level III medical care to approximately 15,000 US and NATO troops in a forward deployed environment. During this six month deployment, the unit saw approximately 10,000 patients, performed 60 surgical procedures, conducted multiple joint exercises with other NATO medical units and hosted several continuing medical education programs for a multinational medical community. As a personal accomplishment, he successfully completed the Command and General Staff College by correspondence. The unit returned to Ft. Sam Houston in March 1999.
Upon his return from Bosnia, COL Angueira was assigned initially as Assistant Chief, Department of Health Plan Management and subsequently became chief of that department for a period of 2 years. In June 2001, he was assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff for Clinical Operations at Great Plains Regional Medical Command where he was responsible for all physician related issues including deployments and contracting actions for all 10 regional Medical Treatment Facilities. In May 2004, COL Angueira was assigned to BAMC as Deputy Commander for Clinical Services. As the DCCS, he was directly responsible for the medical care provided to all Wounded Warriors, their families and over 50,000 beneficiaries. During his 4 year tenure as the principal deputy, he not only performed all assigned duties with distinction but also served as Interim Commander on innumerable occasions when the Commanding General was not present. Under his leadership, BAMC achieved such notable milestones as a Joint Commission accreditation, certification as a Level 1 trauma center and the opening of the Center for the Intrepid and two new Fisher houses. In August 2008, COL Angueira returned to a full time clinical practice as a staff gastroenterologist at BAMC.
COL Angueira retired from active military service in April 2009 and, that following July, he entered the ranks of Civil Service employees at BAMC as a staff Gastroenterologist. Currently, he is the Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at BAMC and serves as core faculty, clinician and luminal/biliary endoscopist.
His awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters), Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award, National Defense Service, Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, NATO Medal, Army Serviced Ribbon, Expert Field Medical Badge and the Army Parachutist Badge.
He is married to Dr. Wanda D. Angueira and has two sons Carlos and Francisco.

Taylor Atchley, MD

Kristen Bader, MD

Kristen E Bader, MD, Captain, Air Force

Name: Kristen E Bader, MD, Captain, Air Force

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Internal Medicine Attending

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location: Keesler Medical Center, Biloxi, MS

Email:

kristen.bader.1@us.af.mil

Office Phone:

(228) 376-4394

Education

Internal Medicine Residency, Keesler Air Force Base Medical Center, Biloxi, MS, 07/2014-05/2017
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. Doctor of Medicine, 05/2014
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Bachelor of Science, Biology, 05/2010

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Internal Medicine Staff Physician 07/2017-present
Allergy Extender 4/2017-present
Consults committee 2017-present
A Spontaneous Case of Atheroembolic Renal Failure – Case Report; Abstract published in Annals of Clinical Case Reports; Poster presented at Air Force ACP San Antonio, TX 10/2015 & 09/2016. Mentor: Dr. Wayne Latack, Keesler Medical Center, Biloxi, MS
Genomic Sequencing of Uric Acid Metabolizing and Clearing Genes and Relationship to Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor Dose – Observational study; Abstract, Poster and Podium Presentation 12/2014-11/2015. Podium presentation at Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Conference in Destin, FL on 04/29/2015. Poster presentation at American College of Rheumatology Conference in San Francisco, CA on 11/08/2015. Co-investigators: Dr. Matthew Carroll, Dr. Derek Smith
Whole Exome Sequencing of Uric Acid Metabolizing and Clearing Genes as related to Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor Dose – Observational study; Abstract and Poster 12/2014-04/2015. Poster presentation at the 3rd World Congress on Controversies, Debates & Consensus in Bone, Muscle & Joint Diseases (BMJD) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada 04/23/2015-04/26/2015. Co-investigators: Dr. Matthew Carroll, Dr. Derek Smith
An Unusual Etiology of Chest Pain - Case report; Abstract and Poster 11/2014. Presented at UMMC poster day in Jackson, MS 11/2014 and ACP conference in New Orleans 02/2015. Mentor: Dr. Javed Nasir, Keesler Medical Center, Biloxi, MS

Bibliography

American College of Physicians (Associate member 2014-2017, Member 2017-present)

Alice Barsoumian, MD

Alice E Barsoumian, MD, Major, Air Force

Name: Alice E Barsoumian, MD, Major, Air Force

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Medical Director, BAMC Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Program Director, SAUSHEC Infectious Disease Fellowship Program

Faculty Rank:

Associate Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
Antimicrobial Stewardship; Medical Education
General Infectious Disease

Email:

alice.e.barsoumian.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-1490

Education

• Fellowship: Infectious Disease, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC) San Antonio, TX: 2011- 2013
• Residency: Internal Medicine, SAUSHEC, San Antonio, TX: 2008- 2011
• Doctor of Medicine: University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA: 2004- 2008
• Bachelor of Science, Biology: Summa Cum Laude, University Scholar of the Year, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA: August 2000- May 2004

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Program Director, SAUSHEC Infectious Disease Fellowship, 2018- current
Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Brooke Army Medical Center, 2017- current
Infectious Disease Clinic Officer in Charge, San Antonio Military Medical Center, 2014- 2017
Associate Program Director, SAUSHEC Infectious Disease Fellowship Program, 2015- 2016
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Senior Physician Advisor, Medical Institutional Advisory Team, New Kabul Compund, Afghanistan, 2014-2015

Bibliography

Barsoumian A, Calvano T, Markelz AE, Cassidy R, Murray CK, Beckius ML, Mende K, Akers KS. Variations of CHROMagar Acinetobacter to detect imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex. Scand J Infect Dis. 2013 Jun;45(6):446-52.
Barsoumian A, Sanchez CJ, Mende K, Tully CC, Beckius ML, Akers KS, Wenke JC, Murray CK. In vitro toxicity and activity of Dakin’s solution, mafenide acetate, and amphotericin B on filamentous fungi and human cells. J Orthop Trauma. 2013 Aug; 27(8):428-36.
Barsoumian AE, Mende K, Sanchez CJ Jr, Beckius ML, Wencke JC, Murray CK, Akers KS. Clinical infectious outcomes associated with biofilm-related bacterial infections: a retrospective chart review. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 7;15:223.
Lee LE*, Barsoumian AE, Brown AW, Wiggins MA, Renshaw JS, Osswald MB, Murray CK. Rates of microbiolgoically diagnosed infection and pathogen detection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients. Mil Med. 2016 Nov:181(11):e1685-e1691.
Barsoumian AE, Yun HC. Augmenting fellow education through spaced multiple choice questions. Mil Med. 2018 Jan: 183(1-2):e122-e126.
Barsoumian AE, Hartzell JD, Bonura E, Ressner RA, Whitman TJ, Yun HC. Military internal medicine resident decision to apply to fellowship and extend military commitment. Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usx091.
Barsoumian AE, White BK, Yun HC. Teaching antimicrobial stewardship to infectious disease fellows through simulated interdisciplinary scenarios. MedEdPORTAL. 2018;14:10693.
Luther VP, Shnekendorf R, Abbo LM, Advani S, Armstrong WS, Barsoumian AE, Beeler CB, Bystritsky R, Cherabuddi K, Cohen S, Hamilton KW, Ince D, Justo JA, Logan A, Lynch III JB, Nori P, Ohl CA, Patel PK, Pottinger PS, Schwartz BS, Stack C, Zhou Y. Antibiotic Stewardship Curriculum for Infectious Disease Fellows: Program Directors Identify a Curriculum Need. PROVISIONALLY ACCEPTED TO CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Barsoumian AE, Hartzell J, Bonura E, Ressner R, Whitman T, Yun HC. Factors Impacting Selection of Infectious Disease Training for Military Internal Medicine Residents. ACCEPTED TO CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

David Bell, MD

William Bennett, MD

Steven Bernick, MD

Steven J Bernick, MD

Name: Steven J Bernick, MD

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA

Research Interests:
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Functional Digestive Diseases

Email:

steven.j.bernick.civ@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(253) 968-3704

Education

Gastroenterology Fellowship, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, 2008-2011
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation National Visiting Fellow IBD Rotation Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2010
Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Training Program, McMaster University, Ontario, 2009
Internal Medicine Residency, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, 2004-2007
Doctor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 2000-2004
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1998-2000

Biography

Dedicated, conscientious physician with a stellar academic background and broad range of clinical experience in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Medical Acupuncture. Includes over 20 years military service delivering high quality patient-centered care to medical staff, support staff, inpatients, and outpatients in a variety of clinical settings. Served as Head, Division of Gastroenterology, Naval Hospital Bremerton from 2011 until retirement from active duty in 2017, where he treated current and past warfighters and their dependents as the only Navy gastroenterologist in the Pacific Northwest. Is honored to continue serving this population as staff gastroenterologist, Madigan Army Medical Center. Author, professor, and invited lecturer, his varied experience involves healthcare delivery around the world. Repeatedly cited as “Top Twenty – Best of the Best” for patient satisfaction in all of Navy Medicine. Successfully executed multiple locum tenens assignments. Member of the American College of Gastroenterology Publications Committee and Professional Issues Committee. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians. Finally, he is an avid athlete, having completed numerous endurance races, including multiple Ironman triathlons.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Staff Gastroenterologist, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, 2017-Present
Head, Division of Gastroenterology, Naval Hospital Bremerton, 2011-2017
Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2007-2008
Junior Officer of the Year, Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2007-2008

Bibliography

Bernick S, Kane S. Inflammatory Bowel Disease. (2010). In Guandalini, S & Vaziri, H. Diarrhea: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances (pp. 61-80). New York: Humana Press.
Bernick S, Kane S. Drug Transfer to the Fetus and to the Breastfeeding Infant: What Do We Know. Current Drug Delivery. 2012 Jul 1;9(4):350-5.
Bernick S, Lawson D. A humanitarian exercise during gastroenterology fellowship. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2011:74(3):635-6.
Bernick S, Kane S. Improving adherence in inflammatory bowel disease. Practical Gastroenterology. 2010;59:17-22.
Bernick S, Kane S. Insight into the widespread problem of non-adherence to therapy in ulcerative colitis. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2010;6(4):677-82.
Bernick S, Kane S. Optimizing use of 5-ASA in the treatment of ulcerative colitis: focus on patient compliance and adherence. Patient Related Outcome Measures. 2010;1:57-63.

Laura Bridge, MD

Laura M. Bridge, MD, Major, Air Force

Name: Laura M. Bridge, MD, Major, Air Force

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Internal Medicine Staff Physician, Aeromedical Consultation Service

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location: United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Research Interests:
Aeromedical implications of chronic or serious disease
Integrated healthcare delivery, behavioral health and primary care

Email:

laura.bridge.2@us.af.mil

Office Phone:

(937) 938-2708

Department Website:

USAF School of Aerospace Medicine

Education

2013 Internal Medicine Residency Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in affiliation with Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2010 MD Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
2006 BA College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Biography

Dr. Bridge gained experience in the field of space medicine as an aeromedical clerk at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX during her fourth year of medical school in 2010. As a senior internal medicine resident, she completed an elective rotation as a visiting researcher at NASA Johnson Space Center, continuing her previous work in the area of the medical training and preparation of astronaut crewmembers for long duration spaceflight. Following completion of her residency in 2010, she started as a staff general internist at the Aeromedical Consultation Service, located at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM). She specializes in the evaluation of medically disqualified aviators, ground crew, and special duty operators, with an emphasis on minimizing medical risk in order to maintain flight safety. Additionally, Dr. Bridge is a lecturer in the Aerospace Medicine Primary Course at USAFSAM, instructing future flight surgeons in the aeromedical application of the principles of internal medicine. She is the author of numerous abstracts published in the journal Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance (formerly Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine) and presented at the Aerospace Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting, where she was also a past panel co-chairperson. Her areas of interest include the integration of mental healthcare and behavioral healthcare into the delivery of comprehensive primary care, with a particular interest in the treatment of eating disorders.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Bridge LM, Brinegar MG. Panel: Eating Disorders in the Military and the Impact on Aerospace Medicine. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. Mar 2017; 88(3): 193. Abstract and co-chair for panel before the Aerospace Medical Association, CO 2017.
Bridge LM, Brinegar MG. Aviators and Eating Disorders: Recognizing and Treating an Underdiagnosed Disease in the Flight Medicine Clinic. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. Mar 2017; 88(3):193-194. Abstract and presentation before the Aerospace Medical Association, CO, 2017.
Bridge LM. The Medical Complexity of Eating Disorders: Diagnosis, Management, and Aeromedical Risk. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. Mar 2017; 88(3):194. Abstract and presentation before the Aerospace Medical Association, CO, 2017.
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2013 (lifetime member)
Wright State University, Charles B. Payne, Jr., MD Scholarly Activity Award, 2012
Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Distinguished Internal Medicine Resident Teacher, 2011

Bibliography

Blue RS, Bridge LM, Chough NG, Cushman J, Khpal M, Watkins S. Identification of medical training methods for exploration missions. NASA TM 2014; 2014-217384.
Bridge LM. Optimizing training methods for exploration medical crew: An assessment of current gaps. NASA TR 2013; 2013-0013507.
Bridge LM, Watkins S. Impact of medical training level on medical autonomy for long duration spaceflight. NASA TP 2011; 2011-216159.

Jessica Bunin, MD

Charles Calais, DO

J. Carmichael, M.D.

J. Jonas Carmichael, M.D., Commander, Navy

Name: J. Jonas Carmichael, M.D., Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Medical Director Critical Care; Medical Director Bronchoscopy Suite

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA

Research Interests:
Resuscitation therapies, Sepsis, ICU Systems Management
Lung Cancer

Email:

jacob.j.carmichael.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(757) 953-3461

Education

Medical School: M.D., University of Kansas, May 2000-2004
Undergraduate: B.S. Organismal Biology, University of Kansas, May 1996-2000

Biography

Commander Carmichael, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, is a native of Mulvane, Kansas. Graduating with honors from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Organismal Biology, he was commissioned in March, 2000 and accepted a Health Professions Scholarship to attend the University of Kansas School of Medicine receiving his Doctor of Medicine in 2004. He completed internship in internal medicine at Naval Medical Center San Diego in 2005 before serving as the Battalion Surgeon for 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines in Okinawa, Japan. He then transferred to Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa where from 2006 to 2008 he served as the unit’s Battalion Surgeon and the Senior Medical Officer for Camp Courtney instrumental in over eight off-island exercises and humanitarian operations.

In 2008, he traveled back to Naval Medical Center San Diego where he finished his internal medicine residency in 2010 before continuing a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine that he completed in 2013. He currently serves as a staff physician in the Pulmonary Department and director of Critical care Services and the Bronchoscopy Suite at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. In 2014 he forward deployed as an intensivist in support of Operation Enduring Freedom at the NATO Role III hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Carmichael is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine. He is a member of the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine and several other professional societies. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine for USUHS and oversees the Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care clerkships. His personal awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2); Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2); and Meritorious Unit Citation (2).

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Medical Director Critical Care, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Medical Director Bronchoscopy Suite, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Assistant Director Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
NATO Role 3 MMU, Intensivist, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 02/2014 – 10/2014
USNH Mercy Pacific Partnership, Medicine Resident, Indonesia, 06/2010
Medical officer for debts to: Maldives 03/2007; Thailand, Cobra Gold 05/2007; Yasubetsu, Japan 08/2005; Camp Fuji, Japan 10/2005; Hijudai, Japan 01/2006; Camp Fuji, Japan 03/2006; Thailand, Cobra Gold 05/2006; Ojojihara, Japan 06/2006
L.L. Marcell Award for Most Outstanding Student from the University of Kansas Department of Medicine- May 2004
Aquimenitas Award for the Most Outstanding Internal Medicine Resident selected by Internal Medicine Staff- June 2008
American College of Chest Physicians Outstanding Research Award- National Meeting- October 2012
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Intern Class Teacher of the Year- 2016; Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Internal Medicine Teacher of the Year- 2016

Bibliography

Kucik C., Carmichael J., Telemedicine and Future Innovations. In Trauma Team Dynamics: A Trauma Crisis Resource Management Manual. (L. Gillman, S. Widder, M. Blaivas, D. Karakitsos, eds), Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. 2016.
Saeed O., Carmichael J., Histoplasmosis. In Manual of clinical problems in pulmonary medicine. (T. Morris, A. Ries and R. Bordow, eds.), USA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. May 2014.
Matwiyoff G.N, Prahl J.D., Miller R.J., Carmichael J.J., Amundson D.E., Seda G., Daheshia M. Immune regulation of procalcitonin: a biomarker and mediator of infection. Inflammation Research 61(5), 401-9.
Daheshia M., Prahl J.D., Carmichael J.J., Parrish J.S., Seda G. The immune response and therapeutic modulation in bronchiectasis. Pulmonary Medicine. Vol. 2012, Article ID 280528.

Robert Carpenter, DO, FACP, AAHIVS

David Chang, M.D.

David Chang, M.D., Major, Army

Name: David Chang, M.D., Major, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Infectious Disease Physician

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location: Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

Research Interests:
drug resistant bacteria
antibiotic stewardship

Email:

david.chang6.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(312) 590-4791

Education

College/University: B.S. Biochemistry, Cum Laude (2003-2007); University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Medical School: M.D. (2007-2011); Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD
Internship/Residency: Internal Medicine (2011-2014); Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC), Tacoma, WA
Fellowship: Infectious Disease (2014-2017); San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), San Antonio, TX

Biography

Major David Chang, MD is an active duty U.S. Army officer and specializes in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. He is stationed at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), Germany, a 218-bed facility that serves as the evacuation and treatment center for injured U.S. Service Members, dependents, DoD civilian personnel, and coalition forces. He also serves as a regional consultant in infectious diseases to other military physicians in three area’s of operation: EUCOM, CENTCOM and AFRICOM. MAJ Chang also holds an appointment from the Uniformed Services University as Assistant Professor of Medicine.

MAJ Chang earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington in biochemistry. He then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and earned his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center (Tacoma, WA) and fellowship in Infectious Disease at the San Antonio Uniformed Health Education Consortium (San Antonio, TX).

While the majority of his time is spent on patient care, he is also passionate about the rising rates of antibacterial resistance and sits on LRMC Antibiotic Stewardship committee and chairs the Infection Prevention and Control committee. He has published on novel treatments for drug resistant organisms, experiences in tuberculosis transmission among Air Force trainees, and lessons learned from creating an antibiotic stewardship program in a DoD hospital. Most recently, he is helping to expand infectious disease virtual health capabilities at LRMC and is actively providing continuing medical education for primary care physicians stationed in Europe.

He has been recognized for training medical students and is the recipient of the James J. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching Internal Medicine. For his research he also received the ID Week travel grant twice for his work on Acinetobacter baumannii and antibiotic stewardship implementation. Upon completion of fellowship, MAJ Chang was awarded the SAUSHEC Housestaff Hall of Fame for his national presentations and publications.

In his free time, MAJ Chang likes to explore Europe and improve his culinary skills. He has also trained with the German Bundeswehr in a versatility competition and is looking forward to hiking and skiing the Alps over the next year.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

2017 House Staff Hall of Fame (Awarded to the top 2 Fellows who significantly contributed to scholarship over the course of their training) - SAUSHEC
"Top Papers" published by the US Army Institute of Surgical Research/Naval Medical Research Unit - San Antonio (USAISR/NAMRU-SA) for March 2016 (3 selected out of 25 publications)
3rd Place Poster Competition - Texas ID Society Annual Meeting 2017
3rd Place Fellow Research Podium Competition - SAUSHEC Research Day 2015

Bibliography

Garcia RA, Tennent DJ, Chang D, Wenke JC, Sanchez CJ. An In Vitro Comparison of PMMA and Calcium Sulfate as Carriers for the Local Delivery of Gallium(III) Nitrate to Staphylococcal Infected Surgical Sites. BioMed research international. 2016;2016:7078989.
Chang D, Garcia RA, Akers KS, Mende K, Murray CK, Wenke JC, Sanchez CJ. Activity of Gallium Meso- and Protoporphyrin IX against Biofilms of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland). 2016;9(1).
Webber BJ, Wozniak EJ, Chang D, Bush KN, Wilson MC, Watts JA, Yun HC. A case of Chagas cardiomyopathy following infection in south central Texas. US Army Med Dep J. 2017 Jan-Jun: 55-59.
Hawkley TF, Chang D, Pollard WL, Ferraro DM. Ecthyma gangrenosum caused by Citrobacter freundii. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 27;2017. pii: bcr-2017-220996. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220996.
Chang D, Webber BJ, Hetrick SM, Owen JB, Blasi AA, Steele BM, Yun HC. Challenges with diagnosing and investigating suspected active tuberculosis disease in military trainees. MSMR. 2017 Aug;24(8):12-16.
Chang D, Okulicz JF, Nielsen LE, White BK. A Tertiary Care Center’s Experience with Novel Molecular Meningitis/Encephalitis Diagnostics and Implementation with Antimicrobial Stewardship. Mil Med 2017 Dec 11. doi: 10.1093milmed/usx025.
Pomerantz HS, Chang D, Abuzeid MJ, White BK. A Woman with a Rash after Cosmetic Tattooing of the Eyebrows. Consultant. 2018;58(3):116.

Kuang Chang, MD

William Chin, M.D.

Geoffrey Chin, MD

Geoffrey C Chin, MD, Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Name: Geoffrey C Chin, MD, Lieutenant Colonel, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Fellow, Clinical Pharmacology

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Research Interests:
Clinical Pharmacology
Endocrinology

Email:

geoffrey.c.chin.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(301) 319-2038

Education

Fellowship, Clinical Pharmacology - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, current
Fellowship, Endocrinology - Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 2016
Residency, Internal Medicine - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 2011
Internship, Internal Medicine-Psychiatry - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 2008
MD - Uniformed Services University, 2007
MS, Physiology - Georgetown University, 2003
BS, Biology; BA, Music - Emory University, 2002

Biography

Dr. Chin completed Internal Medicine Residency training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2011. Afterwards, he served as flight surgeon to 277th Aviation Support Battalion, and 3-10th General Support Aviation Battalion of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, NY. From May 2013 to January 2014, he deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and served as Medical Director of C company (MEDEVAC). In RC-East, Afghanistan, he established blood transfusion capability ("Vampire Protocol") on MEDEVAC Point-of-Injury missions - training 3 MEDEVAC companies. Following this operational tour, he completed fellowship training in Endocrinology at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2016. He served as Chief of the Endocrinology service at William Beaumont Army Medical Center where he helped establish their Transgender Care Team and served as Endocrine Consultant to RHC-Central. He started fellowship training in Clinical Pharmacology at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 2019.

His interests include Clinical Pharmacology, Endocrinology, and Aviation Medicine.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Fellow, Clinical Pharmacology at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 2019 to Present
Chief, Endocrinology at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, 2016 to 2019.
Flight Surgeon, 3-10 General Support Aviation Battalion (Task Force Phoenix), 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, 2013 - 2014.
Flight Surgeon, 277 Aviation Support Battalion (Task Force Mountain Eagle), 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division2011 - 2013.

Kelly Chohonis, MD

Jeffrey Colburn, MD, FACP, FACE

Jeffrey A Colburn, MD, FACP, FACE, Major, Air Force

Name: Jeffrey A Colburn, MD, FACP, FACE, Major, Air Force

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Assistant Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
Diabetes Mellitus
Medical Student Education

Email:

Jeffrey.a.colburn4.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-8691

Education

Doctor of Medicine 2005-2009
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Bachelor of Science in Biology 2001-2005
State University of New York

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

2016-2017 Co-Chairman on the committee for the Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus
2017 Air Force Excellence in Clinical or Academic Teaching (MF) Special Experience Identifier (SEI)

Bibliography

1. P.R. Conlin, D.C. Aron, J.A. Colburn, E.M. Decesare, A.M.Lugo, S.A. Watts. Roundtable Discussion: Implementing the 2017 VA/DoD Diabetes Clinical Practice Guideline. 2017. Fed Pract. 34(8):10-15.
2. M.P. Tschanz, S.A. Watts, J.A. Colburn, P.R. Conlin, L.M. Pogach. Overview of the 2017 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline For the Management of Type 2 Diabetes. 2017. Fed Pract. 34(8):4-9.
3. Conlin, P. R., Colburn, J., Aron, D., Pries, R., Tschanz, M. P., & Pogach, L. (2017). Synopsis of the 2017 u.s. department of veterans affairs/u.s. department of defense clinical practice guideline: Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Annals of Internal Medicine. doi:10.7326/M17-1362
5. Kluesner JK, Beckman DJ, Tate JM, Wardian JL, Graybill SD, Colburn JA, Folaron I, True MW. Analysis of Current Thyroid Function Test Ordering Practices. 2017. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. PMID 29105255
6. Tate JM, Colburn JA, Gyorffy JB. The rationale for pheochromocytoma screening in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report and review of literature. 2017. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports. 5: 1-4.
7. Colburn J.A., Pogach L., Conlin P.R., Good C.B., Aron D.C., Mercedes F., Julius M., Pries R., Khachikian D., Watts S.A., Lugo A.M., Atayde E.R., McReynolds S., Steil E.N., Snyder T., Stuffel E.P., Thompson G.H., Tschanz M.P., Watson N.A. VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care. 2017. Accessed at http://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/CD/diabetes
8. Graybill SD, Folaron I, Kluesner J, Tate J, Colburn J, Wardian J, True M, Beckman D. “The Most Efficient and Effective Methods of Getting New Results to Patients - A Survey.” 2017. Healthcare. Pending Publication.
9. True M, Folaron I, Wardian J, Colburn J, Sauerwein T, Beckman D, Kluesner J, Tate J, Graybill S, Davis R, Paulus A, Carlsen D, and Lewi J. Leadership Training in Endocrinology Fellowship? A Survey of Program Directors and Recent Graduates. Journal of the Endocrinology Society, Vol 1, Iss. 3, March 2017
10. Paulus, A. O., J. A. Colburn, M. W. True, D. J. Beckman, R. P. Davis, J. L. Wardian, S. D. Graybill, I. Folaron and J. E. Lewi (2016). "Evaluation of Total Daily Dose and Glycemic Control for Patients Taking U-500 Regular Insulin Admitted to the Hospital." Endocr Pract 22(10): 1187-1191.
11. Colburn JA, True MW, Weitzel EK, York GE, “Visual Vignette: Medically Induced Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage in a Patient with Macroprolactinoma”, Endocrine Practice, 2015 Jan 1;21(1):93.

Sean Cowley, DO, FACP

Sean F. Cowley, DO, FACP, Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Name: Sean F. Cowley, DO, FACP, Lieutenant Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Department Head, Internal Medicine Clinic

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA

Research Interests:
Teaching medical students and residents outpatient clinical skills
Operational Medicine

Email:

sean.f.cowley.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(757) 953-2253

Education

2011 - Internal Medicine Residency, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA
2009 – Internal Medicine Internship, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA

2008 - DO, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, NYIT, Old Westbury, NY
2002 - BS, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
1999 - AA, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD

Biography

Lieutenant Commander Sean Cowley is a native of Wrentham, Massachusetts, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in February 1993 as a Hospital Corpsman. After serving 7 years active duty and 4 years in the Navy Reserves he earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Massachusetts and received a commission in 2004 through the Health Professionals Scholarship Program.

Cowley attended the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, New York, and earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 2008. From there he went on to complete his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Following his training, Cowley served at sea on the USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3) as the Junior Medical Officer; on the USS NEW YORK (LPD 21) as the Senior Medical Officer joining her maiden deployment and earning her first Battle “E” Award, second Green “H” and first Blue “H” Health and Wellness Unit Awards. He then served as the Senior Medical Officer on the Staff of Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, Medical Readiness Division responsible for direct supervision and training of the fleet’s GMOs and IDCs. His last sea assignment was on FLEET SURGICAL TEAM TWO which was attached to the USS WASP (LHD 1) in support of the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter first operational tests.

He currently serves as the Department Head of the Internal Medicine Clinic at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. Cowley is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians; active in both Navy and Virginia Chapter meetings. He is also a member of the Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association and an international affiliate member of the Royal College of Physicians. Cowley holds the academic rank of Assistant Professor Medicine for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and serves as an active clinical educator for outpatient IM clerkships.

His personal decorations include Navy and Marine Corps Commendations Medals, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, Navy Good Conduct Medals, as well as other individual and unit awards.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Department Head, Internal Medicine Clinic, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA - June 2016 - Present
Staff Internist, Fleet Surgical Team Two, Nov 2014 - Mar 2016
Senior Medical Officer, Medical Readiness Division Norfolk,VA, Oct 2013 - Nov 2014
Senior Medical Officer, USS NEW YORK (LPD 21), Sep 2012 - Sep 2013. Joined the crew during the last 3 months of her maiden deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
Junior Medical Officer, USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3) Jul 2011 - Aug 2012
Certified, American Board of Internal Medicine
Fellow, American College of Physicians

Justin Cox, MD

Justin M Cox, MD, Commander, Navy

Name: Justin M Cox, MD, Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Staff Interventional Cardiology

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Research Interests:
Interventional and Structural Cardiology
Antiplatelet Therapy

Email:

justin.m.cox8.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(619) 532-7400

Education

Interventional & Structural Cardiology Fellowship, (Aug 2014 to Aug 2016)
Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

Cardiology Fellowship, (July 2011 to July 2014)
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Internal Medicine Residency, (July 2005 to June 2007)
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Internal Medicine Internship, (June 2004 to July 2005)
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Doctor of Medicine, (Aug 2000 to May 2004)
University of Missouri - School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri

Officer Indoctrination School, (July 2000)
Newport, RI Naval Base, Graduated with Honors

Bachelor of Science in Biology (cum laude), (Aug 1995 to Jun 2000)
Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Navy Commendation Medal (June 2014)
CAPT Collen Counihan Fellow Teaching award (June 2014)
Navy Achievement Medal (June 2007)
CAPT Collen Counihan Resident Teaching award (June 2007)
Honors Officer Indoctrination School (July 2000)
Transcatheter Procedure for Residual Mitral Regurgitation after MitraClip Implantation Using Ampllatzer Duct Occluder II.
Don’t You Forget About Me! The 80’s Still Matter!
Impact of Preprocedural B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels on the Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.
Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiogenic Shock

Emily Croom, MD

Patrick Danaher

Wilfred Dela Cruz, MD, PhD

Wilfred P Dela Cruz, MD, PhD, Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force

Name: Wilfred P Dela Cruz, MD, PhD, Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Physician

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
Hematology-Oncology
Internal Medicine

Email:

wilfred.p.delacruz.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-4808

Education

Fellowship: Hematology-Oncology (Chief Fellow), San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, 2013-2016, San Antonio, TX,
Additional Training during Fellowship: Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, Nov2015-Feb2016

Residency: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, 2010-2013, San Antonio, TX

Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Doctor of Medicine, 2006-2010, Bethesda, MD, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

Graduate School: University of California, Doctor of Philosophy – Chemistry(Xray Crystallography), 1996-2001, Davis, CA. Dissertation: “Structural and biochemical analysis of baculovirus P35, a substrate inhibitor of death caspases”

Undergraduate: Chaminade University of Honolulu, Bachelor of Science, 1991-1994, Honolulu, HI

Bibliography

1. Implementing a Multidisciplinary Approach to Enhance Compliance With Guideline-Recommended Prechemotherapy Pneumococcal Vaccination in a Military-Based Medical Oncology Practice. Delacruz W, Terrazzino S, Osswald M, Payne C, Haney B. J Oncol Pract. 2017 Sep 6.
2. Brandon Kuiper, Aline Babikian, Wilfred Delacruz. Metastatic Prostate Cancer Manifesting as Cavernous Sinus Syndrome—Case Report and Review of the Literature. Oncology & Hematology Review, 2017;13(1):59–63
3. Delacruz, W. P., A. Cap, and N. Shumway. "Concomitant plasmapheresis and cladribine infusion for the treatment of life‐threatening systemic lupus erythematosus." Internal Medicine Journal 46.11 (2016): 1345-1346.
4. Delacruz, Wilfred, Robert Setlik, Arash Hassantoufighi, Shyam Daya, Susannah Cooper, Dale Selby, and Alexander Brown. "Novel Brentuximab Vedotin Combination Therapies Show Promising Activity in Highly Refractory CD30." Case Reports in Oncological Medicine 2016 (2016).
5. Invasive Apophysomyces variabilis Infection in a Burn Patient. Wilfred P. dela Cruz, Tatjana P. Calvano, Matthew E. Griffith, Christopher E. White, Seung H. Kim, Deanna A. Sutton, Elizabeth H. Thompson, Jianmin Fu, Brian L. Wickes, Josep Guarro, and Duane R. Hospenthal. J. Clin. Microbiol. August 2012 50:8 2814-2817.
6. Wilfred P Dela Cruz · Joann Y Richardson · Judith M Broestler · Jennifer A Thornton · Patrick J Danaher. Rapid Determination of Macrolide and Lincosamide Resistance in Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Vaginal-Rectal Swabs. Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Feb 2007.
7. Savona MR, Cruz WP, Thornton JA, Danaher PJ. Comparison of a semipermeable dressing bonded to an absorbent pad and a semipermeable dressing over a separate gauze pad for containment of vaccinia virus at the vaccination site. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Dec;28(12):1339-43.
8. Jones MS 2nd, Harrach B, Ganac RD, Gozum MM, Dela Cruz WP, Riedel B, Pan C, Delwart EL, Schnurr DP. New adenovirus species found in a patient presenting with gastroenteritis. J Virol. 2007 Jun;81(11):5978-84.
12. dela Cruz, W.P., Friesen, P.D., and Fisher, A.J. (2001). Crystal structure of baculovirus P35 reveals a novel conformational change in the reactive site loop after caspase cleavage. J. Biol. Chem. 276(35): 2933-9.
13. Fisher, A. J., delaCruz, W., Zoog, S. J., Schneider, C. L., and Friesen, P. D. (1999). Crystal structure of baculovirus P35: role of a novel reactive site loop in apoptotic caspase inhibition. EMBO Journal. 18:2031-2039.

Ryan Devine, DO

Ryan Devine, DO, Major, Air Force

Name: Ryan Devine, DO, Major, Air Force

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Staff Hematology/Oncology, Chief Hematology/Oncology

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
GU malignancy
Hematologic malignancy

Email:

ryan.h.devine.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-0708

Education

BS Biology, Villanova University, 1999-2003
DO, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), 2004-2008
SAUSHEC Internal Medicine Residency, 2008-2011
SAUSHEC Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, 2011-2014

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Undergraduate: Graduated Cum Laude, Earned Honors Concentration Degree, Political Science Minor, Big East Conference Academic All-star (2000-2003),
Named co-captain of varsity tennis team (2002-2003), received Coach’s Award for “Heart, Character, and Fair Play” 2003
Inducted to Alpha Epsilon Delta Honors Society, inducted to National Collegiate Scholars Program
Fellow of the Year-SAMMC Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program (2014). Air Force Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service (30 Jun 2014).
Afghanistan campaign Medal (Apr 2017). NATO medal Operation Resolute Support (Apr 2017).
Meritorious Unit Award 455th Expeditionary Medical Group 1 Oct 16-31 Mar 17
Chief, Hematology/Oncology service San Antonio Military Medical Center 7/2017-present

Bibliography

Meisamy S, Bolan PJ, Devine R, Chamberlain R, Kelcz F, Lurikens B, Carlson R, Nelson MT, Everson LI, Emory T, Yee D, and Garwood M. “The Value of 1H MRS in Improving Clinical Assessment for the Diagnosis of Breast CA: A Clinical Blind Study at 4 Tesla” ISMRM Kyoto, Japan May 2004.
Ansari A. Devine R. Diagnosing and Managing Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Federal Practitioner. 21 (7): 80-81, 86, 89.
Ansari A. Devine R. Gastric Fundic Polyps or cysts? Federal Practitioner. 22 (8): 33-34, 39
Ansari A. Devine R. Echocardiographic Spectrum of Interatrial Septal Aneurysms. Consultant. 47 (12): 1082.
Dabney R, Devine R, Sein N and George B. New agents in Renal Cell carcinoma. Targ Oncol Nov 2013. DOI 10.1007/s11523-013-0303-8
Devine R, Coviello J, and Wiggins M : Anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive large B-Cell lymphoma (ALK+ LBCL) presenting as a subglottic mass: a case report and clinical course involving haplo-identical stem cell transplant. Int J Clin Exp Med 2016;9(6):8945-8952. ISSN:1940-5901/IJCEM0019718.

Matthew Dolan, MD

Matthew Dolan, MD

Name: Matthew Dolan, MD

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Professor

Location: Defense Institute for Medical Operations (DIMO)

Research Interests:
HIV/TB Epidemiology and Clinical trials

Email:

matthew.dolan@dolan.solutions

Office Phone:

(301) 273-8024

Department Website:

Director for Academic Development

Education

Massachusetts Institute for Technology, SB, 1981
Dartmouth Medical School, MD, 1985
Residency, Internal Medicine, Wilford Hall, 1988
Chief of Medical Residents, Wilford Hall, 1989
Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Wilford Hall, 1991

Biography

Matt Dolan grew up in Flint, Michigan, and worked as an assembly line worker for Chevrolet and as an employee of the Flint Water Department before attending MIT. He graduated early from MIT, and worked as a staff scientist at the Basel Institute for Immunology before attending Medical School at Dartmouth. His military career included time at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center as the chief of infectious disease, SAMMC infectious disease fellowship program director and Air Force consultant (specialty leader) in infectious diseases. He oversaw a virology and immunology lab there, where collaborative work led to a role as a guest speaker on NPR "Science Friday". Operational work at the start of the Iraq war on the WMD investigation was recognized with a bronze star by the Army, and 2 subsequent rotations in Iraq at the request of the White House. Subsequently as Director of the Defense Institute for Medical Operations, Dolan led work in global health training and education abroad which he continues today as a civilian. He worked for the HJF/ NIAID Phidisa program in South Africa for 7 years, developing research in HIV and TB, and leading weekly case management calls with South African military and contract physicians.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Master, American College of Physicians
Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of the Americas
Outstanding Science and Engineering Educator, Air Force Association
Bronze Star Medal, US Army
Humanitarian Service Medal, US Navy
Gold Headed Cane Award, Wilford Hall
James Leonard Award for teaching, USUHS
"Clinical Grandmaster" special experience identifier, Air Force
Laurate Award, American College of Physicians
Medicine Staff Teaching Award, Wilford Hall

Bibliography

Gonzalez et al, The influence of CCL3L1 gene contIning segmental duplicationson HIV-1/AIDS Susceptibility. Science 307: 1434-40, 2005
Dolan et al, CCL3L1 and CCR-5 influence cell-mediated immunity and affect HIV pathogenesis via viral entry-independent mechanisms. Nature Immunology 8:1324-1336, 2007
ENCORE-1 Study Group, Efficacy of 400mg effavirenz vs standard 600 mg dosein HIV-infected, antiretroviral-naive adults (ENCORE-1). Lancet 383: 1474-1482, 2014
INSIGHT START Study Group, initiation of antiretroviral therapy in early, asymptomatic HIV infection. New England Journal of medicine 373: 795-807, 2015

Michael Donovan, D.O.

Clinton Ezekiel, M.D.

Ryan Fawley, MD

Preston Gable, MD

Preston S. Gable, MD

Name: Preston S. Gable, MD

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Research Interests:
Hematology/Oncology
Oncology clinical research

Email:

preston.s.gable.civ@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(619) 532-7302

Education

1981-1985 University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences Minneapolis, MN Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Biochemistry
1985-1989 University of Minnesota, School of Medicine Minneapolis, MN Doctor of Medicine
1989-1992 Residency: Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
1992-1995 Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Biography

Preston Gable MD, FACP (CAPT, MC, USN/RET) is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree Summa cum Laude in Biochemistry from the University Of Minnesota College Of Biological Sciences. He then attended the University Of Minnesota School Of Medicine, earning a Doctor of Medicine degree, and membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He did his internship and residency in internal medicine as well as his fellowship in hematology and oncology at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego from 1989-1995, and then joined on there as a staff physician in the division of Hematology/Oncology. He was advanced to fellowship in the American College of Physicians in 1998. He served as head of the Hematology/Oncology Department from 2001-2012 when he retired from active duty and was rehired to stay on as a civilian physician. He was awarded “Master Teacher of the Year” in 2013 by the Navy Chapter of the American College of Physicians, and is a Master Clinician at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego. He is an Assistant Professor at UCSD and USUHS, and an associate member of the John P. Murtha Cancer Center.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

1989-2012 United States Navy US Navy Retired as Captain September 2012.
1995-2001 Staff Physician, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Naval Medical Center, San Diego
2001-2012 Chairman, Department of Hematology/Oncology and Ambulatory Infusion Center NMCSD
2012- Staff Physician, Department of Hematology/Oncology, NMC San Diego
2001- Responsible investigator (local principle investigator) CALGB/Alliance Clinical Trials
2007- Oncology Advisory Group, Clinical Liaison Physician NMC San Diego
2016-2017 Congressionally mandated metastatic cancer task force
2017- Murtha Cancer Center MTF Cancer Steering Committee
2013 Master Teacher of the Year, American College of Physicians U. S. Navy Chapter
2015 Master Clinician, Naval Medical Center, San Diego

Bibliography

Gable PS, Le DT, McGehee W, and Rapaport SI. A Protac-Based Screening Test for Activated Protein C-Resistant Factor Va and Other Defects of the Protein C Anticoagulant Pathway. Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis 1997;8:1-9
Gable PS, Le DT, and Rapaport SI. The Purified Protein C Activator from the Venom of Agkistrodon Contortrix Contortrix (Protac) Can Activate Factor V and Factor VIII. Thrombosis Research 1997;86:79-84
Small EJ, Halabi S, Dawson NA, Stadler WM, Rini BI, Picus J, Gable PS, Torti FM, Kaplan E, and Vogelsgang NJ, Antiandrogen Withdrawal Alone or in Combination With Ketoconazole in Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer Patients: A Phase III Trial (CALGB 9583) J Clin Oncol 2004;22 1025-1033
Miller HJ, Hu J, Valentine JK, Gable PS. Efficacy and tolerability of intravenous ferric gluconate in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in patients without kidney disease. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jun 25;167(12):1327-8.
Belani CP, Ramalingam S, Perry MC, LaRocca RV, Rinaldi D, Gable PS, Tester WJ. Randomized, phase III study of weekly paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin versus standard every-3-weeks administration of carboplatin and paclitaxel for patients with previously untreated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jan 20;26(3):468-73.
Ramalingam S, Perry MC, La Rocca RV, Rinaldi D, Gable PS, Tester WJ, Belani CP. Comparison of outcomes for elderly patients treated with weekly paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin versus the standard 3-weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin for advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2008 Aug 1;113(3):542-6
. Shiv E, Shank J, Richard J, Lutgendorf M, Oseni S, and Gable P Treatment of Recurrent Metastatic Breast Cancer in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review Annals of Clinical Case Reports 2017;2:1432

Sky Graybill, M.D.

Sky D Graybill, M.D., Major, Army

Name: Sky D Graybill, M.D., Major, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Chief of Endocrinology

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
Endocrinology
Internal Medicine

Email:

sky.d.graybill.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-8589

Department Website:

Brooke Army Medical Center

Education

Fellowship, Endocrinology, Walter Reed National Military Med Ctr, Bethesda, MD, 2012
Residency, Internal Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC, 2009
M.D., Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
B.S., Pre-medicine with minors in Dance and Military Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 2002

Biography

Dr. Graybill is a clinical, academic and administrative endocrinologists who working with medical technicians, medical students, residents, fellows and colleagues. She oversees and provides resource-conscious delivery of exceptional and compassionate patient care; promote readiness and military professional development; educate the next generation of medical professionals; foster a spirit of inquiry through research. She is currently researching appropriate testosterone therapy and thyroid surgery for indeterminate nodules.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Current position: Chief of Endocrinology, Brooke Military Med Ctr (BAMC), San Antonio, TX
Deployment: Internal medicine staff, Bastion Role 3 Hospital, Bastion, Afghanistan, 2013
Overseas assignment: Critical Care Director and internal medicine staff physician, 121 Combat Support Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Adjoint Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX

Bibliography

Proffitt A, Faulconer R, Kreishman P, Graybill S, Craig D. “An Unusual Cause of Peritonitis in A Deployed Environment.” J R Army Med Corps;161(1):69-70. PMID#24254746
 Graybill S, Vigersky R. “Effects of α-blocker therapy on active duty military and military retirees for benign prostatic hypertrophy on diabetic complications.” Mil Med.;180(3):355-60. PMID#25735029
Zhuang Z, Yang C, Ryska A, Ji Y, Hou Y, Graybill S, Bullova P, Lubensky I, Klöppel G, Pacak K. “HIF2A Gain-of-Function Mutations Detected in Duodenal Gangliocytic Paraganglioma.” Endocr relat cancer. 2016 May;23(5):l13-6. DOI: 10.1530/erc-16-0148. PMID#27130043
Paulus A, Colburn J, True M, Beckman D, Davis R, Wardian J, Graybill S, Folaron I, Lewi J. “Evaluation of total Daily Dose and Glycemic Control for Patients Taking U-500 Regular Insulin Admitted to the Hospital.” Endocr Pract. 2016 Oct;22(10):1187-1191. PMID#27359287
True M, Folaron I, Wardian J, Colburn J, Sauerwein T, Beckman D, Kluesner J, Tate J, Graybill S, Davis R, Paulus A, Carlsen D, Lewi J. “Leadership Training in Endocrinology Fellowship? A Survey of Program Directors and Recent Graduates.” J Endocr Soc. 2017 Mar; 1 (3): 174-185. PMID #29264475
Buehner M, Raj T, Will M, Learn P, Graybill S. “Novel Neuroendocrine Tumor in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1.” Fed Pract. 2017 May;34(suppl 3):S62-S64
Kuiper BW, Graybill S, Tate JM, Kaufman N, Bersabe D. After the Fall: Improving Osteoporosis Treatment Following Hip Fracture. Osteoporos Int. 2018 Jan; DOI: 10.1007/s00198-018-4416-x. PMID# 29464276.
Wardian J, Tate J, Folaron I, Graybill S, True M, Sauerwein T. “Who's Distressed?: A Comparison of Diabetes-related Distress by Type of Diabetes and Medication.” Accepted to Patient Education and Counseling.
Folaron I, True MW, Wardian J, Sauerwein TS, Sim A, Tate J, Rittel A, Zarzabal L, Graybill S. “Effect of Military Deployment on Diabetes Mellitus in Air Force Personnel.” Military Medicine 2018; accepted for publication.
Kluesner J, Beckman D, Beauvais A, Kravchenko M, Wardian J, Graybill S, Colburn J, Folaron I, True M. “Analysis of current thyroid function test ordering practices.” J Eval Clin Pract. 2018;24:347–352.PMID: 29105255. DOI: 10.1111/jep.12846

James Haddad, M.D.

Noah Hall, M.D.

Travis Harrell, MD

Travis E Harrell, MD, Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Name: Travis E Harrell, MD, Lieutenant Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Cardiology Fellow

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Research Interests:
Cardiovascular Disease

Email:

travis.e.harrell.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(619) 453-6934

Education

2002, BS, Biology with Concentration in Genetics, Duke University, Durham, NC
2006, MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
2009, Residency, Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
2018, Fellowship, Cardiovascular Diease, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Biography

Dr. Harrell attended Duke University on a NROTC scholarship receiving his commission into the Navy in 2002. He then attended medical school at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine on a HPSP scholarship graduating in 2006. He completed internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) and was selected to be the Chief of Residents. In 2010, he transferred to the National Naval Medical Center which integrated in 2011 to become the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). He took on the role of Director of the Hypertension Clinic and quickly became the clinical expert in the management of complicated and resistant hypertension. He was selected and served as the DoD Champion for creation of the 2014 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in the Primary Care Setting. While at WRNMMC, he served as a core faculty member in the Internal Medicine Residency Program receiving two teaching awards. In 2015, Dr. Harrell transferred to back to NMCSD to start fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease and is expected to graduate in 2018.

Dr. Harrell's clinical and research interests include the management of hypertension, heart failure, coronary artery disease, and quality improvement.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Associate Master Clinician Designation 2014 May 2015 (Top 4% of Junior Physicians) Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD
Staff Teacher of the Year June 2013 Internal Medicine Residency Program National Capital Consortium – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD
The James J. Leonard Award July 2011-July 2012 Excellence in Teaching Internal Medicine Department of Internal Medicine F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD
Navy ACP Staff Teacher of the Year October 2011 Internal Medicine Residency Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD
Director, Hypertension Clinic May 2012-May 2015 Patient Centered Medical Home/General Internal Medicine Service Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD
Hospitalist/General Internal Medicine Attending July 2010-June 2015, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD
Chief of Residents July 2009-June 2010 Internal Medicine Residency Program Naval Medical Center San Diego San Diego, CA

Bibliography

Tschanz MP, McBee EC, Harrell TE, Spalding BM. “Efficacy of Low-Dose Chlorthalidone Versus Hydrochlorothiazide Remains Ambiguous.” J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 July;68(4): 429. (PMID: 27443442)
Callender DM, Harrell TE, Hartzell JD. A Practical Approach to Rounding in the Modern Era. Academic Internal Medicine Insight. 2015; 13(3): 14-15.
Management of Hypertension Update Working Group. (2014). VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in the Primary Care Setting. Version 3.0. Washington, DC: Veterans Health Administration and Department of Defense.
Harrell TE, Hammes JS. “Meningitis Admitted to a Military Hospital: A Retrospective Case Series.” Mil Med. 2012 Oct;177(10):1223-6. (PMID: 23113452)
Smith JD, Amundson DE, Harrell TE,. “Prevalence of Short Partial Thromboplastin Times at a military medical center.” Mil Med. 2011 Aug;176(8):956-8. (PMID: 21882790)
Petrie MS, Harrell TE, Schwartz GG, Sane DC. “Production of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) by endothelial cells: differential responses to calcitriol and paricalcitol.” J Thromb Haemost. 2004 Dec; 2(12):2266-7. (PMID: 15613047)
Harrell T, Imes CK, Butts MS, Krause D. Acute Lupus Myocarditis Treated with High dose Steroids and Mycophenolate Mofetil. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(11):2398.
Tabing A, Harrell T, Francisco G, Romero S. Supraventricular Tachycardia Diagnosed by Smartphone Electrocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(13):1237.

Joshua Hawley-Molloy, MD

Joshua S. Hawley-Molloy, MD, Colonel, Army

Name: Joshua S. Hawley-Molloy, MD, Colonel, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Email:

joshua.s.hawleymolloy.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-3469

Department Website:

SAUSHEC Internal Medicine Residency

Education

B.S., Biology, College of William & Mary, 1995
M.D., University of Virginia, 1999

Biography

COL Joshua S. Hawley-Molloy is the Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC) at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC). Originally from Virginia, he graduated from the College of William & Mary with a B.S. in Biology in 1995, and he received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Virginia in 1999. Following in his grandfather’s and father’s footsteps, he was commissioned in the U.S. Army. In 2002 he completed internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center in Fort Lewis, Washington (now Joint Base Lewis-McChord).

COL Hawley-Molloy was assigned as Deputy Chief of Internal Medicine at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, prior to entering a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at SAUSHEC. After completing his fellowship in 2007, he spent two years as Deputy Chief of the Infectious Diseases Service at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), Hawaii, and then served as the Deputy Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency for six years. He returned to Joint Base San Antonio in 2015 to lead the Internal Medicine Residency, which is the largest graduate medical education program in the Department of Defense with approximately 90 physician trainees in both the Army and the Air Force.

COL Hawley-Molloy holds a faculty appointment as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and as Adjoint Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Texas Health San Antonio. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. His research interests include physician education, the military experience for LGBT service members, HIV infection, and tropical medicine, and he is the author or co-author of 19 articles and book chapters. He has been awarded the Surgeon General of the Army’s “A” proficiency designator and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

COL Hawley-Molloy has deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 and to Djibouti in support of Operation Enduring Freedom--Horn of Africa in 2014. He is a graduate of the Officer Basic Course, Officer Advanced Course, the Command and General Staff Officer Course (Intermediate Level Education), Tropical Medicine Course, Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties Course, Combat Casualty Care Course, Tactical Combat Medical Care Course, and Joint Forces Combat Trauma Management Course. His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (three Oak Leaf Clusters) and the Army Commendation Medal (one Oak Leaf Cluster).

Jay Higgs, MD

Jay B Higgs, MD

Name: Jay B Higgs, MD

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Email:

jay.b.higgs.civ@mail.mil

Education

Medical School: M.D., University of Iowa College of Medicine

Internship and Resideny: Internal Medicine, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland
AFB, TX

Fellowship: , University of Michigan, Division of Rheumatology

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

James J. Leonard Award for Best Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Clinic Teaching Attending at Wilford Hall Medical Center, 2003-2004
2008 Outstanding Faculty, Medicine Clerkship, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2004 and September 2017: Laureate Award, American College of Physicians, Air Force Chapter

Bibliography

Austad G and Higgs JB. Occult Knee Effusions in the Intensive Care Environment Identified by Ultrasound: A New Third Space? Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. Volume 15(8), December 2009, pp 408-410 PMID 19956001
Kissin EY, Niu J, Balint P, Bong D, Evangelisto A, Goyal J, Higgs J, Malone D, Nishio MJ, Pineda C, Schmidt WA, Thiele RG, Torralba K, Kaeley GS. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Training and Competency Assessment Program for Rheumatology Fellows. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 32(10):1735-43, 2013 Oct. PMID 24065254
Kissin EY, Grayson P, Cannella AC, DeMarco PJ, Evangelisto A, Goyal J al Haj R, Higgs J, Malone DG, Nishio MJ, Tabechian D, Kaeley GS. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Objective Structured Clinical Examination: An Assessment of the Test. Arthritis Care and Research. 66(1):2-6, 2014 Jan. PMID 23925978
Kay JC, Higgs JB, and Battafarano DF. Utility of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in a Department of Defense Rheumatology Practice: A Four-Year Retrospective Experience, Arthritis Care and Research 66(1):7-13, 2014 Jan. PMID 23982974
Cannella AC; Kissin, ET; Torralba KD, Higgs JB, and Kaeley GS . Evolution of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in the United States: Implementation and Practice in Rheumatology. Arthritis Care and Research 66(1):14-18, 2014 Jan. PMID 24115730
Hill E, Sky K, Sit M, Collamer A, and Higgs JB. Does starting allopurinol prolong acute treated gout? J Clin Rheum 21(3):120-5, 2015 Apr PMID 25807090
Ward IM, Kissin E, Kaeley G, Scott JN, Newkirk M, Hildebrand BA, Lospinosos J, Kohler MJ and Higgs JB. Ultrasound Features of the Posterior Tibialis Tendon and Peroneus Brevis Jay B Higgs, MD 9 Tendon Entheses: A Comparison Study between Healthy Adults and Inflammatory Arthritis. Arthritis Care and Research. E pub ahead of print; DOI: 10.1002/acr.23180, 2016
Torralba KMD, Cannella, AC, Kissin EY, Bolster MB, Higgs JB, Samuels J, Nishio MJ, Kaeley GS, Evangelisto AM, Demarco PJ and Kohler MJ. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Education Among Rheumatology Fellowship Programs in the United States. Accepted, Arthritis Care and Research, 2017
Higgs JB. Fibromyalgia in Primary Care, in Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice on Rheumatology. Eds Monrad, S and Battafarano D. In press

Paul Hiles, M.D.

Paul Hiles, M.D., Major, Air Force

Name: Paul Hiles, M.D., Major, Air Force

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA

Email:

paul.d.hiles.mil@mail.mil

Education

University: University of Virginia, BS in Chemistry with distinction, August 2003 – May 2007

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine, MD, August 2007 – May 2011

Residency: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, Internal Medicine, July 2011 – June 2014

Fellowship: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, July 2014 – June 2017

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Col. Donald Null Outstanding Fellow Award, SAUSHEC, June 2017
1st Place, CHEST Challenge, CHEST 2017 Annual Meeting, October 2017

Bibliography

Ferraro DM and Hiles PD. Blast-related lung injuries. Curr Pulmonol Rep 2016; 5 (2): 70-76. DOI: 10.1007/s13665-016-0144-x
Ward I, Hiles P, Arroyo R, Downs W, Bell D. Digital Pulp Ulcerations and Inverse Gottron Papules in Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5-Related Dermatomyositis. J Clin Rheumatol 2016; 22 (5): 274-5. PMID 27464733
Hiles PD, Porr WH, Hannah WN, Morris MJ. Deployment-related pulmonary symptoms and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in military personnel. Pulm Crit Care Med 2016; 1 (3): 72-77. DOI: 10.15761/PCCM.1000115
Hiles P, Kemp K, Coviello J. Diffuse bronchiectasis as the primary manifestation of endobronchial sarcoidosis. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 2016 Nov 9; 20: 22-24. PMID 27896060
Sine CR, Hiles PD, Scoville SL, et al. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia in the deployed military setting. Respiratory Medicine 2018; 137: 123-128

Claire Hiles, MD

Claire L. Hiles, MD, Major, Air Force

Name: Claire L. Hiles, MD, Major, Air Force

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Staff Hematologist/Oncologist

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA

Research Interests:
General hematology/oncology
Neurooncology, non-small cell lung cancer, advanced life care planning, integrative medicine

Email:

claire.l.hiles.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(707) 423-1529

Department Website:

David Grant USAF Medical Center Hem/Onc Clinic

Education

College/University: University of Virginia, BA (2003-2006)
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine, MD (2007-2011)
Residency: San Antonio Uniform Services Health Education Consortium, Internal Medicine (2011-2014)
Fellowship: San Antonio Uniform Services Health Education Consortium, Hematology/Oncology (2014-2017)

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
Internal medicine (2014)
Hematology (2017)
Oncology (2017)

Biography

After graduating University of Virginia undergraduate with BA in neuroscience and School of Medicine with MD, Dr. Hiles entered her USAF training in Internal Medicine then Hematology/Oncology at SAMMC. She carried her interests in neuro-oncology and advanced life care planning for the terminally ill throughout her training to her current practice. She conducted and participated in several bench and clinical research projects focusing on the care of patients with brain, hereditary colon, and lung cancers. Working with regional & national organizations of ACP and ASCO, she championed the educational and career development for internal medicine residents & hem/onc fellows. She established an advanced life care planning education program for patients and internal medicine residents at SAMMC, propagated at her current assignment at DGMC on Travis AFB, CA. Her current academic endeavors include standardizing chemotherapy regimens and integrative nutritional medicine for cancer patients. Outside of her active career in hematology/oncology, Dr. Hiles interests include hiking (with the lifelong goal to visit every U.S. National Park), running, whole-food plant-based cooking, and classical literature.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

ASCO Trainee Council Chair (2016-2017) – Fellow
ASCO Scientific Program Committee: Central Nervous System Tumors Track fellow representative (2016-2017) – Fellow
ASCO Women in Oncology fellow representative (2016-2017) – Fellow
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Professional Development Committee fellow representative (2014-2017) – Fellow
USUHS Teaching Fellow in Medicine (2012-2017) – Resident/Fellow
Hematology/Oncology Chief Fellow (2016-2017) – Fellow
General Medical Education Council fellow representative (2014-2016) – Fellow
Outstanding Fellow Award (2017)
Air Force Achievement Medal for meritorious service (2014)
Bridget K. Fietchtner Humanism in Medicine Award (2014)

Bibliography

Chambers JA, Hiles CL, Keane BP: Brachial plexus injury management in military casualties: Who, what, when, why, and how. Military Medicine. 2014 Jun; Vol 179(6):640-4. (resident)
Hiles C, Park S, Hamlin D, Sugalski R, George B: Presented Abstracts from the thirty second annual education conference of the Nation Society of Genetic Counselors (Anaheim, CA, October 2013). Implementation of risk assessment tool for hereditary colorectal cancer and Lynch syndrome in gastroenterology clinic for referral to genetics. J Genet Couns. 2013;22:925-1021. (resident, abstract only)
Tooze A, Hiles C, Sheehan JP: Neurocognitive changes in pituitary adenoma patients after Gamma Knife radiosurgery: A preliminary study. World Neurosurgery. 2012 Jul;78(1-2):122-8. (intern)
Starke RM, Williams BJ, Hiles C, Nguyen JH, Elsharkawy MY, Sheehan JP: Gamma Knife surgery of skull base meningiomas. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2012 Mar;116(3):588-97. (intern)
Starke RM, Olson C, Nguyen JH, Rainey J, Williams BJ, Sheehan JP: Gamma knife radiosurgery of tentorial meningiomas. Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT. 2011;1(2):123-31. (medical student)
Sheehan J, Cifarelli CP, Dassoulas K, Olson C, Rainey J, Han S: Trans-sodium crocetinate enhancing survival and glioma response on magnetic resonance imaging to radiation and temozolomide. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2010 Aug;113(2):234-9. (medical student)
Olson C, Yen CP, Schlesinger D, Sheehan J: Radiosurgery for intracranial hemangiopericytomas: outcomes after initial and repeat Gamma Knife surgery. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2010 Jan;112(1):133-9. (medical student)
Basina BR, Olson C, Roy DK, Yen CP, Schlesinger D, Nagayama K, Sheehan JP: Radiation dose and incidence of new metastasis in the anterior temporal lobe structures of radiosurgically treated patients. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2010 Jan;112(1):122-9. (medical student)
Sheehan J, Sherman J, Cifarelli C, Jagannathan J, Dassoulas K, Olson C, Rainey J, Han S: Effect of trans sodium crocetinate on brain tumor oxygenation. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2009 Aug;111(2):226-9. (medical student)
Kramer AH, Bleck TP, Dumont AS, Kassell NF, Olson C, Nathan B: Implications of early versus late bilateral pulmonary infiltrates in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2009;10(1):20-7. (medical student)

Aaron Holley, MD

Aaron B Holley, MD, Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Name: Aaron B Holley, MD, Lieutenant Colonel, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Chief of Pulmonary Service

Faculty Rank:

Associate Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
Airway disease and pulmonary physiology
Sleep in active duty service members

Email:

aaron.b.holley.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-4829

Department Website:

BAMC Pulmonary Service

Education

Command and General Staff College (CGSC), Ft Belvoir, VA 2016
Fellowship Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine, Walter Reed AMC 2005-2009
Residency Internal Medicine, Walter Reed AMC 2001-2004
Medical Management of Biologic and Chemical Casualties Course, Walter Reed AMC 2003
Combat Casualty Care Course, Camp Bullis, TX 2001
MD, Uniformed Services University (USUHS), Bethesda, MD 1997-2001
Officer Basic Course (OBC), Medical Corps, San Antonio, TX 1997
BS (Biology/Psychology), Magna Cum Laude, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 1993-1997

Biography

LTC Aaron Holley has spent the last 6 years serving as the Chief of Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine at the Army's two largest medical centers. He is an academic physician, committed to excellence in clinical care, education, and research. His research interests include airway diseases, sleep disorders, and venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, with a focus on application to the active duty war fighter. He has received funding to study the respiratory effects from deployment to South West Asia (Iraq and Afghanistan) and treatment of sleep disorders in active duty service members with post-traumatic stress disorder. He is a member of the Airways Disorders and Pulmonary Physiology, Function and Rehabilitation CHEST College (American College of Chest Physician) Networks. He designs educational content for the CHEST College, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University (USU), and teaches/mentors medical students and house-staff from USU and Brooke Army Medical Center. During his 20 years of service with the US Army he has lived in Korea, Kenya, Afghanistan, and Kuwait.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Chief of Pulmonary Service, SAMMC 2017-present
Specialty Clinic, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Operation Spartan Shield 2017
Chief of Pulmonary Service, SAMMC 2016-2017
Chief of Pulmonary Service, WRNMMC 2015-2016
Chief of Sleep Disorders Center, WRNMMC 2012-2015
Assistant Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship 2009-2014
OIC Intensive Care Unit, Camp Dwyer, Helmand Province Afghanistan 2010
Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, WRNMMC/WRAMC 2009-2012
OIC Camp Carrol Medical Clinic, Waegwan, S. Korea 2004-2005
US Army Medical Corps “A” Proficiency Designator in Pulmonary Medicine 2016

Bibliography

Hostler D, Marx E, Moores LK, Collen J, Mitchell J, Hostler J, Petteys S, Foster B, Holley PR, Holley AB. Validation of the IMPROVE Bleeding Risk Score. CHEST 2016; 149: 372-379.
Holley AB, Sobieszczyk M, Perkins M, Cohee B, Costan-Toth C, Mabe D, Liotta R, Abraham J, Holley PR, Sherner J. Lung function testing in service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with respiratory complaints. Respir Med 2016; 118:84-7.
Lobo JL, Holley A, Tapson V, Moores L, Oribe M, Barrón M, Otero R, Nauffal D, Valle R, Monreal M, Yusen RD, Jiménez D; PROTECT and RIETE investigators.Prognostic significance of tricuspid annular displacement in normotensive patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism. J Thromb Haemost 2014; 12(7): 1020-1027.
Holley AB, Petteys S, Mitchell J, Holley PR, Hostler JM, Clark P, Collen JF. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis for Patients Receiving Regional Anesthesia Following Injury in Iraq and Afghanistan. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2014; 76(1):152-9.
Holley AB, Petteys S, Mitchell J, Holley PR, Collen J. Thromboprophylaxis and venous thromboembolism rates in soldiers wounded in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. CHEST 2013; 144(3): 966-73.
Holley AB, Cohee B, Walter RJ, Shah AA, King CS, Roop S. Eucapnic Voluntary Hyperventilation Is Superior to Methacholine Challenge Testing for Detecting Airway Hyperreactivity in Nonathletes. J of Asthma 2012; 49(6): 614-619.
Mitchell J, Collen JF, Petteys S, Holley AB. A Simple Reminder System Improves Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Rates and Reduces Thrombotic Events For Hospitalized Patients. Journal Thromb Haemost 2012; 10: 236-243.
Holley AB, Shah AA, Lettieri CS. Efficacy of An Adjustable Oral Appliance and Comparison to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure For the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome CHEST 2011;140; 1511-1516.
Lettieri C, Shah AA, Holley AB, Kelly WF, Chang AS, Roop SR. A Short Course of Eszopiclone Improves CPAP Adherence: A Randomized Trial. Ann Int Med 2009; 151(10): 696-702.
Holley AB, Cheatham JG, Villines TC, Moores LK, Welka SJ. Novel Quantitative Echocardiographic Parameters in Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 2009; 28(4):506-12.

Linda Huffer, MD

David Kassop, MD

David Kassop, MD, Major, Army

Name: David Kassop, MD, Major, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Chief, Cardiology Service

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Womack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, NC

Research Interests:
Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging
Preventative Cardiology

Email:

david.kassop.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(910) 907-6276

Education

Undergraduate: United States Military Academy (USMA) - West Point, 2003
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), 2007
Internal Medicine Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), 2010
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) - Bethesda, 2015

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine (ABIM), Cardiovascular Disease (ABIM), Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CBCCT), Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC)

Fellow, American College of Physicians (ACP)
Fellow, American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Biography

I am currently assigned to Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, practicing as an invasive, non-interventional Cardiologist with a focus in advanced cardiovascular imaging. I’m currently serving as the Chief of the Cardiology Service in the Department of Medicine.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Teaching Faculty of the Year, Colonel Nathan Erteschik Award, Family Practice Residency Program, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, NC. 2017
Teaching Faculty of the Year, Colonel Nathan Erteschik Award, Family Practice Residency Program, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, NC. 2016
Featured in newspaper article. Weaver C. At the right place, at the right time: Army doctor’s quick response saves lives. APG News. 2010 Oct 7:Sect. A:4 (col.1.). https://www.army.mil/article/46492/army_doctors_quick_response_saves_lives

Bibliography

Cheezum MK, Kim A, Bittencourt MS, Kassop D, Nissen A, Thomas DM, Nguyen B, Glynn RJ, Shah NR, Villines TC. Association of tobacco use and cessation with coronary atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2017 Feb;257:201-207. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.11.016. Epub 2016 Nov 16. PMID: 27993385
Pickett CA, Cheezum MK, Kassop D, Villines TC, Hulten EA. Accuracy of cardiac CT, radionucleotide and invasive ventriculography, two-and three-dimensional echocardiography, and SPECT for left and right ventricular ejection fraction compared with cardiac MRI: A meta-analysis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Mar 2. pii: jeu313. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 25736307.
Kassop D, Nam JJ, Cebula BR, Shah P, Blankstein R, Falk RH, Hulten EA. A tale of two diagnoses: The role of noninvasive cardiovascular imaging to differentiate cardiac amyloidosis. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Nov 8. PMID:27826773.
Donovan MS, Kassop D, Liotta RA, Hulten EA. Sinus venosus atrial septal defect as a cause of palpitations and dyspnea in an adult: a diagnostic imaging challenge. Case Rep Med. 2015;2015:128462. doi: 10.1155/2015/128462. Epub 2015 Jan 29. PMID: 25705227.
Staniak HL, Bittencourt MS, Pickett CA, Cahill MS, Kassop D, Slim AM, Blankstein R, Hulten EA. Coronary computed tomography angiography for acute chest pain in the emergency department. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2014 Sep-Oct;8(5):359-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2014.08.001. Epub 2014 Aug 20. PMID: 25301041.
Kassop D, Donovan MS, Cheezum MK, Nguyen BT, Gambill NB, Blankstein R, Villines TC. Cardiac masses on cardiac CT: A review. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep. 2014;7:9281. PMID: 24315350.
Kassop D, Donovan MS, Cohee BM, Mabe DL, Wedam EF, Atwood JE. An unusual case of cardiac glycoside toxicity. Int J Cardiol. 2014;170:434-7. PMID: 24315350.
Chavez TT, Fraser SL, Kassop D, Bowden LP 3rd, Skidmore PJ. Disseminated nocardia cyriacigeorgica presenting as a right lung abscess and skin nodule. Mil Med. 2011 May;176(5):586-8. PMID: 21634308.

Karl Kronmann, MD, MPH

Karl C Kronmann, MD, MPH, Commander, Navy

Name: Karl C Kronmann, MD, MPH, Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Chair, Department of Internal Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA

Research Interests:
Tropical Infectious Diseases
Military Medicine

Email:

karl.c.kronmann.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(757) 953-5104

Education

2002 MD The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2002 MPH The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1992 BS University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Biography

Dr. Kronmann started his Navy Career as an instructor at the Naval Nuclear Power school in Orlando, before leaving active duty service to attend medical school. After completing residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky, he returned to active service as an Infectious Disease Fellow at Naval Medical Center, San Diego. His first assignment after fellowship was as the officer in charge of the Ghana detachment of NAMRU-3, where he conducted research on a malaria vaccine and Lassa virus, as well as surveillance in other tropical infectious diseases. He then returned to clinical medicine and teaching at the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth. While at NMCP he continues research in traveler's health, teaches medical students and residents, and provides medical care as an attending internist and infectious disease physician. He has deployed twice on the USNS Comfort (Continuing Promise 2015 and Puerto Rico Hurricane relief 2017), and was physician lead on hospital preparations during the Ebola Virus outbreak in 2014. His research and teaching interests focus on infectious disease threats to deployed military personnel.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 2016-present
Deployment: USNS COMFORT Disaster Response, Puerto Rico, 2017
Associate Director, Public Health Services, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 2015-2016
Deployment: Director, Public Health, USNS COMFORT, Continuing Promise 2015
Division Head, Infectious Disease and Traveler's Health, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 2012-2014
Public Health Emergency Officer, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 2014-2016
Officer in Charge, Ghana Detachment, Naval Medical Research Unit #3, 2008-2011

Bibliography

Kronmann KC, Nimo Paintsil S, Guirguis F, Kronmann LC, Bonney K, Obiri-Danso K, Ampofo WK, Fichet-Calvet E. Two novel arenaviruses detected in pygmy mice, Ghana. Emerg Inf Dis 2013;19:1832-5. PMID: 24188212
Koram KA, Adu B, Ocran J, Karikari YS, Adu-Amankwah S, Ntiri M, Abuaku B, Dodoo D, Gyan B, Kronmann KC, Nkrumah F. Safety and Immunogenicity of EBA-175 RII-NG Malaria Vaccine Administered Intramuscularly in Semi-Immune Adults: A Phase 1, Double-Blinded Placebo Controlled Dosage Escalation Study. PLoS One 2016;11. PMID: 27644034
Kronmann KC, Ampofo W, Nzussouo T, Wasfy MO, Agbenohevi P, Carroll J, Diabate M, Sourabie S, Puplampu N, Clemens M, Oyofo BA. Building Military Influenza Surveillance Capacity in West Africa. Military Medicine 2013;178(3): 306-314. PMID: 23707118.
Bonney JHK, Kronmann KC, Lindan CP, Asanta IA, Pargie P, Aboagye J, Amankwah J, Odoom JK, Adjabeng M, Nzussouo NT, Ahadzie L, Barthel RV, Cornelius C, Amofah G, Oyofo B, Ampofo WK. Virological Surveillance of Influenza-Like Illness among Children in Ghana, 2008-2010. J Inf Dis 2012;206: S108-113. PMID: 23169955.
Kronmann KC, Shield WW, Sheer T, Crum-Cianflone NF. Echinococcosis in a US Marine after Deployment to Afghanistan. American Journal of Gastroenterology . 2008;103:2151-3. PMID: 18796121
Kronmann KC, Truett AA, Hale BR, Crum-Cianflone NF. Melioidosis after Brief Exposure: A Serologic Survey in US Marines. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2009;80:182-184. PMID: 19190209

Justin Lafreniere, M.D.

Justin P Lafreniere, M.D., Commander, Navy

Name: Justin P Lafreniere, M.D., Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA

Research Interests:
Medical education
Physician Well-being

Email:

justin.p.lafreniere.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(757) 953-5695

Education

EDUCATION
August 1997 - May 2001 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
August 2003 - May 2007 Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
June 2007 - June 2010 Internship & Residency, Department of Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA
July 2011 – June 2013 Fellowship, General Internal Medicine, Medical Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Biography

Dr. Lafreniere was born and raised in Poland Springs, Maine and earned his undergraduate degree in biology from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 2001. He became a native son of New Orleans, Louisiana while earning his medical degree from Tulane University from 2003-2007 on a Health Professions Scholarship from the U.S. Navy. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. After graduating from the program in 2010, he served as the Chief of Residents in that department before beginning a General Internal Medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in 2011. During his two years at Hopkins, Dr. Lafreniere developed an expertise in medical education focused on curriculum development, learner-centered teaching skills, and faculty development. Additionally, he served for a year as an Associate Program Director in the Johns Hopkins Bayview Internal Medicine Residency Training Program before returning to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth as an Associate Program Director in 2013. He became Program Director in June 2017.

He practices primarily inpatient General Internal Medicine and is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and is a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine and the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. Nationally, he serves as a reviewer for the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Locally, he is a member of Governor’s Council of the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Physicians and the command’s Graduate Medical & Dental Education Committee. His teaching abilities have been recognized with awards from both physicians and nurses in training.

Dr. Lafreniere has published research on burnout in resident physicians and its impact on the doctor-patient relationship. He has given multiple, national presentations on topics to include: burnout in academic medicine, the use of experiential and interprofessional learning strategies to teach issues related to transitions of care, and the use of online learning platforms in medical education. His other academic interests include patient-centered care & bedside rounds, mentoring and role modeling, and faculty development.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth 2013-2017
A retrospective analysis of patients admitted at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS). Are we admitting too many patients? Primary Investigator: Tyler House, D.O., Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA. 2016-present
Validation of a nomogram to predict the probability of passing the American Board of Internal Medicine in military internal medicine trainees. Primary Investigator: Benjamin Vipler, M.D., Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA. 2017-present
The Transitions of Care Curriculum (TOCC): A Project to Implement and Evaluate the TOCC to Improve the Quality of Resident Physician Education and Enhance the Safety of Care Transitions for Patients Admitted to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. 2013-2014
DeCherrie, L; Kinosian, B; Lafreniere, JP; Miller, RK; Soriano, TA; Whitehouse, CR. Teaching Transitions of Care through Home Visits. Society of General Internal Medicine, Annual Meeting, May 2012.
Harrison, RA; Andre, C; Centor, RM; Lafreniere, JP; Leykum, LK; Southern, W. Finding Life-Work Balance in Academic Hospital Medicine. Society of General Internal Medicine, Annual Meeting, May 2012.
Hooper AB, Cole J, Gao S, Lafreniere JP. Technology & Innovation: How to Create an Online Educational Platform. Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, Skills Development Conference, October 2016.

Bibliography

Lafreniere JP, Rios R, Packer H, Ghazarian S, Wright SM, Levine RB. Burned Out at the Bedside: Patient Perceptions of Physician Burnout in an Internal Medicine Resident Continuity Clinic. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Feb;31(2):203-8.
Sheikh F, Bellantoni M, Christmas C, Gathecha E, Lafreniere J, Arbaje AI. A Call to Bridge Silos in Care Transitions. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. (in press)

Wayne Latack, MD

R. Lawson, BA, MS, MD

R. Daniel Lawson, BA, MS, MD, Commander, Navy

Name: R. Daniel Lawson, BA, MS, MD, Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Head, Combined Endoscopy Center

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Research Interests:
Pancreaticobiliary
Endoscopic techniques

Email:

robert.d.lawson36.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(619) 532-5813

Department Website:

http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcsd/Pages/Care/Gastroenterology-Clinic.aspx

Education

2005 MD, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland
1997 MS, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
1992 BS, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

Biography

Dr. Lawson has had an unorthodox though enriching career in science and medicine. Before joining the Navy he studied, worked and published in the fields of Ecology and Environmental Microbial Ecology obtaining a Masters of Science from Idaho State University. During these years he worked and performed research in a variety of locations including the Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Lab in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Yellowstone National Park, Tetons, a high elevation desert in Arizona and an oak savannah in Minnesota. He started his medical career in the Navy as a medical student at the Uniformed Services University where he graduated with a degree in allopathic medicine in 2005. He subsequently completed a Transitional internship and an Internal Medicine residency at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia. The following year he served as an Internist in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Naval Medical Center San Diego, California (NMCSD). Afterwards he pursued his interests in Gastroenterology and endoscopy by completing a Fellowship at NMCSD and an advanced Fellowship in Interventional Endoscopy at the University of California, San Diego. After returning to NMCSD Dr. Lawson served as the Director of Endoscopy and helped design the Combined Endoscopy Center (CEC), a state-of-the-art endoscopy center shared by gastroenterologist, general surgeons and interventional pulmonologists. He has served as Head of the CEC since its opening. A the sole gastroenterology advanced endoscopist for NMCSD since 2015 he has performed hundreds of ERCP and EUS procedures and has brought new procedures and techniques to the facility including endoscopic stitching, endoscopic necrosectomy through use of lumen apposing stents and endoscopic gallbladder stenting. His ongoing research activities include Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy in porcine model, cystic lesions of the pancreas and endoscopic quality.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Head, Combined Endoscopy Center at Naval Medical Center San Diego, California. 2015-Present
Director of Endoscopy, Department of Gastroenterology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, California. 2013-Present
Key Clinical Faculty, Gastroenterology Fellowship, Naval Medical Center San Diego, California. 2013-Present
Gastroenterologist, Naval Hospital Okinawa, Okinawa Japan, 2013
Member, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), 2008-Present
Member, International Association of Pancreatology (IAP), 2016-Present
Member, Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), 2016-Present
Navy and Marine Corp Commendation Medal (#2), 2016
Navy Achievement Medal (#5), 2013

Bibliography

Kwong WT, Hunt GC, Fehmi SM, Honerkamp-Smith G, Xu R, Lawson RD, Tang RS, Gonzalez I, Krinsky ML, Giap A and Savides TJ. 2015. Low Rates of Malignancy and Mortality in Asymptomatic Patients with Suspected Neoplastic Pancreatic Cysts Beyond 5 Years of Surveillance. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Dec 2
Kwong WT, Lawson RD, Hunt G, Fehmi SA, Proudfoot JA, Xu R, Giap A, Tang RS, Gonzalez I, Krinsky ML and Savides TJ. 2015. Rapid Growth Rates of Suspected Pancreatic Cyst Branch Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms Predict Malignancy. Dig Dis Sci. Sep;60(9):2800
Lawson RD, Hunt G, Giap A, Slezak J, Krinsky M, Tang R, Gonzales I, Kwong Wt and Savides TJ. 2014. Validation of the 2012 International Consensus Guidelines (Sendai Criteria) for Managing Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas. Ann Gastroenterol. 2015 Oct-Dec;28(4):487-94
Lawson RD and Savides TJ. 2013. Safely Stretching our Options for Removing Large CBD Stones. Digestive Disease Sciences. 58:894-896
Bernick S and Lawson RD. 2011. A Humanitarian Exercise During Gastroenterology Fellowship. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 74:635-636
Lawson RD and Coyle W. 2010. The Non-colonic Microbiome: Does it Matter. Current Gastroenterology Reports. 12:259

Lauren Lee, MD

Lauren Lee, MD, Captain, Air Force

Name: Lauren Lee, MD, Captain, Air Force

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
Hematologic Malignancies, Palliative Care, Humanism in Medicine, Medical education
Infectious disease, transplant medicine

Email:

lauren.e.lee18.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-8408

Education

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Hematology and Oncology Fellowship
San Antonio, TX
2017-2020

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Internal Medicine Residency
San Antonio, TX
2013-2016

University of Florida, College of Medicine
M.D. with honors
Gainesville, FL
2009-2013

University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
B.S. Microbiology and Cell Science, B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Minor: Chemistry
Summa cum laude
Gainesville, FL
2005-2009

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Chief of Medicine Residents, United States Air Force, SAUSHEC Internal Medicine Residency (July 2016 - June 2017)
Adjoint Faculty, University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio, Department of Medicine (Feb 2017 - Sept 2017)
Teaching Fellow, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, USUHS, Department of Medicine (2014-2016)
The Air Force Commendation Medal (Jun 2017)

Bibliography

Lee LE, Barsoumian AE, Brown AW, Wiggins MA, Renshaw JS, Osswald MB, Murray CK. Rates of Microbiologically Diagnosed Infection and Pathogen Detection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Military Medicine. 2016 Nov; 181 (11): e1685-e1691. PMID 27849508
Lee LE, Osswald MB, Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant-Induced Functional Asplenia in Patient With Mantle Cell Lymphoma. American J of Hematology Image Bank Set # 30971-2 (October 2014)
Lee, LE, Woods, JT, Osswald, MD. Extensive bone-only relapse in a patient with osteotropic chronic lymphocytic leukemia after matched-unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Abstract submitted for presentation and publication at American Society for Blood and Marrow Tandem Transplant Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (September 2017, submitted)
Lee, LE, Osswald, MB. Successful pregnancy after extensive graft-versus-hosts disease Following Matched-Related Donor Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant for Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Volume 23, Number 3, Supplement 1, Abstract 256. (February 2017)
Lee LE, Blyth DM, Barsoumian AE, Raj TJ, Brown AW, Osswald MB. Invasive Nocardiosis in Patients Intolerant to Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Volume 22, Number 3, Supplement 1, Pages S168-169 (March 2016)
Lee LE, Barsoumian AE, Brown AW, Wiggins MA, Renshaw JS, Osswald MB, Murray CK. Rates of Infection and Pathogen Detection for Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Volume 21, Issue 2, Supplement 1, Page S254. (February 2015)

Rachel Lee, MD

Rachel U. Lee, MD, Commander, Navy

Name: Rachel U. Lee, MD, Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Division Head, Allergy/Immunology

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Research Interests:
Drug allergy, Desensitization, Host Immunity, Immunodeficiency

Email:

rachel.u.lee.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(619) 524-1519

Education

BA, University of California at Berkeley
MD, New York Medical College

Biography

Commander Rachel Lee is a dual board certified allergist, immunologist and internal medicine physician who currently serves as the Division Head of the Allergy/Immunology Clinic and Director of the Allergy Technician Course, at the NTC Branch Health Clinic in San Diego, California. She was born in Seoul, Korea, but grew up in San Diego, CA after her parents immigrated to the United States. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of California at Berkeley in Molecular and Cell Biology, then commissioned as an ensign in the Naval Reserves in 1998 on a Health Professions Scholarship Program and received her Medical Degree from New York Medical College in 2002. She completed an Internal Medicine residency in 2005 at the Naval Medical Center San Diego. Dr. Lee transferred to Lemoore, California where she served as a Staff Internist at the Naval Hospital Lemoore. While there, she was a member of the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, Chair of Credentialing, and served as the Command’s Asthma Champion. Following that tour, she was accepted into an Allergy and Immunology fellowship at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego and in 2008, she was promoted to Lieutenant Commander. Upon completion in 2009, Dr. Lee transferred across country to the busiest naval allergy Clinic at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia, where she was the Division Head. During that time, she was appointed Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and was instrumental in the graduate medical education program, training numerous medical students and residents in both the inpatient and ambulatory settings.

In 2012, she transferred to the Naval Health Research Center to serve as principal investigator on a myriad of studies evaluating factors that impact the safety, efficacy and clinical outcomes of various vaccinations in military populations. There, she developed scientific collaborations and inter-agency and non-governmental partners to enhance understanding of infectious disease, host immunity, novel pathogen discovery and prevention and their impact on at-risk populations. Also, she served as the Command DAPA, Member of the IRB, Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Chair of the Navy’s American College of Physician’s Award Committee, and Member of the Health and Wellness Committee. While there, she was promoted to the rank of Commander. In 2013, she took the opportunity to deploy to Afghanistan as a combat support internist at the NATO Role 3 in Kandahar in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

In 2015, she returned to Naval Medical Center San Diego as Head of the Allergy Division and Internal Medicine C ore Faculty. She received an appointment as Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine for her continued efforts in graduate medical education. Dr. Lee was elected to fellowship in the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, has multiple peer-reviewed publications, and has actively participated in a variety of organizational, research and mentoring opportunities. She was selected as the Navy Allergy/Immunology Specialty Leader, representing all allergists and allergy care in navy medicine.

Dr. Lee’s personal awards include the Navy Commendation Medal (three awards), Navy Achievement Medal, and multiple other campaign and service medals.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Navy Allergy Immunology Specialty Leader
Head, Division of Allergy/Immunology, Dept of Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA
Research physician and Program manager, Military Population Health and Operational Infectious Disease Directorates, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA
Internal Medicine Hospitalist/ Internist, Intermediate Care Ward and Referral Care Clinic, Combat support Internist, NATO Role III, Multi-National Medical Unit, Kandahar, Afghanistan
Staff Internist/Medicine Ward Attending, Clinic Preceptor, Allergist/Immunologist, Department of Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center (NMCP), Portsmouth, VA
Head, Division of Allergy/Immunology, Dept of Medicine, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA
Staff Internist, Dept of Medicine, Naval Hospital Lemoore, CA
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego CA

Bibliography

1. Crum NF, Lee RU, Thornton SA, Stine OC, Wallace MR, Barrozo C, Keefer-Norris A, Judd S, Russell KL. Fifteen-year study of the changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Am J Med. 2006;119 (11): 943-51. PMID: 17071162
2. Lee R, Crum-Cianflone N. Increasing incidence and severity of coccidioidomycosis at a naval air station. Mil Med. 2008; 173(8):769-75. PMID:18751595
3. Lee RU, Stevenson DD. Hydroxyurea in the Treatment of Churg-Strauss Syndrome. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2009; 124(5):1110-1111. PMID:19703710
4. Lee RU, White AA, Ding D, Durson AB, Woessner KM, Simon RA, Stevenson DD. Use of intranasal ketorolac and modified oral aspirin challenge for desensitization in aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2010; 105(2):130-5. PMID:20674823
5. Eddleston J, Lee RU, Doerner AM, Herschbach J, Zuraw BL. Cigarette Smoke Decreases the Innate Responses of Epithelial Cells to Rhinovirus Infection. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2011;44(1):118-26. PMID: 20224072
6. Lee RU, Stevenson DD. Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease: Evaluation and Management. Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Res. 2011;3(1):3-10. PMID:21217919
7. Lee RU, Saland S, Sullivan S. Tumor necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome as a cause of recurrent abdominal pain in identical twins and description of a novel mutation of the TNFRSF1A gene. J Ped Gastroenterol Nutr. 2013, 56(4):e22-3. PMID:22343913
8. Allard J, Lee RU. Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia manifesting as refractory genital dysplasia. Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Aug;122: 455-458. PMID:23884258
9. Crum-Cianflone NF, Won S, Lee R, Lalani T, Ganesan A, Burgess T, Agan BK. Vitamin D levels and influenza vaccine immunogenicity among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults. Vaccine 2016; 34:5040-6.
10. Lee RU, Radin JM. A Population-Based Epidemiologic Study of Adult-Onset Narcolepsy Incidence and Associated Risk Factors, 2004-2013. J Neurol Sci 2016;370:29-34

Emil Lesho, DO, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA

Emil P Lesho, DO, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA

Name: Emil P Lesho, DO, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Professor

Location:

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Research Interests:
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine

Email:

emil.lesho@rochesterregional.org

Office Phone:

(585) 922-4077

Department Website:

Rochester Regional Health Infectious Diseases

Education

2009: Advancing Practice Using Epidemiologic Principles, Association for
Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Baltimore, MD
2007: Trauma Management Course, Ryder Trauma Center, Miami, FL
2003-2006: Fellowship-Infectious Diseases, National Capital Consortium, DC, MD
1997-1999: Army Command and General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS
1994-1997: Residency-Internal Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
1990-1991: Internship-Family Practice, Warren Hospital, Phillipsburg, NJ
1986-1990: D.O. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
1982-1986: B.S. Magna cum laude, DeSales University, Center Valley, PA

Biography

I am a compassionate physician dedicated to reducing antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infections, board certified in both internal medicine and infectious disease, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. I have gained much experience building teams and practicing in diverse settings in the U.S. and abroad. Because I have a genuine appreciation for the efforts and dedication of those who provided oversight for my own medical education, I am strongly committed to providing the same for students and trainees. I feel a sense of duty to not only serve as a lifelong teacher of medicine, but to improve and advance medical education and research, and I look forward to continuing these efforts for the USUHS community.

I have been involved with USUHS teaching programs for over 14 years, as a fellow and key faculty at various institutions. During this time, I have taken an active leadership role in clinical, academic and research programs and have been recognized for teaching excellence at every level of training, and as a staff physician. Having served on academic, research, and administrative committees at local, regional, DoD, national, and international levels, I have a broad perspective on organizational functions and problem solving for academic medicine programs. As a medical officer with two specialties and varied assignments in academic, clinical, and operational medicine, I have had a breadth of experience for over 26 years, which has allowed me to contribute to the advancement of military medicine through work in international health, operational medicine and military medical leadership. In addition to these experiences, I have also contributed significantly to the advancement of academic medicine through clinical education, curriculum development and research.

I have been actively involved in developing new training programs and curricula at different institutions and at the international level. Prior to my fellowship, I established a program in ambulatory Internal Medicine for fourth year medical students at the University of Heidelberg, and wrote the curriculum for that rotation. I also established linkages to U.S. training programs, whereby those students could study abroad (Greater Hazleton Health Alliance, Wilkes-Barre Veterans Administration). I also established and taught an elective in medical writing for German medical students, which has led to several publications for those students. My effectiveness in mentorship is evidenced by providing the concept, substrate, and funding as the principle investigator for the winner of the 2010 The Rear Admiral Phillips Research award and the Bailey K. Ashford Clinical Research award. The resulting manuscript, of which I am the senior author, "Gram Negative Multidrug-Resistant Organism Colonization in a U.S. Military Hospital in Iraq," by Ake J, et al. in the journal of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Given my public health, international health, and leadership assignments, I have a strong research interest in infections affecting military trainees and deployed service
members. I participated in humanitarian assistance projects in Sri Lanka, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. From 2007-2008, I served as the Brigade Surgeon, 214th Fires Brigade, Forward Operating Base Delta, and Senior Medical Officer/Officer in Charge, US Level NATO Role II Hospital with Forward Surgical Augmentation in al-Kut, Iraq during one of most active periods of high intensity combat and counterinsurgency operations. As senior medical officer advisor to the brigade commander and infectious disease consultant for all facilities in south central Iraq and Kuwait, and consultant for multi-national coalition providers for serious IM and ID conditions covering >3500 troops, I treated > 800 patients per month during, and maintained extremely low died of wounds rate (1-2%) despite more than 70 major traumas. In Iraq, I re-defined the concept and value of the traditional MEDCAP transforming them into a collaborative medical engagement paradigm. This was highlighted in several publications and editorials in Military Medicine, Journal of Special Ops Medicine, and Clinical Infectious Diseases. I performed the proof-of-concept study which ultimately led to my cofounding and directing the Multidrug-resistant organism Repository and Surveillance Network (MRSN) at WRAIR. Additionally, I have mentored several students, interns, residents, and fellows on projects that have led to regional and national presentations, as well as scientific publications.

In addition to my teaching, clinical, international health, and research contributions, during my time as Cofounder and Director, the MRSN has won three Military Health System awards for healthcare innovation and readiness/ health protection and research (2010, 2013, and 2015) and achieved programmatic excellence as exemplified by getting the program specifically named in the White House National Action Plan to Combat Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (POTUS Executive Order #13676). As featured in several major newspapers, the MRSN was the first to discover the emergence of a very concerning potential ‘superbug’ in the U.S. Throughout my career, I have continued to see patients and teach medical students as part of his responsibilities as an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences and Assistant Clinical Professor at University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center. I have represented Army Medicine’s proud tradition of expertise through the publication of 139 papers and one book chapter, and executing numerous international public speaking engagements and membership on advisory boards and committees.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

2016-present: Infectious Diseases Physician and Healthcare Epidemiologist, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY
2015-2016: Co-chair of the Department of Defense’s Infection Prevention and Control Working Group (IPCWG), Falls Church, VA
2010-2016: Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD
2008-2016: Co-founder and Director Multidrug-resistant Organism Repository & Surveillance Network, Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring and Research Program (MRSN-ARMoR), Silver Spring, MD
2006-2016: Attending physician, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Consultant, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
2007-2008: Brigade Surgeon, 214th Fires Brigade, Forward Operating Base Delta Senior Medical Officer/Officer in Charge, US Level NATO Role II Military Hospital with Forward Surgical Augmentation al-Kut, Iraq
2003: Acting Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, USAMH, Heidelberg, Germany
2001-2003: Chief, Department of Primary Care, USAMH, Heidelberg, Germany
2000-2001: Chief, Internal Medicine Service, USAMEDAC, Heidelberg, Germany
140 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals, the majority as first or last author.

Bibliography

Lesho, E, Yoon EJ, McGann P, Snesrud E, Kwak Y, Milillo M, Onmus-Leone F, Preston L, St.Clair K, Nikolich M, Viscount H, Wortmann G, Zapor M, Grillot-Courvalin C, Courvalin P, Clifford R, Waterman P. Emergence of colistin-resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii containing a novel pmrCAB operon during colistin therapy of extremely-drug-resistant wound infections. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2013;208:1142-51
Lesho E. Fighting Ebola and Advancing Knowledge on the Front Lines in a Capital City. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015;60:1825-7.
Jones C, Clancy M, Honnold C, Singh S, Snesrud E, Onmus-Leone F, McGann P, Ong A, Kwak Y, Waterman P, Surawski D, Clifford R, Lesho E. A fatal outbreak of an emerging, highly virulent, and extensively drug-resistant clone of Acinetobacter baumannii. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015;61:145-54.
Lesho E, Waterman P, Chukwuma U, McAuliffe K, Neumann C, Julius M, Crouch H, Chandrasekara R, English, Clifford R, Kester. The Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring and Research (ARMoR) Program: the Department of Defense’s Response to Escalating Antimicrobial Resistance. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2014;59:390-7.
Lesho E. An overview of osteopathic medicine. Archives of Family Medicine. 1999;8:477-84.
Lesho E, Forestiero FJ, Hirata MH, Hirata RD, Cecon L, Melo FF, Paik SH, Murata Y, Ferguson EW, Wang Z, Ooi GT. Transcriptional responses of host peripheral blood cells to tuberculosis infection. Tuberculosis 2011;91:390-9.
Lesho E, Craft D, Kirkup BC Jr, Waterman P, Summers A, Vahey MT, Kester KE, Bowden R. Surveillance, characterization, and preservation of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2011;11:8-10.
Lesho E, Bronstein M, McGann P, Stam J, Kwak Y, Maybank R, McNamara J, Callahan M, Campbell J, Hinkle M, Walsh E. Importation, mitigation, and genomic epidemiology of Candida auris at a large teaching hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2017. At press.
Lesho E. When the spirit hurts: an approach to the suffering patient. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2003;163:2429-32.
Lesho E, Foster L, Wang Z, Sarmiento D, Dennison S, Vahey MT, Nolan E, Smalls C. The accuracy of physicians’ perceptions of patient suffering. Academic Medicine. 2009;84:636-42.

Aaron Lewis, MD

John Malone , MD MPH

John D Malone, MD MPH

Name: John D Malone, MD MPH

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Consultant, Henry M Jackson Foundation

Faculty Rank:

Professor

Location:

Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Research Interests:
Operational Medical Challenges for Asia Pacific Theatre
Sexually Transmitted Infections

Email:

JMalone@hjf.org

Office Phone:

(619) 838-7784

Education

2004-2005 Uniformed Services University, Masters in Public Health
1987-1989 Fellowship - Infectious Diseases, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
1982-1985 Residency - Internal Medicine including Chief Resident, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, VA
1978-1979 Internship - Categorical Internal Medicine, San Diego Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA
1975-1978 Ohio State University - M.D.
1971-1975 Ohio Northern University - B.A. (High Distinction)

Biography

During his 30 year U.S. Navy career, Dr. Malone held the positions of Head, HIV/AIDS Unit; Head, Infectious Diseases Division NNMC; Chairman, Internal Medicine Department and Director for Medical Services, NMCSD; and Commanding Officer, Medical Treatment Facility, USNS Mercy Hospital Ship. After retiring in 2004 at the rank of Captain (0-6), Dr. Malone obtained a Masters in Public Health from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD, and became a member of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. After 2 years, he joined the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, USUHS as a Henry M Jackson Foundation employee in the role of liaison to Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center. Returning to his home in San Diego, CA and the U.S. Navy in August of 2011, Dr. Malone assumed the position of Head, Clinical Investigations Department, Naval Medical Center San Diego, and Research Program Manager, Navy Medicine West and was responsible for nearly 300 clinical research protocols and a $8M budget. In March of 2018, he retired from Government Service and currently supports strategic initiatives for the Henry M Jackson Foundation on a part time basis from his Coronado, CA home.
Dr. Malone is a Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University with over 50 publications and 80 formal presentations. He is a Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America; Fellow, American College of Physicians; and Fellow, American College of Physician Executives.

Bibliography

Malone JD, Brigantic R, Muller GA, Gadgil A, Delp W, McMahon BH, Lee R, Kulesz J, Mihelic FM. U.S. Airport Entry Screening in Response to Pandemic Influenza: Modeling and Analysis. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 2009;7:181-191. (Doi 10.101016/j.tmaid.2009.02.006)
Malone JD. Pre event smallpox vaccination for healthcare workers revisited-the need for a carefully screened multidisciplinary cadre. Int J Infect Dis 2007;11:93-97
Malone JD, Hoang TN, Dukovich M, Lavell K. Realistic Trauma Training Hones Surgical Team Skills. Proceedings 2018;144 (12):54-57.

Erik Manninen, MD

Ryan Maves, MD, FCCP, FIDSA

Ryan C Maves, MD, FCCP, FIDSA, Commander, Navy

Name: Ryan C Maves, MD, FCCP, FIDSA, Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Program Director, NMCSD Infectious Diseases Fellowship

Faculty Rank:

Associate Professor

Location:

Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Research Interests:
Sepsis, respiratory infections, critical care
HIV infection, tropical medicine

Email:

ryan.c.maves.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(619) 532-7475

Department Website:

NMCSD Infectious Diseases

Education

MD - University of Washington School of Medicine, 1999
Internship - Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 2000
Residency - Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 2005
Fellowship - Infectious Diseases, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 2007
Fellowship - Critical Care Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 2014

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Prior Positions: Vice Chair, NMCSD Department of Medicine (2014-2017); Head, NMCSD Division of Infectious Diseases (2010-2013); Head, Department of Bacteriology, Naval Medical Research Center Detachment-Peru (2007-2010)
Deployments: Flight Surgeon, Carrier Air Wing SEVENTEEN, embarked on board USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, 2002; Director of Medical Services, NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2012
Academic Awards: RADM Edward R. Stitt Award for NMCSD GME Faculty Member of the Year, 2016-2017; Master Teacher Award, American College of Physicians (U.S. Navy Chapter), 2015; Master Clinician Award, NMCSD, 2015; CAPT Richard Daly Award for NMCSD Internal Medicine Teaching Attending of the Year, 2014-2015; CAPT Richard Keating Award for NMCSD Internal Medicine Teaching Fellow of the Year, 2005-2006; CAPT Colleen Counihan Award for NMCSD Internal Medicine Teaching Resident of the Year, 2004-2005.

Bibliography

Maves RC, Tripp MS, Franzos T, Wallace SC, Drinkwine B, Villines TC. “Pyogenic pericarditis and cardiac tamponade due to Streptococcus anginosus in a combat theater.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2017; 10;4:ofw267.
Jennings MC, Tilley DH, Ballard SB, Villanueva M, Costa FM, Lopez M, Steinberg HE, Luna CG, Meza R, Silva ME, Gilman RH, Simons MP, Maves RC, Cabada MM. “Case-Case Analysis Using 7 Years of Travelers' Diarrhea Surveillance Data: Preventive and Travel Medicine Applications in Cusco, Peru.” American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2017; 96:1097-1106.
Hilger KA, Hilger JR, Putnam SD, Carstairs SD, Maves RC. “Feasibility and patient acceptance of emergency department-based influenza vaccination.” Military Medicine 2016; 181:883-886.
Delaney HM, Lucero PF, Maves RC, Lawler JV, Maddry JK, Biever KA, Womble SG, Coffman RV, Murray CK. “Ebola Virus Disease Simulation Case Series: Patient With Ebola Virus Disease in the Prodromal Phase of Illness (Scenario 1), the ‘Wet’ Gastrointestinal Phase of Illness (Scenario 2), and the Late, Critically Ill Phase of Disease (Scenario 3).” Simul Healthc 2016; 11:106-116.
Medina AM, Rivera FP, Pons MJ, Riveros M, Gomes C, Bernal M, Meza R, Maves RC, Huicho L, Chea-Woo E, Lanata CF, Gil AI, Ochoa TJ, Ruiz J. “Comparative analysis of antimicrobial resistance in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates from two paediatric cohort studies in Lima, Peru.” Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015; 109:493-502.
Sanchez JF, Halsey ES, Bayer AM, Beltran M, Razuri HR, Velasquez DE, Cama VA, Graf PCF, Quispe AM, Zavaleta C, Maves RC, Montgomery JM, Sanders JW, Lescano AG. “The health of young children and local attitudes regarding health and humanitarian medical assistance in remote Peruvian Amazon River basin communities.” American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015; 92:1090-1099.
Maves RC, Tripp MS, Dell TG, Bennett JW, Ahluwalia JS, Naik S, Baldwin J, Rivera Starr C, Grinkemeyer MD, Dempsey MP. “Disseminated varicella and multiorgan failure due to Oka vaccine-strain virus as initial presentation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.” Journal of Clinical Virology 2014; 59:63-66.
Canal E, Pollett S, Heitzinger K, Kasper M, Halsey ES, Bernal M, Meza Y, Meza R, Gregory M, Maves RC. “Detection of human leptospirosis as a cause of acute fever by capture ELISA using an M20 Leptospira interrogans Icterohaemorrhagiae serovar Copenhageni strain-derived antigen.” BMC Infectious Diseases 2013; 13:438.
Chen HW, Zhang Z, Halsey E, Guevara C, Canal E, Hall E, Maves R, Tilley D, Kochel T, Ching WM. “Detection of Leptospira-specific antibodies using a recombinant antigen-based enzyme-linked immunoassay.” American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2013; 89:1088-1094.
Maves RC, Castillo Oré RM, Porter KR, Kochel TJ. “Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a psoralen-inactivated dengue-1 virus vaccine candidate in Aotus nancymaae monkeys.” Vaccine 2011; 29: 2691–2696

Elexis McBee, DO, MPH, FACP

Elexis C McBee, DO, MPH, FACP

Name: Elexis C McBee, DO, MPH, FACP

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Assistant Clerkship Director

Faculty Rank:

Associate Professor

Location:

Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Research Interests:
Clinical Reasoning, Context Specificity

Email:

elexis.mcbee@usuhs.edu

Office Phone:

(619) 532-6678

Department Website:

Department of Medicine

Education

The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH, 1999
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH, 2006
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 2014

Biography

Dr. Elexis McBee is a native of Soldotna, AK who served in the US Navy from 2006 through 2017. She attended medical school at Ohio University before completing Internal Medicine internship and residency training at the National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, MD from 2006-2009. Following this, she was stationed at Naval Hospital Beaufort, SC as a staff internist and division officer. In 2012, she returned to Bethesda, MD to complete a fellowship in General Internal Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and also earned a Masters of Public Health degree from the Uniformed Services University. Following completion of her fellowship in 2014, she joined the Internal Medicine team at Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA as an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. From 2016 to 2017, she was also served as the Division Head for the outpatient internal medicine clinic. In 2017, she joined the education team at the Uniformed Services University as an Assistant Clerkship Director for Internal Medicine at the Naval Medical Center San Diego as a civilian. She is an associate professor of Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. She has participated in several curriculum development projects and currently participates in ongoing research in clinical reasoning.

Bibliography

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Google Scholar Link

McBee E, Ratcliffe T, Picho K, Schuwirth L, Kelly, W, Masel J, Kay A, van der Vleuten C, Artino A, Durning SJ. Consequences of contextual factors on clinical reasoning in resident physicians. Advances in Health Science Education. 2015; 20 (5): 1225-1236. DOI: 10.1007/s10459-015-9597-x.
McBee E, Ratcliffe T, Goldszmidt M, Schuwirth L, Picho K, Artino A, Masel J, Durning SJ. Clinical reasoning tasks and resident physicians: what do they reason about? Academic Medicine. 2016; 91(7): 1022-8. DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001024.
McBee E, Ratcliffe T, Picho K, Schuwirth L, Artino A , Yepes-Rios AM, Masel J, van der Vleuten C, Durning SJ. Contextual factors and clinical reasoning: Differences in diagnostic and therapeutic reasoning in board certified versus resident physicians. BMC Medical Education. 2017; 17:211. DOI 10.1186/s12909-017-1041-x
McBee E, Ratcliffe T, Schuwirth L, O’Neill D, Meyer H, Herman Madden S, Durning SJ. Context and clinical reasoning: Understanding the medical student perspective. Perspectives on Medical Education. 2018; 7:256. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-018-0417-x
McBee E, Blum C, Ratcliffe T, Schuwirth L, Polston E, Artino AR, Durning SJ. Use of clinical reasoning tasks by medical students. Diagnosis. 2019; ePub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1515/dx-2018-007.

Bruce McClenathan, MD, FACP, FAAAAI

Bruce M McClenathan, MD, FACP, FAAAAI

Name: Bruce M McClenathan, MD, FACP, FAAAAI

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Regional Medical Director, Defense Health Agency-Immunization Healthcare Branch

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Womack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, NC

Research Interests:
Immunnizations
Allergy and Immunology

Email:

bruce.m.mcclenathan.civ@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(910) 432-4021

Department Website:

DHA-Immunization Healthcare Branch

Education

College: Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 1992-1995
Medical School: University of South Alabama, Mobile AL 1995-1999
Residency: Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii 1999-2002
Fellowship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 2003-2005
Command & General Staff College-ILE, Ft. Lee, VA Sep-Dec 2009
Graduate Stanford Faculty Development Course Feb 2012

Biography

Bruce McClenathan, MD is the regional medical director of the Defense Health Agency-Immunization Healthcare Branch at Fort Bragg, NC. Dr. McClenathan is a board-certified Internist and Allergist and Immunologist with a special interest in vaccines and the evaluation and management of patients with vaccine adverse events. He holds the Academic rank of Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.
He currently serves as the Fort Bragg Site Principal investigator of two NIH-funded research studies to include Smallpox/Influenza Vaccination and Myopericardial Injury/Inflammation study and Molecular and Immunologic Analysis of Anthrax Vaccine Immune Responses in the context of Adverse Events. In addition, Dr. McClenathan was an NIH sub-grant recipient (2015) for metabolomics vaccine research.
Dr. McClenathan’s leadership roles have included being the Chief of Allergy and Immunology for Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, NC and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. Additionally, before his retirement from Active Duty, he served as the Chief, Department of Medicine for Womack Army Medical Center. He currently leads a regional site of the Defense Health Agency-Immunization Healthcare Branch at Fort Bragg, NC.
Dr. McClenathan’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service, and the Expert Field Medical Badge. He resides in Sanford, NC with his wife, Yvonne, and his son’s Michael and Brandon.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Regional Medical Director, Defense Health Agency-Immunization Healthcare Branch 2013-present
Chief, Department of Medicine, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, NC 2013
Chief, Allergy/Immunology/Immunizations Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 2012-2013
Staff Allergist , Allergy/Immunology/Immunizations Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 2011-2012
Chief, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Service, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, NC 2005-2011
Allergy and Clinical Immunology Fellow, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC 2003-2005
Chief of Medical Residents and Internal Medicine Staff, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 2002-2003
Medical Resident, Department of Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 200-2002

Bibliography

McClenathan BM, Torrington KG, Uyehara C. “Family Member Presence During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Survey of U.S. and International Critical Care Professionals.” Chest 2002; 122: 2204-2211.
McClenathan BM, Torrington KG, Uyehara C. Letter to the editor, Chest; 2003, 124:769
Martin CR, Haymore B, Nelson M, McClenathan B, Johnson J, Engler RJM. “Cutaneous Reactivity to Smallpox Vaccine: Gender and Product Differences.” JACI 2009; 123: S163
Wolverton WO, McClenathan BM. Prolonged Hypogammaglobulinemia after adjuvant rituximab for Hodgkin’s lymphoma presenting with refractory urticaria.” Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 2012; 109: 473-474.
Engler RJM, Nelson MR, Collins Jr. LC, Spooner C, Hemann BA, Gibbs BT, Atwood JE, Howard RS, Chang AS, Cruser DL, Gates DG, Vernalis MN, Lengkeek MS,
Bruce M. McClenathan, MD, Delisha A. Stewart, PhD, Christina E. Spooner, MS Wimal W. Pathmasiri, PhD, Jason P. Burgess, PhD, Susan L. McRitchie, MS, Young S. Choi, MD, Susan C.J. Sumner, PhD. Metabolites as Biomarkers of Adverse Reactions Following Vaccination: A Pilot Study using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Metabolomics

Michael Morris, MD

Benjamin Morrow, MD, FASN

Cristin Mount, MD

Austin Parker, MD

Austin Parker, MD, Commander, Navy

Name: Austin Parker, MD, Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Staff Nephrologist

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA

Research Interests:
Hypertension
Hyperaldosteronism

Email:

austin.l.parker4.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(757) 953-2051

Education

Catholic University of America, Bachelors of Nursing - 1998
Uniformed Services University, MD - 2002
NMCP, Internal Medicine Internship - 2003
Naval Undersea Medical Institute, UMO - 2004
NMCP, Internal Medicine Residency - 2010
WRNMMC, Nephrology Fellowship - 2012

Biography

Commander Austin L. Parker
Medical Corps, United States Navy

Commissioned in May 1998, Commander Austin Parker earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Catholic University of America before attending medical school at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He completed Internal Medicine Internship in 2003 at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) and proceeded to Naval Undersea Medical Institute, earning the Diving Medical Officer qualification.
CDR Parker then served as an Undersea Medical Officer for Naval Submarine Support Center Kings Bay, GA, including 2 years as Department Head. While there, he earned the Submarine Medical Officer warfare qualification and the SSBN Deterrent Patrol insignia aboard the USS WYOMING (SSBN 742 BLUE).
CDR Parker then returned to NMCP in 2008 where he completed Internal Medicine Residency. He subsequently continued training at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for Nephrology Fellowship, graduating in 2012.
After completing fellowship, CDR Parker returned to NMCP as a staff nephrologist, serving as Division Head from July 2013 until January 2015. From 2013 through 2016, CDR Parker served as the Director for Medical Services for USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20) in preparation for and deployment during CONTINUING PROMISE 2015. While there, he led over 90 healthcare providers from all branches of the US military, seven international partner militaries, and four non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in delivering healthcare to over 125,000 patients in eleven countries. Beyond the complexities of direct medical care in austere environments, his directorate also created extensive education programs for local providers, created and delivered a grand rounds lecture series, trained a cadre of 20 junior-/mid-grade officers as future Medical Engagement site leaders, and provided educational courses that led to over 40 officers earning the Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Response AQD.
Beginning late in 2015, CDR Parker helped create and launch a new Professional Development program for Medical Corps officers. This quickly grew to become a command-wide program with average monthly attendance rising to over 100 officers. CDR Parker serves on several command committees and is the DMS representative to MEC since 2016.
CDR Parker is dual board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, as well as a life-member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Eastern Virginia Medical School. His decorations include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation medal (four) and various unit awards.

Phillip Perrinez, M.D., Ph.D.

Phillip R Perrinez, M.D., Ph.D., Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Name: Phillip R Perrinez, M.D., Ph.D., Lieutenant Commander, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Cardiology Fellow

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Research Interests:
Advanced imaging modalities in cardiovascular disease
Mechanical modeling of biologic tissues

Email:

phillip.r.perrinez.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(619) 532-7400

Education

MD 2013 University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
PhD 2008 Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
MS 2005 Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
BS 2003 University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Chief of Residents, Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego (2016-2017)
Staff Internist, Naval Medical Center San Diego (2016-2017)

Bibliography

1. MD McGarry, EE Van Houten, PR Perrinez, AJ Pattison, JB Weaver, KD Paulsen, An octahedral shear strain-based measure of SNR for 3D MR elastography. Phys Med Biol. 56(13), N153–64, Jul 2011.
2. EE Van Houten, D Viviers, MD McGarry, PR Perrinez, II Perreard, JB Weaver, KD Paulsen, Subzone based magnetic resonance elastography using a Rayleigh damped material model. Med Phys. 38(4), 1993–2004, Apr 2011.
3. AJ Pattison, SS Lollis, PR Perrinez, IM Perreard, MD McGarry, JB Weaver, KD Paulsen, Time-harmonic magnetic resonance elastography of the normal feline brain. J Biomech. 43(14), 2747–2752, Oct 2010.
4. PR Perrinez, AJ Pattison, FE Kennedy, JB Weaver, KD Paulsen, Contrast detection in fluid-saturated media with magnetic resonance poroelastography. Med Phys. 37(7), 3518–3526, Jul 2010.
5. PR Perrinez, FE Kennedy, EEW Van Houten, JB Weaver, KD Paulsen, Magnetic resonance poroelastography: an algorithm for estimating the mechanical properties of fluid-saturated soft tissues. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 29(3), 746–755, Mar 2010.
6. PR Perrinez, FE Kennedy, EEW Van Houten, JB Weaver, KD Paulsen, Modeling soft poroelastic tissue in time-harmonic MR elastography, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 56(3), 598–608, Mar 2009.
7. PR Perrinez, FE Kennedy, JB Weaver, KD Paulsen, Assessing the feasibility for a poroelastic reconstruction algorithm in MR elastography, XP Hu and AV Clough, Eds., vol. 7262, no. 1. Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA: SPIE, Feb 2009, p. 72621E–7.
8. AJ Pattison, SS Lollis, PR Perrinez, JB Weaver, KD Paulsen, MR elastography of hydrocephalus. XP Hu and AV Clough, Eds., vol. 7262, no. 1. Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA: SPIE, Feb 2009, p. 72620A–8.
9. PR Perrinez, SP Marra, FE Kennedy, KD Paulsen, 3D finite element solution to the dynamic poroelasticity problem for use in MR elastography, A Manduca and XP Hu, Eds. vol. 6511, no. 1. San Diego, CA, USA: SPIE, Feb 2007, p. 65111B.

Heather Pomerantz, MD

Rechell Rodriguez, MD, FACP

Rechell G Rodriguez, MD, FACP, Colonel, Air Force

Name: Rechell G Rodriguez, MD, FACP, Colonel, Air Force

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Associate Dean for Regional Education & Academic Support

Faculty Rank:

Associate Professor

Location:

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Research Interests:
Faculty Development
Innovation of Education

Email:

Rechell.G.Rodriguez.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 913-5439

Department Website:

Associate Deans

Education

2010 Stanford Faculty Development Center (SFDC) - Clinical Teacher Program, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2000 Wilford Hall Medical Center (WHMC) - Internal Medicine Internship & Residency-San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), San Antonio, TX
1997 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine - MD, Bethesda, MD
1992 University of California, San Diego - BS Biochemistry and Cell Biology, San Diego, CA
1989 Southwestern College - AS Chemistry with Honors, Chula Vista, CA

Biography

Colonel (Dr.) Rechell G. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). She is the USUHS Associate Dean for Regional Education & Academic Support providing faculty development at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, David Grant Medical Center, and Mike O’Callaghan Federal Hospital. She is an active duty Air Force Internal Medicine faculty member. On faculty of USUHS, Department of Medicine since 2005, she was the Clerkship Director of the Internal Medicine Clerkships Program from 2005-2016. She co-directed the oversight of 7 Internal Medicine clerkship sites across the Military Health System at Madigan Army Medical Center, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Antonio Military Health System, Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, and District of Columbia VA Medical Center. Her areas of expertise include Internal Medicine, the Stanford Faculty Development Center-Clinical Teacher Program, and faculty development for undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, and continuing medical education. She was the Chair, GMEC Faculty Development subcommittee at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC) from 2013-2016 where she provided institution-wide faculty development initiatives through her creation and delivery of the annual New Teaching Faculty Orientation Course, the annual New Chief Resident Symposium, the quarterly Women in Medicine seminars, the Stanford Faculty Development Center-Clinical Teacher courses, and 62 faculty development resources online via New Innovations. From 2000-2016 she served as core faculty for 3 different Internal Medicine Residency Programs to include David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB; Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB; and San Antonio Military Medical Center, previously known as Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX. She was appointed by the Air Force Surgeon General LTG Charles Green to be the American College of Physicians (ACP), Governor of the Air Force Chapter from 2010-2013. Through her leadership, the Chapter held 3 annual meetings, received 3 Chapter Excellence Awards and the John Tooker Evergreen Award for the collaborative efforts of holding the first ever Tri-Service Military ACP meeting in 2012.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

2006 Air Force Excellence in Clinical or Academic Teaching (MF) Special Experience Identifier (SEI)
2013 Air Force Clinical Academic Grand Master (ME) Special Experience Identifier (SEI)
2014 LTG Paul K. Carlton SAUSHEC Outstanding Faculty Award
2015 USUHS School of Medicine Dean’s Impact Award
2017 American College of Physicians (ACP) Laureate Award

Bibliography

Rodriguez RG, Hawley-Molloy JS. Revamping Journal Club for the Millennial Learner. Journal of Graduate Medical Education 9 (3):377-378, Jun 2017. PMID 28638526
Hemmer PA, Dadekian GA, Terndrup C, Pangaro LN, Weisbrod AB, Corriere MD, Rodriguez R, Short P, Kelly WF. Regular Formal Evaluation Sessions are Effective as Frame-of-Reference Training for Faculty Evaluators of Clerkship Students. Journal of General Internal Medicine 15 (7): epub, 2015. PMID 26173519
Nagy CJ, Zernzach RC, Jones WS, Bowe SN, Rodriguez RG. Quality improvement and patient safety milestones for the continuum of physician development. Journal of Graduate Medical Education 6 (4):793-794, Dec. 2014. PMID 25512808
Rodriguez RG, Pangaro LN. AM Last Page: Mapping the ACGME Competencies to the RIME Framework. Academic Medicine 87(12):1781, 2012. PMID 23187923
Rodriguez R., Mai, D. The Hidden Curriculum. Military Medicine 177 (9):999-1001, 2012. PMID 23025126
Varma J, Rodriguez R, and Mansi IA. Reasoning and evidence-based medicine: common pitfalls. Southern Medical Journal 105(3):167-172, 2012. PMID 22392214
Denton GD, Rodriguez R, Hemmer PA, Harder J, Short P, and Hanson JL. A Prospective Controlled Trial of the Influence of a Geriatrics Home Visit Program on Medical Student Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes towards Care of the Elderly. Journal of General Internal Medicine 24(5):599-605, 2009. PMID 19294472
King MM, Rasnake MS, Rodriguez RG, Riley NJ, Stamm JA. Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter-associated Thrombosis: Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Risk Factors in Adult Patients. Southern Medical Journal 99(10):1073-1077, 2006. PMID 17100027
Rodriguez, R. Hemmer, P. Descriptive Evaluation of Students on Clinical Rotations. Alliance for Clinical Education Guidebook for Clerkship Directors, 4th edition, B.Morgenstern, general editor, Gegensatz Press, 2012
Rodriguez, R. Hemmer, P. Descriptive Evaluations and Clinical Performance Evaluations in the Workplace. Alliance for Clinical Education Handbook on Medical Student Evaluation and Assessment, 1st edition, L. Pangaro and W. McGaghie, editors, Gegensatz Press, 2015

Bernard Roth, MD

Stephen Salerno, MD, MPH

Gilbert Seda, MD, PhD

Gilbert Seda, MD, PhD, Captain, Navy

Name: Gilbert Seda, MD, PhD, Captain, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Research Interests:
Sleep disorders
Lung Cancer

Email:

gilbert.seda.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(619) 248-2758

Education

1983-85 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Religion, California Baptist University, California
1986-88 Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University, California
1988-92 Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University, California
2000-04 Doctor of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Virginia
1995-97 Psychopharmacology Fellowship, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
2004-05 Internal Medicine Internship, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
2005-07 Internal Medicine Residency, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
2007-10 Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, Naval Medical Center San Diego
2012-13 Sleep Medicine Fellowship, University of Colorado/National Jewish Health

Biography

CAPT Seda completed his undergraduate training at California Baptist University with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Psychology. He then completed my Master’s degree and Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology at the Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University. He was commissioned in the US Navy as a Clinical Psychologist in the Medical Service Corps and served for approximately 9 years. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and served as a Clinical Psychologist at Naval Hospital Corpus Christi and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Psychopharmacology at the Uniformed Services University and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

CAPT Seda went to Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed his internal medicine internship and residency at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. He then completed a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at Naval Medical Center San Diego and a Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and American College of Chest Physicians.

CAPT Seda served as the Chairman of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the Naval Medical Center San Diego from 2013 to 2016. His research interests include obstructive sleep apnea, lung cancer screening, critical care and pulmonary medicine in humanitarian missions, and the practice of critical care medicine in the military.

CAPT Seda served as the Director of Medical Services for the USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) from March 2014 until November 2015 where he had a key leadership role in global health engagement, disaster preparedness, and coordinating direct health care to underserved populations in Pacific Partnership 2015.

In 2011, CAPT Seda was the sole adult intensivist and Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit, NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit, Afghanistan providing critical care services to NATO coalition forces, Afghan National Security Forces, and Afghan national adult and children suffering from combat-related trauma.

CAPT Seda currently serves on the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Fundamentals of Critical Care Support (FCCS) and Fundamental Disaster Management (FDM) committees.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Department Chairman, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 2013-2016
Director of Medical Services, USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), 2014-2015
Director, Lung Injury Research Program, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 2011-2012
Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit, NATO Role 3, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2011

Bibliography

Seda G, Sanchez-Ortuno MM, Welsh CA, Halbower AC, Edinger JD. Comparative meta-analysis of prazosin and imagery rehearsal therapy for nightmare frequency, sleep quality, and posttraumatic stress. J Clin Sleep Med 2015; 11(1): 11-12. PMID: 25325592
Seda G, Lee-Choing T, Harrington J. Sleep derangements in central nervous system infections. Sleep Med Clin. 2012; 7:703–711.
Seda G, Tsai S, Lee-Chiong TL. Medication effects on sleep and breathing. Clin Chest Med 2014; 35: 557-569
Seda G, Stafford C, Parish J, Praske S, Daheshia M. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and vascular disease delay timeliness of early stage lung cancer resectional surgery. COPD. 2013 10(2): 133-7. PMID: 23537504
Seda G, Meyer JM, Amundson DE, Daheshia M. Plasmapheresis in the management of severe hypertriglyceridemia. Crit Care Nurse. 2013 33(4): 18-23. PMID: 23908166
Daheshia M, Prahl JD, Carmichael JJ, Parrish JS, Seda G. The immune response and its therapeutic modulation in bronchiectasis. Pulm Med. 2012;2012:280528. doi: 10.1155/2012/280528. Epub 2012 Oct 10.PMID: 23094149
Seda, G, Stafford CM, Parrish JS, Praske SP, Daheshia M. Population characterization, histological evaluation and timeliness of care of surgical non-small cell lung cancer patients in a military academic medical center. Mil Med. 2012 Jun;177(6):748-51. PMID: 22730854
Matwiyoff GN, Prahl JD, Miller RJ, Carmichael JJ, Amundson DE, Seda G, Daheshia M. Immune regulation of procalcitonin: a biomarker and mediator of infection. Inflamm Res. 2012 May; 61(5):401-9. PMID: 22354317
Amundson D, Seda G, Daheshia M. Recognizing asthma mimics and asthma complications. Mil Med. 2011 Oct; 176(10):1162-8. PMID: 22128653
Reynolds EB, Seda G, Ware JC, Vinik AI, Risk M, Fishback NF. Autonomic function in sleep apnea patients: Increased heart rate variability except during REM sleep in obese patients. Sleep Breath. 2007 Mar; 11(1): 53-60. PMID: 17171554.

Michael Stein, MD

Michael T. O. Stein, MD

Name: Michael T. O. Stein, MD

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Associate Clerkship Director, USUHS Internal Medicine Clerkship

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA

Research Interests:
Professional Identity Formation
Clinical Reasoning

Email:

Michael.t.stein.civ@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(253) 968-5699

Education

University of California, San Diego. BA, Microbiology, 1990.
Uniformed Services University. MD, 1994.

Biography

Dr. Stein graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology in 1990 and received his MD degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Stein completed his internal medicine training at the county hospital affiliated with Stanford University, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, in 1997. As a primary care internist, Dr. Stein went on to fulfill his Uniformed Services University obligation as an officer in the United States Public Health Service by working with an underserved community in Albany, Georgia, and subsequently by working with the Native American population at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center. After completing his service obligation, Dr. Stein entered fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Maryland and graduated in 2007.

After fellowship, Dr. Stein initially entered private practice; however, in 2012 due to his desire to spend more of his professional time teaching, Dr. Stein accepted the position of Site Director for his alma mater’s internal medicine satellite clerkship at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington where he is currently an Assistant Professor. Dr. Stein believes his choice to re-enter medical education mid-career has given him a fresh perspective on which to view the challenges medical learners face during their training and to create innovate strategies to help them overcome such challenges. Dr. Stein’s research focuses on understanding and fostering the development of clinical reasoning skills and professional identity formation in medical learners.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Associate Clerkship Director, Uniformed Service University Internal Medicine Core Clerkship, Madigan Army Medical Center satellite location

Bibliography

Biosketch Link:

Michael Stein's Bibliography

Dustin Thomas, MD

Dustin M Thomas, MD, Major, Army

Name: Dustin M Thomas, MD, Major, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Director, Cardiac CT Imaging & Cardiovascular Research

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
Cardiac CT
Preventive Cardiology

Email:

dustin.m.thomas4.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-6407

Education

BS - DePauw University 2002
MS - Indiana University 2005
MD - Indiana University School of Medicine 2008
Residency, Internal Medicine - Madigan Army Medical Center 2011
Fellowship, Cardiology - Brooke Army Medical Center 2015

Biography

Dr. Dustin Thomas completed an undergraduate degree in chemistry from DePauw University in 2002. He went on to graduate from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 2008 followed by an internal medicine residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington. He served as the chief of medical residents at Madigan for one year before accepting a cardiology fellowship position at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. After fellowship, he remained at BAMC as a cardiology staff were he assumed the duties of Director, Cardiac CT Imaging and Cardiovascular Research. He has published multiple manuscripts on coronary CTA and CAC scoring in symptomatic patients. His research interests include coronary CTA for emergency department, CT perfusion, coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring in risk stratification, and cardiovascular disease manifestations in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Dr. Thomas deployed to Kuwait (Camp Arifjan) in Aug 2016 in support of Operation Spartan Shield. In 2017, he accepted the position of co-chair of the newly minted regional health command-central (RHC-C) institutional review board (IRB). In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Jennifer, and his 3 children, Joshua, Madelyn, and Jacob.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Chief of Medical Residents - Madigan Army Medical Center 2011-2012
John McClure Outstanding Fellow Teacher - 2015
Commander's Award Quality Improvement - 2015
Chair, Fellow and Resident In Training Committee (FiRST) Society of Cardiovascular CT - 2015
Chair, Institutional Review Board RHC-C - 2017

Bibliography

21. Cheezum MK, Kim A, Bittencourt MS, Kassop D, Thomas DM, Nguyen B, Glynn RJ, Shah NR, Villines TC. Association of Tobacco Use and Cessation with Coronary Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis 2017;257:201-2016
19. Kelly FR, Hull RA, Arrey-Mbi TB, Williams MU, Lee JS, Slim AM, Thomas DM. Left Atrial Appendage Morphology and Risk of Stroke Following Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Drug-Refractory Atrial Fibrillation in Low CHA2DS2Vasc Risk Patients. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017;17:70
18. Maliel KT, Furgerson JL, Thomas DM. Training in Cardiac CT: a Continuously Evolving Modality. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep 2016;9:20
17. Goins BS, Henderson A, Lin CK, Charmforoush A, Arrey-Mbi TB, Prentice RL, Slim JN, Gore RS, Cury RC, Slim AM, Thomas DM. Total Effective Radiation Dose Attributable to Medical Imaging Following Emergency Department Evaluation for Acute Chest Pain Initially Evaluated with Coronary CT Angiography Compared with Usual Care. Arch Cardiovasc Imaging 2015;3(3):e34647
16. Thomas DM, Brank K, Cury RC. The PROMISE of Coronary CT Angiography: Precise and Accurate Diagnosis and Prognosis in Coronary Artery Disease. South Med J 2016;109(4):242-247
15. Thomas DM, Divakarn S, Villines TC, Nasir K, Shah NR, Slim AM, Blankstein R, Cheezum MK. Management of Coronary Artery Calcium and Coronary CTA Findings. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep 2015;8:18
11. Jones RL, Thomas DM, Barnwell ML, Fentanes E, Young AN, Barnwell R, Foley AT, Hilliard M, Hulten EA, Villines TC, Cury RC, Slim AM. Safe and Rapid Disposition of Low to Intermediate Risk Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Chest Pain: A 1 Year High Volume Single-Center Experience. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2014;8:375-383
5. Thomas DM, Anderson D, McRae F, Ellis S, Slim AM. Open versus endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: incidence of cardiovascular events in 8,314 subjects in a Department of Defence cohort over 6 year follow-up. Vascular 2015;23(3):234-9
3. Prentice RL, Barnwell ML, Thomas DM, Ahmadian HR, Jones RJ, Lin CK, McDonough RJ, Rubal B, Slim AM. Utility of per vessel coronary artery calcium (CAC) score in symptomatic patients undergoing coronary computed tomography in predicting major adversce cardiovascular events: Case series and literature review. British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research 2014;4(22):3933-3940
1. Thomas DM, Shaw DJ, Barnwell ML, Jones RJ, Ahmadian HR, Prentice RL, Lin Charles K, Triana Taylor, Cheezum MK, Cury RC, Slim AM. The Lack of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease on Coronary CT Angiography Safely Reduces Downstream Cost and Resource Utilization during Subsequent Chest Pain Presentations. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2015;9(4):329-336

David Trowbridge, MD

Benjamin Vipler, MD

Benjamin S Vipler, MD, Lieutenant, Navy

Name: Benjamin S Vipler, MD, Lieutenant, Navy

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA

Email:

benjamin.s.vipler.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(757) 953-5642

Education

2012 MD University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
2008 BS University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Biography

Dr. Vipler grew up in upstate New York before moving to south Florida for his undergraduate education. At the University of Miami, Dr. Vipler studied biology, with minors in music and chemistry, and graduated cum laude. He went on to pursue his medical education at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine. Dr. Vipler matched to internal medicine internship training at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, part of the National Capital Consortium. He was selected for continued residency training and graduated in 2015. Dr. Vipler received the great honor of serving as Chief of Internal Medicine Residents at Walter Reed for the 2015-2016 academic year. Dr. Vipler’s first staff tour after chief year was as internal medicine residency core faculty at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Virginia where he served as Clinical Competency Committee Chair, Inpatient and Outpatient Medicine Rotation Director, and Undergraduate Medical Education Clerkship Director. Dr. Vipler is board certified in internal medicine and is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He has received certification in combat casualty care and the medical management of chemical and biological casualties, and has completed the Stanford Faculty Development Program. Dr. Vipler has presented workshops at multiple national meetings including the ACGME Annual Educational Conference and the APDIM Chief Residents Meeting. He has held a faculty appointment at the Uniformed Services University since 2013 and currently holds the rank of Assistant Professor of Medicine. Personal military decorations include two joint service commendation medals.

Bibliography

Peterson, T.J.; A.M. Webb; B.S. Vipler. Use of thromboelastography in the management of liver cirrhosis and accelerated intravascular coagulation and fibrinolysis (AICF). BMJ Case Rep. 2016. PMID – 27974342.
Vipler, Benjamin; Magee, Charles; Douglas, Kevin. A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID – 27276571.

William Wadzinski, MD

Robert Walter, MD, DHCE

Robert J Walter, MD, DHCE, Major, Army

Name: Robert J Walter, MD, DHCE, Major, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General for Medical Ethics

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location:

San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX

Research Interests:
Pulmonary, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Medical Ethics

Email:

robert.j.walter26.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 916-3316

Education

2014 – 2015 Fellowship, Sleep Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
2011 – 2014 Fellowship, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
2009 – 2011 Residency, Internal Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
2008 – 2009 Internship, Internal Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
2004 – 2008 Doctor of Medicine, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago
2002 – 2004 Doctor of Healthcare Ethics (DHCE), Duquesne University
2001 – 2002 Master of Arts in Healthcare Ethics, Loyola University Chicago
1997 – 2001 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Current: Associate Program Director, SAUSHEC Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Current: Site Director, Virtual Critical Care Consultation and Advanced Virtual Support for Special Operations Programs, San Antonio Military Medical Center
Current: Chair, Institutional Bioethics Committee, San Antonio Military Medical Center
Current: Director, Basic Sciences Spaced Education Curriculum, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
2016: Medical Director, Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit, 28th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq

Bibliography

Walter RJ. “The Foundations of Medicine and the Prophetic Voice of Catholic Healthcare.” Health Progress 87 (October 2006): 40-45. PMID: 16986470
Walter RJ. “I was Ill and You Cared for Me.” AMA Journal of Ethics 5(May 2007):333-335. PMID: 23228573
Walter RJ. “Recruiting for Military Scholarship Programs on Medical School Campuses.” AMA Journal of Ethics 9 (October 2007): 667-675. PMID: 23228573
Walter RJ. “Can Physicians’ Contractual Obligations Limit Their Professional Obligations?” AMA Journal of Ethics 11(October 2009): 755-760. PMID: 23206938
Kon AA, Walter RJ. “Health Care Ethics Consultation via Telemedicine: Linking Expert Clinical Ethicists and Local Consultants.” AMA Journal of Ethics. 2016 May 1; 18(5): 514-20. PMID: 27213882
Holley AB, Cohee B, Walter RJ, et al. Voluntary hyperventilation is superior to methacholine challenge testing for detecting airway hyperreactivity in nonathletes. J Asthma. 2012 Aug;49(6):614-9. PMID:22793526
Lettieri CJ, Walter RJ. Impact of Group Education on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Adherence. J Clin Sleep Med 2013; 9(6): 537-541. PMID: 23772185
Walter RJ, Moores LK, Jimenez D. Pulmonary Embolism: Current and New Treatment Options. Curr Med Res Opin 2014; Jul 15:1-15. PMID: 24983743
Msliwiec V, Walter RJ, Collen J, Wesensten N. “Military Sleep Management: An Operational Imperative.” Army Medical Department Journal; 2016 Apr-Sep; (2-16): 128-34. PMID: 27215880
Walter RJ, Moores LK. Venous Thromboembolism. Textbook of Critical Care (7th ed), 2015.

Ian Ward, MD, FACP

Ian M Ward, MD, FACP, Major, Army

Name: Ian M Ward, MD, FACP, Major, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location: Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl Germany

Research Interests:
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Rheumatology

Email:

ian.m.ward.mil@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(314) 590-6606

Education

2010 MD Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
2006 BS University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Biography

Dr. Ward began his military service through the Army ROTC program at the University of Notre Dame. After completion of his undergraduate degree at Notre Dame and his medical degree at Tulane University, Dr. Ward performed an Internal Medicine Residency at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. He remained as an academic internist at SAMMC, helping teach medical students, interns, and residents before entering into the Rheumatology fellowship at SAMMC. While a fellow, he made his mark in the research world by publishing multiple articles and heading an original IRB approved research project studying the ultrasonographic features of the posterior tibialis and peroneus brevis tendons in healthy subjects and subjects with inflammatory arthritis. He received further training in musculoskeletal ultrasound through USSONAR of which he remains a member. Currently, he is practicing at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

Staff Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Service, Department of Medicine, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany 2016 - present
Academic Internist, Department of Medicine, SAMMC, Ft. Sam Houston, TX 2013-14

Bibliography

Ward I, Kissin E, Kaeley G, Scott J, Newkirk M, Hill E, Hildebrand B, Kohler M, Lospinoso J, Higgs J. “Ultrasound Features of the Posterior Tibialis Tendon and Peroneus Brevis Tendon Entheses: A Comparison Study between Healthy Adults and Inflammatory Arthritis.” Arthritis Care Res. 2016. PMID 27998042
Ward I, Hiles P, Arroyo R, Downs W, Bell D. “Digital Pulp Ulcerations and Inverse Gottron Papules in MDA5-related Dermatomyositis.” J Clin Rheumatol. 2016;22(5)274-275. PMID 27464773
Ward IM, Schmidt TW, Lappan C, Battafarano DF. “How Critical is Tele-Medicine to the Rheumatology Workforce?” Arthritis Care Res. 2016;68(10):1387-9. PMID 26866514
Ward IM, Scott JN, Mansfield LT, Battafarano DF. “Dual Energy Computed Tomography Demonstrating Destructive Pseudogout of the Distal Radioulnar Joint Mimicking Tophaceous Gout on Radiography.” J Clin Rheumatol. 2015;21(6):314-317. PMID 26267716
Ward IM, Mortensen EM, Battafarano DF, Frei CR, Mansi I. “Association of Statins and Risk of Fractures in a Military Health System: a Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.” Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2014;48(11):1406-14. PMID 25070396
Ward IM, Fewell AE, Ferraro DM, Morris MJ. “Concurrent Acute Motor and Sensory Axonal Neuropathy and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura.” Military Medicine. 2013;178(3):e367-e371. PMID: 23707127
Ward IM, Ali SK. "Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Presenting as Febrile Pancytopenia." Federal Practioner. 2012;29:31-33.

Jana Wardian, PhD

Jana L Wardian, PhD

Name: Jana L Wardian, PhD

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Research Director, Diabetes Center of Excellence

Faculty Rank:

Research Assistant Professor

Location: Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, JBSA Lackland AFB

Research Interests:
psychosocial issues related to diabetes management
primary and secondary prevention

Email:

jana.l.wardian.ctr@mail.mil

Office Phone:

(210) 292-5037

Education

Arizona State University - Ph.D., School of Social Work, April 16, 2015
Arizona State University West - Master of Social Work, May, 2010
Northern Arizona University Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication, May, 2008

Biography

Jana Wardian, PhD is the Research Director for the Diabetes Center of Excellence (DCOE). She provides consultation for research projects conducted by endocrinologists, endocrine fellows, residents, and staff. In addition, she evaluates patient programming and outreach events for the DCOE. Dr. Wardian provides assistance in disseminating the evidence-based work of the DCOE through publications, training, and presentations.

Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments

National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and Center for Translational Diabetes Research (CDTR) Seminar (2012): Invited Scholar with all expenses paid.
Invited faculty for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Spring Clinicals 2013 in Orlando, FL; awarded $900 for travel expenses
Diabetes subject matter expert for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) for the Military Health Service Health Statistics Carepoint, 2017-present
Invited external editor for the 2016 Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Practice Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus, 2016
Non-voting member of the Wilford Hall Association for Accreditation of Human Research Participant Protection Programs (AAHRPP) committee, 2016-present. Accreditation awarded September 2017.
Diabetes Center of Excellence, Research Director, 2015-present
NIMHD Translational Health Disparities Course: Integrating Principles of Science, Practice and Policy in Health Disparities Research, Bethesda, MD, August 3-14, 2015 (one of 93 participants)

Bibliography

1. Cranston, M.M., True, M.W., Wardian, J.L., Carriere-Ducre, R.M., & Sauerwein, T.J. (2017). When military fitness standards no longer apply: The high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in recent Air Force retirees. Military Medicine, 182(7/8:el780). doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-16-00253. PMID:28810972
2. True, M., Folaron, I., Wardian, J., Colburn, J., Sauerwein, T., Beckman, D., Kluesner, J., Tate, J., Graybill, S., Davis, R., Paulus, A., Carlsen, D., & Lewi, J. (2017). Leadership Training in Endocrinology Fellowship? A Survey of Program Directors and Recent Graduates. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 1(3), 174-185.
3. Cobb, E., Watson, N., Wardian, J., Morrow, C., & Sauerwein, T. (2017). Glucagon Kits: Are your patients prepared for a hypoglycemic emergency?. AADE in Practice, 5(1), 12-17. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2325160316677575
4. Paulus, A., Colburn, J., True, M., Beckman, D., Davis, R., Wardian, J., Folaron, I., Lewi, J., & Graybill, S. (2016). Evaluation of total daily dose and glycemic control for patients taking U-500 regular insulin admitted to the hospital. Endocrine Practice, 22(10), 1187-1191. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27359287
5. Wardian, J. & Sun, F. (2015). Removing barriers to promote more positive thinking for people with diabetes: Implications for social work. Social Work. doi: 10.1093/sw/swv001. PMID 25929015 http://sw.oxfordjournals.org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/content/early/2015/01/19/sw.swv001.full
6. Wardian, J. & Sun, F. (2014). Factors associated with diabetes-related distress: Implications for diabetes self-management. Social Work in Health Care, 53(4), 364-381. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2014.884038. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029338
7. Wardian, J., Thaller, J., & Urbaeva, Z. (2014). The accumulation of multiple sources of psychosocial disadvantage and their correlation to reported overall health: Establishing a threshold. Social Work. doi: 10.1093/sw/swu049. PMID 25643575
8. Wardian, J., Robbins, D., Wolfersteig, W.L., Dustman, P., & Johnson, T. (2013). Validation of the DSSI-10 to measure social support in a general population. Research on Social Work Practice, 23(1), 100-106. doi:10.1177/1049731512464582. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1049731512464582

Ramey Wilson, MD, MPH

Ramey L. Wilson, MD, MPH, Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Name: Ramey L. Wilson, MD, MPH, Lieutenant Colonel, Army

USU Department of Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Title:

Command Surgeon, Special Operations Command - Africa

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Research Interests:
Operational Medicine and Health Engagement
Global Health

Email:

Ramey.wilson@usuhs.edu

Office Phone:

(314) 421-3339

Education

General Internal Medicine Fellowship Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 2013 – 2015
Masters in Public Health (Global Health) Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 2013 – 2015
M.S. in Defense Analysis Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 2012 – 2013
Graduate Certificate in Stability Ops Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 2013
Internal Medicine Residency Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 2003 – 2005
Internal Medicine Internship Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 2002 – 2003
Doctor of Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 1998 – 2002
B.S. in Engineering Psychology United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 1990 – 1994

Biography

Raised in Hawaii and Oklahoma as the son of a career Marine Corps aviator, LTC Ramey Wilson graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1994 and was commissioned into the Field Artillery. Assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, he served as a Fire Support Officer, Battalion Reconnaissance/Survey Officer, Headquarters Battery Executive Officer, Firing Battery Executive Officer, and Battalion S-1/Adjutant.

Answering a call to serve as a military physician, Dr. Wilson matriculated into the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and graduated with his medical degree in 2002. After completing his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2005, he returned to Fort Bragg and served as a staff internist at Womack Army Medical Center. Deploying with the 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment to Afghanistan from 2007-2008 as a Battalion Surgeon, Dr. Wilson returned to Womack to serve as the Chief of Internal Medicine. During his 15-month deployment, LTC Wilson worked extensively with the local Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), local Ministry of Health, and Afghan physicians to improve the medical services for civilians and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).

In 2009, Dr. Wilson transferred to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) to stand up a new battalion medical section in the newly formed 4th Battalion. Deploying to Afghanistan a year later, he helped stand up the new Special Operations Task Force-Southeast in Uruzgan province. During the deployment, Dr. Wilson worked closely with the local PRT and AusAid to support the development of the Afghan civilian medical system. Following this assignment, LTC Wilson earned a Master’s Of Science Degree in Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), concentrating on Stability and Reconstruction studies. His thesis explored the role of developing health and medical support for security forces as part of security strengthening efforts. In addition to this degree, Dr. Wilson earned a graduate level certificate in Security, Stability and Development in Complex Operations (SSDCO).

In June 2013, LTC Wilson was a General Internal Medicine Fellow at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he earned his Masters in Public Health and focused on medical education and global health. His research consisted of a needs assessment of the current medical sustainment program for Special Forces Medics. As part of the program, Dr. Wilson worked extensively with the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) at the Uniformed Services University. His work with CDHAM included a review of their cultural training program and he serves as an instructor for the Global Health Engagement and Medical Stability Operations Course (GHEMSOC).

Following the completion of the General Internal Medicine Fellowship in 2015, Dr. Wilson assumed the role as the Command Surgeon for 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. In this position, he trained and prepared Special Forces Medics to deploy in support of current contingency missions, supervised the delivery of medical care to members of the organization, and ensured the unit’s medical readiness. He recently deployed as the Command Surgeon for Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan/NATO Special Operations Command Component-Afghanistan, where he supervised all medical support to Coalition Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan and directed the health engagement strategy to support Afghan Special Security Forces.

In 2017, LTC Wilson assumed the duties of Command Surgeon, Special Operations Command-Africa (SOC-AFRICA) the sub-unified command of AFRICOM. In this role he serves as the Director of the SOC-AFRICA Surgeon's Cell and overseas overseas the medical operations in support of Special Operations missions on the African Continent.

LTC Wilson is a graduate of the Naval War College’s Command and Staff Program, AMEDD Captain’s Career Course (Constructive Credit), AMEDD Officer Basic Course, the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Navy Dive Medical Officer’s Course, Army Flight Surgeon’s Course, Army Jumpmaster Course, Army Ranger School, Airborne School, and Air Assault Course.

His awards and decorations include: Bronze Star Medal with Two Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with Two Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal with Silver Leaf Cluster, Navy and Marine Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medical with Bronze Star, Afghan Campaign Medical with three Bronze Stars, Global War on Terror Service Medal, NATO medal with Bronze Star, Korea Defense Service Medal, Air Assault Badge, Combat Medic Badge, Combat Action Badge, Flight Surgeon Wings, Navy Dive Medical Officer Badge, Ranger Tab, and Senior Parachutist Badge. Dr. Wilson was inducted in the Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3) in 2014.

Bibliography

Wilson RL. “Disasters and Conflict Zones Around the World: The Roles and Relationships of Military and Nongovernmental Organizations.” Book Chapter in Igniting the Power of Community: The Role of CBOs and NGOs in Global Public Health, Springer, New York 2009, 109-141.
Hartzel J, Cohee B, Yu C, Nelson M, and Wilson R. “Moving beyond Accidental Leadership: A Graduate Medical Education Leadership Curriculum Needs Assessment. Accepted for publication and in press in Military Medicine.
Hays M, Andrews M, Wilson R, Callender D, O'Malley PG, Douglas K. “Reporting quality of randomised controlled trial abstracts among high-impact general medical journals: a review and analysis.” BMJ Open. 2016 Jul 28;6(7):e011082. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/7/e011082.long
Gaist PA and Wilson RL. Separate and Equal: Building Better Relationships with the International Humanitarian. Joint Forces Quarterly. 2016; 80(1st Quarter):45-53. http://dtic.mil/doctrine/jfq/jfq.htm
Wilson RL, Moawad FJ and Hartzell JD. “Lessons for Conducting Health Development at the Tactical Level.” Mil Med. 2015 April; 180(4):368–373. http://dx.doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00319 PMID: 25826340
Wilson RL and Dezee KJ. “Special forces medical sergeants perceptions and beliefs regarding their current medical sustainment program: implications for the field.” J Spec Ops Med. 2014 Winter; 14(4): 59-69. PMID: 25399370
Wilson, RL. "The Role of Medical Development in Support of Security." Combating Terrorism Exchange (CTX) Journal. 2013 Nov; 3(4): 35-39. Available at: https://globalecco.org/the-role-of-medical-development-in-support-of-security
Wilson RL, Truesdell A. “Firebase Medicine: Extending the Level I Aid Station.” Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. 2014 Sep; 160(3):207-10. doi: 10.1136/jramc-2013-000126. Epub 2013 Oct 14. PMID: 24125799.
Wilson, RL. "Be Wise, Not Foolish: Medical NGO Deterrence through an Insurgent Lens," Small Wars Journal, July 17, 2013. Available at: http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/be-wise-not-foolish-medical-ngo-deterrence-through-an-insurgent-lens
Mouwad FJ, Wilson RL, Kunar MT, Hartzell JD. “Role of the Battalion Surgeon in the Iraq and Afghanistan War.” Mil Med. 2012 Apr;177(4):412-416. PMID: 22594131.

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