Faculty

Bachelors Degree, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1988
Doctor of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1992
Residency in General Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 1997
Master in Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Public Health, San Antonio, TX, 2009
Residency in Aerospace Medicine, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX, 2010

Colonel Brueggemeyer is currently Vice Chair for Force Health Protection, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine and adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics. Her current duties focus on the development and execution of a force health protection curriculum in both didactic, lab and simulated exercise medium as part of the unique Military Medical Practice and Leadership curriculum at USU. Col Brueggemeyer participates in the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) curriculum with a focus on professional military medical officer identity development. She is Assistant Course Director for Principles of Toxicology. Finally, she serves as Air Force Senior Service Advisor to the Brigade Commander and USU senior leadership representing 75 USAF personnel billeted at the university.

Col Brueggemeyer received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis, MO in 1988 and a Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1992. She completed a General Surgery residency at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio then accepted a commission in the United States Air Force. She served as a Staff Surgeon with the 7th Medical Group, Dyess AFB then transitioned to Aerospace Medicine in 2001. She received a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in 2009 and completed the residency in Aerospace Medicine at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine in 2010. Col Brueggemeyer has held assignments as the Aerospace Medicine Squadron Commander, Chief of Aerospace Medicine and served as Director, Department of Instructional Programs at the Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute (DMRTI), Ft Sam Houston, Texas preparing senior DoD medical leaders for deployed and homeland security operations. She deployed with the 71st Rescue Squadron in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in 2002, as the CENTCOM Theater Validating Flight Surgeon in 2011 and as the 774 Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron Commander in support of New Horizons Belize 2013.

1995 – 1999 Bachelors of Science of Neurobiology and Physiology University Of Maryland, College Park, MD
2005 – 2006 Master of Science of Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases Georgetown University, Washington, DC
2006 – 2010 Doctor of Medicine USU Bethesda, MD

Major (Dr.) Grigory Charny MD, MS, FAAEM.

Major Grigory Charny was born August, 1977 in Minsk, Belarus. He graduated from Colonel Zadok Magruder High School in 1995 and University of Maryland as a Scholar in Life Sciences, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Neurobiology and Physiology. Upon graduation Grigory enlisted in the US Army. After Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Jackson, SC, Grigory applied for and was accepted to the US Army Officer Candidate School. He was assigned to the 11th Infantry Regiment while attending and completing Officer Candidate School, and received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry on 14 September 2000.

Grigory spent another year in training assigned to the 11th Infantry Regiment at Fort Benning, GA. While assigned to the regiment he attended the The US Army Airborne School, Infantry Officer Basic Course, Infantry Mortar Leader Course, and Ranger Course. Upon completion of this duty he reported to Alpha Company 2nd Battalion 35th Infantry Regiment located at Schofield Barracks, HI. Grigory was appointed the platoon leader for 2nd Platoon before being selected to command the HHC 2/35 Anti-Tank Platoon and later becoming HHC 2/35 Executive Officer. Next he deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (5) in 2004, and served as both the Anti-Tank Platoon Leader and HHC Executive Officer with the 2/35 Infantry located on Kan-dahar Airfield and Zabul Province. During the deployment, Grigory was appointed to serve as the Executive Officer for HHC 25th Infantry Division (L) and located on Bagram Airfield. Upon return to Schofield Barracks, HI, Grigory left the service in 2005.

Grigory completed a Masters Degree in Biohazards Threat Agents and Emerging Infec-tious Diseases from Georgetown University in 2006. Concurrently, he was working for SAIC, as a national security analyst, when he matriculated into Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, School of Medicine located Bethesda, MD. Grigory resigned his commission in the Infantry and was re-commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant of the Medical Service Corps. He graduated from medical school in 2010. Subsequently, Grigory was selected for an emergency medicine residency in San Antonio, TX, where he served as a Chief Resident. He completed his residency in 2013 and moved to Fort Bragg, NC.

Upon completion of his residency, Grigory became a Trauma co-Director, General Med-ical Education Director, and Medical Director for the Fort Bragg Emergency Services (largest in the DoD) while practicing as a full time attending physician at the Womack Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine. During his tenure there he deployed as the Chief of Emergency Medicine, Task Force Aviation Flight Surgeon, and Acting Deputy Commander of Clinical Services for Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo Hospital. Following his assignment at For Bragg, Dr. Charny next served as an attending physi-cian at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital’s Emergency Department. Currently, Grigory is a full time academic faculty of the Military and Emergency Medicine Department of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, School of Medicine.

Grigory’s professional interests currently are in trauma/medical shock resuscitation, hemostatic control devices, advanced learning devices, and medic/corpsman physician extender as supervised providers.

His awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commen-dation Medal (3rd award), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Overseas service Ribbon (2 numeral), and the National Defense Service Medal, as well as NATO Medal. His other decorations also include the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Flight Surgeon Badge, Ranger Tab, and Airborne Badge.

Grigory has a secret clearance and is a board certified emergency medicine physician and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Dr Charny has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and is currently actively involved in research. He is comfortable delivering medical care for operations in austere, isolated, and complex environments. Grigory is also versed in small arms, small unit tactics, and demolition.

Grigory has a son and a daughter; Gabriel (age 7) and Alana (age 11). His parents, Mi-khail and Mariya Charny reside in Gaithersburg, MD. He has one sister who is a pediatric nephrologist. She is teaching staff at John Hopkins University and lives in Gaithersburg, MD.

M.D. Jinzhou Medical University, Liaoning, China
M.S. National Institute of Sports Medicine, Beijing, China
Ph.D. Kent State University

Yifan Chen received his medical training with nearly five-year experience in sports medicine in China. Subsequently he obtained his Ph.D. in Physiology at Kent State University. Before joining USU, he was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Rochester and research assistant professor at Georgetown University.

B.S., Medical Microbiology, Stanford University (1975)
M.A. (1977), M.Phil. (1979), and Ph.D. (1980) degrees in Physiological and Social Psychology, Columbia University
Doctoral training in Pharmacology, Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons under a National Research Service Award (1976-79).

Neil E. Grunberg, Ph.D., is Professor of Military & Emergency Medicine (MEM), Medical & Clinical Psychology (MPS), and Neuroscience (NES) in the Uniformed Services University (USU) School of Medicine (SOM); Professor in the Graduate School of Nursing (GSN); Director of Research and Development in the USU Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program; and Director of Faculty Development for MEM. He is a medical and social psychologist who has been on faculty at USU since 1979. His role in LEAD is to ensure that the LEAD program and sessions are based upon sound evidence and scholarship and to oversee research relevant to leadership education and training (see www.usuhs.edu/usulead).

Dr. Grunberg earned baccalaureate degrees in Medical Microbiology and Psychology from Stanford University (1975); earned M.A. (1977), M.Phil. (1979), and Ph.D. (1980) degrees in Physiological and Social Psychology from Columbia University; and received doctoral training in Pharmacology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons under a National Research Service Award (NRSA, 1976-79). Dr. Grunberg helps train physicians, psychologists, and nurses to serve in the Armed Forces or Public Health Service, and scientists for research positions. He has published 200 papers addressing behavioral medicine, stress, and leadership. Dr. Grunberg has received awards from the U.S. Surgeon General, CDC, FDA, American Psychological Association, NIH, Society of Behavioral Medicine, and USU. He has served as President of the USU Faculty Senate and has chaired USU committees including: Strategic Planning; Manpower; Health, Safety, and Wellness; Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure. Outside USU, he has chaired Working Groups for the MacArthur Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In 2015, Dr. Grunberg was selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar (PLS).

Dr. Grunberg and his research group (see www.usuhs.edu/faculty/grunberg) study leadership, stress (psychological and physical, including mTBI and PTSD), and appetitive behaviors (including nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and food consumption). His teaching includes topics in leadership, social psychology, psychobiology, behavioral neuroscience, and sports psychology.

Dr. Grunberg has supervised 36 doctoral dissertations in Medical Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Neuroscience, and has served on many master and doctoral degree committees. He currently is training a GSN Ph.D. student. In addition, he mentors faculty members in MEM in his role as MEM Director of Faculty Development.

Years Program/Degree Institution
2011-2012 Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Denver Health Medical Center
Denver, CO
2006-2009 Emergency Medicine Residency Naval Medical Center San Diego
San Diego, CA
2002-2003 Transitional Internship Naval Medical Center San Diego
San Diego, CA
1998-2002 Doctor of Medicine Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
1998-2002 Master of Public Health Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
1994-1998 Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude) Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

CDR Hurst was born in Wausau, WI and accepted an ROTC scholarship to Northwestern University. She graduated in 1998 Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry. She went on to earn a Masters of Public Health degree and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern University in 2002.
After finishing a Transitional Internship at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) in 2003, CDR Hurst worked as a General Medical Officer in the Emergency Department before starting flight school in Pensacola, FL. She earned her wings of gold and completed a 2-year flight surgery tour at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece.
From 2006-2009, CDR Hurst returned to NMCSD to complete her residency in Emergency Medicine. She served as Academic Chief Resident in her final year of training. Following a short period serving as core academic staff physician at NMCSD, she deployed with 1st Medical Battalion to Helmand Provence, Afghanistan in 2010 and worked as an Emergency Physician with a Shock Trauma Platoon.
Upon return, CDR Hurst continued to serve as core academic faculty for the Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program. She completed a 1-year full time out service Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at Denver Health Medical Center in 2012. Afterwards, she returned to NMCSD as Director of Emergency Ultrasound and established a comprehensive point-of-care ultrasound training program for the Emergency Medicine Residency and Physician Assistant Training Programs. She also developed an annual regional point-of-care ultrasound course and created a deployment ultrasound training curriculum for General Medical Officers in the fleet and deploying personnel.
From 2013-2015, CDR Hurst served as Senior Medical Officer for the Director of Medical Services and developed a web-based Morbidity and Mortality database and worked with Department Heads to greatly improve departmental review and learning from such cases. In 2015, she became Associate Program Director for the emergency Medicine Residency. She has published numerous papers in peer reviewed journals and multiple book chapters and lectures regularly at the national and regional level.
CDR Hurst’s personal decorations include the Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal with gold star and the Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal with gold star. She is authorized to wear the Fleet Marine Force and Naval Flight Surgeon Warfare Devices. She is an Associate Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at Uniformed Services University.

1985 M.P.H. University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington
1980 M.D. Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
1976 B.S. Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee

Arthur L Kellermann MD, MPH is Professor and Dean of “America’s Medical School,” the Hébert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. Before joining USU, he held the Paul O’Neill-Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis at the RAND Corporation. From 1993-2010, he was professor and founding chair of Emergency Medicine and directed the Emory Center for Injury Control. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly IOM). A graduate of Emory University (MD) and the University of Washington (MPH), he is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine.

1992, BS - USAFA
1999, MD - USUHS
2002, 2009 - Board Certified in Family Medicine (Travis AFB-UC Davis Residency)
2001 - Board Certified in Emergency Medicine (WPAFB-Wright State University Residency)

After graduating with Academic Distinction from the USAF Academy in 1992, Col Kim started his military career as a Distinguished Graduate of the Aerospace Physiologist course. During this assignment at Offutt AFB, NE, he became interested in medicine and earned his MD from USUHS, graduating as the top Family Medicine student. He completed his Family Medicine residency as Chief Resident at Travis AFB, CA. After serving in Family Medicince and Flight Surgeon assignments, he continued his medical training by completing an Emergency Medicine residency at WPAFB, OH. He has served in Operational billets as a Flight Surgeon to two different Fighter Squadrons, has been the medical examiner on multiple aircraft Safety Investigation Boards and Accident Investigation Boards, and has served on multiple humanitarian/disaster relief engagements to the Arctic, Central America, Africa, as well as Indonesia for the 2004 tsunami relief effort. His assignments include: Offutt AFB (Nebraska), Travis AFB (California), Osan AB (Korea), Elmendorf AFB (Alaska), WPAFB (Ohio), Landstuhl Medical Center (Germany).

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Fine Arts, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Nebraska School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
Internship in General Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center, NYC, NY
Master of Public Health (MPH), Epidemiology/International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Emergency Medicine Residency, Georgetown/George Washington University Combined Program, Washington, DC

Dr. Kirsch is a board-certified emergency physician and expert in disaster management and science, austere medicine, and health care management. Prior to joining the Uniformed Services University Dr. Kirsch served as the Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Refugee and Disaster Response and a Professor at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Emergency Medicine (School of Medicine), Department of International Health (Bloomberg School of Public Health) and Department of Civil Engineering (Whiting School of Engineering).

Dr. Kirsch has consulted on disaster and humanitarian-related issues for organizations such as the CDC, WHO, UNICEF, PAHO, FEMA, OFDA, the American and Canadian Red Cross, and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. He has responded to the major disasters that have defined our times- domestic events such as hurricanes Katrina (2005), Sandy (2012) and Harvey (2017), the NYC response to the 9-11 terrorist attacks (2001); and global disasters such as the earthquakes in Haiti (2010), Chile (2010), New Zealand (2011), and Nepal (2015), the 2010 floods in Pakistan and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (2013) and the response to the Ebola epidemic in Liberia in 2014-15. In 2011 he served as a consultant to the Departments of State and Defense to assess the U.S. government’s response to the 2010 Haitian earthquake.

He is a globally recognized educator who has lectured extensively nationally and internationally on emergency medicine and disaster issues. He founded and directed the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Emergency Airway Management Course and the Austere Medicine course. He also taught masters-level courses Introduction to Humanitarian Emergencies and Public Health Methods in Disasters at the School of Public Health and the Disaster Medicine course in the School of Medicine. He directed the Hopkins Disaster Fellowship and has taught in Emergency Medicine Residency programs for 25 years. Dr. Kirsch has authored over 100 scientific articles, abstracts, and textbook chapters, and co-authored the austere medical textbook, Emergent Field Medicine (VanRooyen-Kirsch).

In 2013 he received the inaugural, ‘Disaster Science Award’ from the American College of Emergency Physicians and in 2014 the Clara Barton Award for Leadership from the American Red Cross. In 2014 he was also elected to Who’s Who in America and was invited to the White House to meet with President Obama and leading figures from the Administration in a ceremony and discussion to honor the, ‘Heroes in Healthcare Fighting Ebola’.

Education: B.S. in Medical Technology (2000) from the University of Scranton; MT from Scranton Medical Technology Consortium (2000); M.S. in Biochemistry (2002) from the University of Scranton. PhD in Chemistry (2008) from the University of Florida. Post-doctoral fellow in Kinesiology (2008-2010) at the University of Connecticut.

B.S. in Zoology, North Carolina State University (2007)
M.S. in Biology, University of Nebraska-Kearney (2013)
Ph.D. in Animal Sciences, University of Maryland (2018)

2003-2005: Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland
Degree: Masters in Public Health

1991-1992: Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Nirschl Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center
Arlington, Virginia

1985-1988: Family Medicine Residency
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center
301 Prospect Avenue
Syracuse, New York

1981-1985: State University of New York
Health Science Center
750 E. Adams Street
Syracuse, New York
Degree: Doctor of Medicine

1977-1981: United States Military Academy (USMA)
West Point, New York
Concentration: Basic Science
Degree: Bachelor of Science

Francis G. O’Connor, MD, MPH, Professor and Medical Director for the Consortium for Health and Military Performance, Uniformed Services University, has been a leader in sports medicine education and research for the military for over 30 years. Dr.O’Connor has authored over 90 peer reviewed articles in scientific journals and numerous book chapters/technical reports/health promotion resources for the military. In addition, Dr. O’Connor is the editor of eight texts on sports medicine including, the Textbook of Running Medicine, and Sports Medicine for the Primary care Physician 3rd Edition and ACSM’s Sports Medicine: A Comprehensive Review. He has been on the board of several leading organizations in sports medicine including the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and the American Medical Athletic Association and is a past President of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine. A Colonel in the United States Army, Dr. O’Connor is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and prior to his recent posting at Uniformed Services University in the Department of Military Medicine, served one year as a Command Surgeon with Special Operations in the Middle East. Dr. O’Connor is recipient of several awards for excellence in sports medicine research and education including the Korey Stringer Institute’s Korey Stringer Institute Lifesaving Research Award, presented by the NFL and Gatorade in 2012, and he was recently selected for an ACSM 2016 Citation Award, as well as the AMSSM's Founder's Award in 2017. He is a past Chair of the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine.

B.S. University of Illinois, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Major: Physiology, Minor; Chemistry
B.S. University of Illinois, College of Engineering, Major: Engineering Physics
Ph.D. Cambridge University, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Paul Rapp attended the University of Illinois as a James Scholar. He received a Bachelors degree in Physiology (minor in Chemistry, Summa cum Laude) and a second Bachelors degree in Engineering Physics (Summa cum Laude) in 1972. He then attended Cambridge University as a Churchill Scholar and received his Ph.D. in 1975. His doctoral work, under the supervision of Professor Sir James Lighthill, was conducted in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Following graduation he was elected to a Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. During this period he continued teaching in the Faculty of Mathematics and performed combined theoretical and experimental work in collaboration with Professor Sir Michael Berridge in the Invertebrate Chemistry and Physiology Unit at Cambridge. This work led to the publication of the calcium-cyclic nucleotide oscillator hypothesis. He joined the faculty of the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1979.

At present, Rapp is a Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University and Director of the Traumatic Injury Research Program. He also holds a secondary appointment as a Professor of Medical and Clinical Psychology. Previously he was a Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology at Drexel University College of Medicine (the successor organization to the Medical College of Pennsylvania) and Director of Research at the Clinical Research Center at Norristown State Psychiatric Hospital.

Professor Rapp was a Candidate at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis and has practiced as a psychotherapist/psychoanalyst at the Philadelphia Consultation Center.

He is a past editor of Physica, and has served on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Chaos and Complexity Letters, and Cognitive Neurodynamics. Past honors include a Certificate of Commendation from the Central Intelligence Agency for “significant contributions to the mission of the Office of Research and Development.”

Jonathan Scott, PhD, RD, CSSD, LD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine and part of the Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP). He earned a B.S. in Nutrition from Bradley University (2006), completed a Dietetic Internship and a M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from The Ohio State University (2008), and a Ph.D. in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences from The Ohio State University (2012). He has advanced training in sports nutrition and holds the distinction of being a board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. He conducts research and produces educational materials on a variety of topics related to performance nutrition and dietary supplements. Prior to his position at the Uniformed Services University, he was a sports dietitian at The Ohio State University for four years. While at OSU, he provided one-on-one counseling to athletes and served as the team dietitian for 10 varsity sports teams. He has worked with the military since 2012.

BS in Biology, Magna cum laude, Stonehill College, Easton MA
MD, cum laude, Albany Medical College, Albany NY
Emergency Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh PA

Kevin Semelrath, MD, FACEP, Maj, USAF, MC is an Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine. He is a residency trained and board certified Emergency Physician. In his current role, he teaches several courses in USU’s military unique curriculum. He is the Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director, advising and guiding students through their fourth year Emergency Medicine Clerkship; and he is the Course Director for Operation Bushmaster, the fourth year capstone event in the students’ military curriculum. This exercise pushes the students to apply all of their medical knowledge and leadership abilities in a simulated deployed environment.

Maj Semelrath is a native of New York. He received a BS in Biology, magna cum laude, at Stonehill College in Massachusetts in 2004. He then went on to Albany Medical College, earning his MD degree, cum laude in 2008. During medical school he accessioned to the US Air Force through the HPSP program. He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2011. He started his active duty career at San Antonio Military Medical Center. He was core faculty for the Emergency Medicine residency there, eventually serving as the acting Associate Program Director during his last year. During his time in Texas, Maj Semelrath had the privilege of deploying twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom- once to Bagram Air Field and then to Ramstein Air Base as a CCATT physician. His current academic interests are LGBTQ+ population health and increasing medical provider knowledge and comfort in treating the LGBTQ+ population.

Duke University, BA, 1973
University Of Minnesota, PhD, 1979

Utah State University BA, Liberal Arts (Magna Cum Laude) 1997
Utah State University MBA, 1999
Squadron Officers School (correspondence) March 2002
University of Colorado at Denver MS, Healthcare Administration, 2004
University of Colorado at Denver MS, Management of Information Systems, 2004
Squadron Officer School (in residence) Maxwell AFB, AL, Class 04-C (Top Third Graduate) 2004
Air Command and Staff College (seminar) May 2007
Air War College (correspondence) Dec 2012

Biography –
Lt Col Michael J. Stone
Assistant Professor, Military and Emergency Medicine Dept, USUHS
Director, Administration and Finance, MEM
United States Air Force, Medical Service Corps, MBA, MHA, MIS, FACMPE, CISSP, Security +

Lt Col Stone is the Director, Administration and Finance for the Military and Emergency Medicine (MEM) Department. He is also an Assistant Professor in MEM. He has a Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Healthcare Administration and a Master of Science in Information Systems. He has served over 17 years as a Healthcare Administrator in the Air Force in the roles of Resource Management Officer, Medical Logistics Officer, Group Practice Manager, Chief Information Officer, TRICARE Operations and Patient Administration Director, Chief of the Cyber Security Division of the Defense Health Agency, Inspector General and Medical Wing Administrator. Lt Col Stone deployed to Afghanistan as a Medical Planner for the NATO forces and Advisor to the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police Surgeons General. He also served as the deputy Medical Adviser to the Commander Resolute Support in Afghanistan. He is a Fellow with the American College of Medical Practice Executives and holds Security + and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certifications.
Lt Col Stone has worked tirelessly to optimize patient care by leveraging technology and fostering an environment of patient centered care in the Air Force Medical Service and Joint Service medicine. He was instrumental in breaking down barriers to accrediting new medical technology for all Services by establishing the Defense Health Agency Cyber Security Division. Lt Col Stone also taught and embodied the Principle Centered Leadership model as defined by Stephen Covey both in a civilian retail setting and throughout his military career. He is also engaged as a facilitator for group discussions on professional military ethics for healthcare providers and authored a chapter on Healthcare Information Systems in a unique Military Medicine textbook.
Lt Col Stone is married to the former Mylinda Redd of Farmington, Utah. They have twelve children: Brittany, Allison, Michael, Aunnika, Catherine, Hans, Daniel, Lucy, Gideon, Joseph, Isaac and Faith.