WarDocs - The Military Medicine Podcast

  In this episode you will hear Dr. Lucci describe some interesting experiences he had working the FBI Hostage Rescue Team as well as the U.S. Marshals Service in overseas locations.  He talks about how he became interested in Bioterrorism Preparedness and how he became a subject matter expert in the Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Warfare casualties as well as Regional Disaster Resp...

  BG (Dr.) Shan Bagby discusses the importance of developing a culture that is diverse and respects the profession of arms.  He described the importance of diversity and equity in military culture and how biases can hold back the full potential of the system and leave talent on the table.  He describes his leadership experiences as the Commander of Brooke Army Medical Center, the largest military...

BG (Dr.) Shan Bagby discusses how at an early age a role model dentist inspired him to pursue a career in dentistry.  After earning his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree, he then went on to train in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Los Angeles and advance trauma fellowship training at UT Houston.  He describes complex cases that helped care for and his role as Commander of the 561st Medical Compan...

  In this episode you will hear Dr. Adams describe his journey as a Naval Academy graduate followed by 12 years in the Navy SEALS which ultimately led him to accept an Army Health Professions Scholarship to attend medical school and join Army Medicine.  He trained in Family Medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center and then was stationed at the Center of the Army Universe- Fort Bragg, NC.   You will...

  In this episode you will hear about how Dr. Gillingham joined the Navy and trained to become a pediatric orthopedic surgeon.  He recounts some interesting stories from his deployments as a surgeon and describes the genesis of the Comprehensive Combat and Complex Casualty Care Center and what it was like to be in charge of the Surgical Shock Trauma Platoon in Iraq.     Dr. Gillingham provides som...

     In this episode you will hear Dr. Ediger talk about what led him from an early career as a Rural Family Medicine Doc to join the Air Force to become a Flight Surgeon.  He provides a behind the scenes look at what it is like to train to become a Flight Surgeon in the Air Force and support a fighter aircraft squadron.  He relates his experiences while serving as Command Surgeon for the Air Forc...

CSM Delvalle is a retired 68W combat medic who conducted a combat jump into Panama, served as First Sergeant in a deployment to Kosovo, and rose to become the Command Sergeant Major of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.    In this episode you will hear CSM Delvalle describe how medics serve throughout the military medical system from operational units to assignments within Military Medical Treatment...

   Dr. Volpe, a family medicine physician, has a distinguished career of clinical excellence, leadership and service.   In this episode you will hear some exciting and engaging stories from multiple deployments across the globe.  Dr. Volpe was involved in Operation Just Cause in Panama in 1989 and then served as Task Force Ranger Surgeon during the Battle of Mogadishu (depicted in the major motion...

   In this episode you will hear Dr. Sears describe how Navy Medical Personnel are able to provide quality medical care while at sea, often with limited resources and direct support.  She provides some examples of challenging cases she faced as a General Medical Officer aboard the USS McKee.  Dr. Sears explains why sub-specialty surgeons such as herself are important in accomplishing the military...

Dr. Krueger currently serves as the Commanding General of the Army Atlantic Regional Health Command    In this episode you will hear about how Dr. Krueger utilized her Public Health education to assist the healthcare mission in Afghanistan in 2003.  She shares some stories from her time at Fort Bragg as the Residency Director for Family Medicine taking care of the 82nd Airborne Division and other...

   Dr. Wirt is currently the Chief of the Department of Radiology at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC).  In this episode you will hear about his journey from enlisting in the Army and going through Officer Candidate School to be commissioned as a Chemical Corps Officers.  He explains how this experience prepared him for his distinguished career in Military Medicine.  He explains the role a radiolo...

    After completing a stint as the XVIII Airborne Corps Command Surgeon, Dr. Bimson is currently a student at the Army War College.   In this episode you will about what a Cardiologist can do downrange as Dr. Bimson describes deployment experiences in Iraq (2007) and Afghanistan (2011).  Taking the road less travelled by physicians, he describes his experiences and lessons learned by attending Ra...

Dr. Starnes is a vascular surgeon at Harborview Medical Center and is the Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery for UW Medicine in Seattle, Washington.    In this episode Dr. Starnes shares his experience of being one of the first responders at the Pentagon on 9/11 and taking charge of managing the most injured patients onsite while the building was...

Dr. Napolitano is a Professor of OB/GYN at the University of Washington and at USUHS        In this episode you will hear how a Maternal-Fetal Medicine subspecialist utilized his surgical skills to expand the capabilities of deployed Combat Surgical Hospitals. Dr. Napolitano tells some incredible clinical stories of how deployed healthcare teams come together to provide awesome care in some very d...

Dr. Hepburn currently serves within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)    In this episode Dr. Hepburn shares stories and insights from his decades of experience as an Army Infectious Disease Physician.  He talks about leading domestic and international clinical research efforts on biodefense products while at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Disea...

   Dr. Carlton has a distinguished career of clinical excellence, leadership and service.  Lt. Gen. (Ret) Carlton served as the 17th Surgeon General of the Air Force   In this episode you will hear about the history of Air Evacuation in the military and how Dr. Carlton was instrumental in developing the Flying Ambulance Surgical Trauma Team (FAST) which later matured into the Critical Care Air Tra...

Dr. Murphy retired in 2021 and most recently served on Active Duty as the Deputy Surgeon General of the Air Force.    In this episode Dr. Murphy shares stories about growing up in a family of Irish Cops and his journey to the Air Force Academy and then becoming an Air Force Pediatrician.  He talks about the importance of military pediatricians and their unique mission around the globe both in comb...

   Dr. Schofer currently serves as the Deputy Chief of the Medical Corps (MC) at the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED).    In this episode Dr. Schofer shares his insights and stories from deployed experiences from OEF/OIF both as a General Medical Officer and later as an Emergency Medicine physician aboard the USS Pearl Harbor supporting the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.  He has extens...

   Dr. Renz currently serves as Deputy to the Commander at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC).   In this episode you will hear about the experiences Dr. Renz had and lessons he learned a completing a Senior Executive Fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and earning his master’s degree in Public Health and Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health.  His faculty advisor a...

   Dr. Renz has a distinguished 30+ year career in Army Medicine characterized by clinical excellence, leadership and service.   In this episode you will hear about the experiences Dr. Renz had as a Medical Service Officer with the 82nd Airborne Division where he became Ranger qualified and served as a jumpmaster.  He then served as an operations officer at USUHS, the military medical school train...

   Dr. Alarcon has a distinguished career of clinical excellence, leadership and service.  After 30+ years in the Army Medical Corps he currently is an Orthopedic Surgeon and the Director of Surgery and Specialty Care at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, St. Cloud VA Health Care System.     In this episode you will hear about some of the amazing experiences of Dr. Alarcon.  He talks about booke...

   Dr. Kiley has a distinguished career of clinical excellence, leadership and service.  After serving as Army TSG he went on to Chair the Dept of OB/GYN at Albany Medical College and is now retired from active practice.      In this episode you will hear some entertaining and inspiring stories and valuable insights from a remarkable clinical and administrative Military Medicine leader.  Dr. Kiley...

Mr. Paul Parker is a Consultant Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon with over 23 years’ experience specializing in injuries of the lower limb. He is the British Army's most senior Orthopedic Consultant, and has a busy NHS practice at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, the UK's largest level 1 trauma center.   The only consistent lesson of history is that men do not learn the lessons of history- Ald...

  MG Clark recently retired after 35+ years in the Army Medical Corps.  His most recent roles on Active Duty were Deputy Commanding General for Operations of the U.S. Army Medical Command and Chief of the Army Medical Corps   On this episode you will hear about the incredible experiences Dr. Clark had as an Army Medical Officer as he tells you about valuable lessons learned.  He describes peacekee...

In this episode, MG Daniel Walrath describes his experience with a life-threatening combat injury in remote northeast Afghanistan as Commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division in 2012.  While on combat infantry patrol, his unit encountered 2 suicide bombers who detonated explosive vests that resulted in the death of 4 soldiers and injured several critically including M...