WarDocs - The Military Medicine Podcast

   Adam currently serves as the Security Operations Supervisor at Global Rescue    In this episode, you will hear about the assessment and selection process for Special Forces medics and about the training that these medics receive and how this is put to the test in real-world situations such as deployments to the CENTCOM AOR as well as Africa.  Adam talks about preparing for prolonged field care...

   Dr. Peake served as the 40th Army Surgeon General and as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.    In this episode, you will hear about General Peake's early career deployed as an Infantry Platoon Leader in Vietnam, where he was injured in combat and was medically evacuated to a theater hospital. He describes his pathway in Military Medicine, beginning as a general surgeon and completing further tr...

    Dr. Eric Elster is the Dean of the School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD.    In this episode, you will hear about Dr. Elster’s Journey to becoming a combat-tested General Surgeon who later specialized by completing a transplant surgery fellowship.  Dr. Elster has deployed multiple times to combat zones and he shares some stories from his...

COL(R) Soderdahl is a retired Army Urologist with 30+ years on Active Duty and multiple deployments/missions across the globe.  He also is the Executive Director of WarDocs.      In this episode, we interview COL(R) Dr. Doug Soderdahl.  You will hear how military urologists support warfighters in deployed environments and at home.  Find out how a wannabee Army Helicopter Pilot found his way to Arm...

   Lt. Gen. (Ret) Ediger served as the 22nd Surgeon General of the Air Force.    On this episode of our Military Medical Mentorship Moments Series, Dr. Ediger focuses on how to develop and cultivate mentorship relationships.  You will hear him provide insightful answers to the following questions: What are the different types of Mentorship Relationships? Can one convert between one type and anothe...

Willis is a retired Command Master Chief after completing 32 years of service in Navy Medicine.  In this episode, CMC Willis discusses his pathway to becoming a Navy Corpsman and the unique aspects of delivering shipboard medical and marine medical Care.  He deployed to both Desert Storm/Desert Shield and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the role of the Corpsman in combat and the preparations...

   Dr. Caravalho received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Gonzaga University and his medical degree from the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences. He completed an internal medicine residency and nuclear medicine and cardiology fellowships.    Dr. Caravalho served in several clinical roles and operationally as a medical officer in the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Gr...

    MG (R) Jonathan Woodson, MD, is the current president of the Uniformed Services University.  He has a long career in the US Army Reserves, where he has had multiple deployments to combat zones. He most recently served as the Commanding General of the US Army Medical Reserve Command and, before that, was the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. In these roles, he helped shape the...

     BG Mary V. Krueger was commissioned through the Health Professions Scholarship program and received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in 1995 from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed residency training in Family Medicine in 1998 and Faculty Development Fellowship in 2002, both at Madigan Army Medical Center. She is board certified in Family Medicine and earned a M...

CAPT Liotta is a Naval Academy graduate and received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).  After completing a General Surgery Internship, he was selected for additional training at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola, FL, where he earned designation as a Naval Flight Surgeon.  He then deployed to Iraq with a Marine Unmanned Vehicl...

COL (Dr.) Horvath is a veteran of the US Army Reserve Medical Corps, having served in three deployments to Iraq. He is an internal medicine physician specializing in occupational medicine and pulmonary disease. His first deployment to Iraq was at the age of 56 after a 26-year break in military service, having served as a U.S. Navy officer earlier in his career. He returned to the military, in part...

LTC (R) Steve Peth is a highly decorated Vietnam Medevac pilot and is even in the Dustoff Hall of Fame. Upon retirement from the military and the Raytheon corporation, he continued to serve the nation’s brave soldiers in the Department of Rehabilitation at Walter Reed. He helps organize the volunteer force and discusses many unique ways the nation gives to those who have given their limbs and are...

MG(R) David Rubenstein spent 12 years in command and ended his 35-year Army career as Army Deputy Surgeon General and then Commanding General of the Army Medical Department Center and School and, concurrently, as 16th Chief of the Medical Service Corps.  General Rubenstein is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the Army War College and has a master’s degree in Health Administration from Baylor...

  Pete has served and deployed with Fleet Marine Force RECON and was an instructor at the Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center.  He is currently a Senior Enlisted Leader with the 2nd Marine Reconnaissance Battalion. He is incredibly passionate about wellness, suicide prevention, and extremely demanding medical training.  Pete is the Joint Trauma System’s Wellness Leader and has develop...

     COL Andrew Morgan is a NASA Astronaut who performed over 45 hours of spacewalks on a 9-month spaceflight to the International Space Station. He is an emergency medicine physician with fellowship training in Sports Medicine. He also supported Special Operations soldiers in combat with the 3rdSpecial Forces Group (Airborne) “Desert Eagles” during combat deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Afr...

      Dr. Crosland is a graduate of West Point and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.  She is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. She has held many significant responsibilities in her Army Medicine Career.  She currently serves as the Deputy Surgeon General of the Army and Chief of the Army Medica...

    LTC(R) Steve Peth was studying to be a musician and music teacher when he joined the Army during the Vietnam War. His desires and skill set led him to Army Aviation where he was selected among top performing candidates to become an air evacuation helicopter pilot. He flew many amazing missions evacuating wounded combatants from the battlefield and encountered hostile fire on many occasions.  H...

Col (Dr.) Donald Jenkins is a Trauma Surgeon at UT Health San Antonio, who deployed multiple times to the Middle East with the Air Force during his 25-year career on active duty. His research efforts have helped bring whole blood transfusions to the battlefield and to emergency medical systems stateside. With the development of the Joint Trauma System, he was able to use real-time data to help imp...

   LTG(R) Ronald Blanck, DO served in multiple leadership positions across the globe in his 32 years in the Army. These assignments include Commander of Berlin Army Hospital, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at the Uniformed Services University, commander of Walter Reed Medical Center, and Surgeon General of the US Army. After his career in the Army, he served as the President of the University o...

CAPT (R) Dr. James Cole joined the Navy and served three years in operational tours after his internship, becoming a parachutist and Scuba Diver with the 1st Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Intelligence Group. He then trained in general surgery and became the first Navy Doc selected to be a surgeon with the Joint Special Operations Command. He deployed to combat with Seal Team 6. He has deploy...

COL Dr. Jeremy Pamplin is the Commander of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research unit (TATRC). He is a critical care trained internal medicine physician who has had two deployments to busy combat support hospitals in Ibn Sina Hospital in Baghdad and Camp Bastion in Helmand, Afghanistan. He has served as a critical care physician at Madigan hospital and in San Antonio at the US Army Ins...

COL (R) Dr. Sean Keenan served as Command Surgeon for Special Operations Command Europe, 10thSpecial Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Group, and as a Special Forces Augmentee. He also served as a flight surgeon, Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines Surgeon, Emergency Medical System Medical Director, and Chief of Emergency Medicine, in addition to multiple deployments. He was...

MAJ(R) Vasios served in the Army Special Forces in many capacities over his 34-year career. After a successful enlisted career in the 75th Ranger Regiment and 1st and 3rd Special Forces Group, he left the Army to attend the Wake Forest School of Medicine Physician Assistant Course.     Following his PA certification, he returned to the Army for a deployment to Iraq and two deployments to Afghanist...

Retired Sergeant Rob Jones served in the Marines as a combat engineer and was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.   On July 22nd 2010 in Afghanistan, while trying to clear an area for possible IEDs, Rob stepped on a pressure plate which led to a fierce explosion where he immediately lost his lower legs and nearly lost his life.    In this episode, you will hear Rob’s amazing journey of survival and...

   COL(R) Chuck Scoville is a Physical Therapist and received his graduate and doctoral degrees from Baylor University. He has served in various leadership roles at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (formerly WRAMC), including Chief of Amputee Patient Care Service. He currently serves as the Chief of the Department of Rehabilitation.    In this episode, Dr. Scoville discusses the unique...