Dr. Lanny Boswell is currently a senior scientific advisor and coordinator with Naval Health Research Center San Diego, Warfighter Performance and Operational Readiness Directorate. His principal efforts are to integrate medical and scientific advancements with military operational forces. He works to coordinate research efforts to meet the needs of future deployment requirements of our warfighters.

Dr. Boswell previously served as Commanding Officer of the United States Naval Hospital Ship, USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20), the Commanding Officer of Naval Health Research Center in San Diego, CA and has held Operational Command as Theater Director of the CENTCOM Joint Combat Casualty Research Unit in Afghanistan. During his 35 years of service in the United States Navy, Dr. Boswell has held many joint-service, leadership, and operational positions. He has served throughout the world to include Europe, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

Dr. Boswell’s operational deployments included Carrier Strike Groups to the Arabian Gulf, humanitarian assistance missions to Kenya, Tanzania, Haiti, Cuba, and Romania, as well as medical civic actions in Iraq and tribal outreach missions in Afghanistan. He has also deployed to Iraq embedded with SEAL Team FIVE as part of the Navy’s first expeditionary musculoskeletal care team assigned to Special Operations Task Force West.

As a senior leader, Dr. Boswell has served as National Director of Research and Surveillance for the DoD-VA Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE), Director of Strategic Analysis for the Naval Service Training Command, and Director of Warfighter Performance Research Laboratory at the DoD’s Deployment Health Research Center.

Dr. Boswell currently serves on the Neuro-Musculoskeletal Injuries Research (NMSI) for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program and the Military Operational Medicine Research Programs, as well as the Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program (OPORP) at Fort Detrick, MD. He is a member of the Veteran Administrations Federal Advisory Committee (FACA) and Scientific Merit Review Board (SMRB) subcommittee on musculoskeletal health and function. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Research for Operational Readiness (MIRROR) at the School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University.

Dr. Boswell holds a PhD in Sports Medicine/Physiology from the University of Virginia, a Masters Degree in Physical Therapy Neuro-Muscular Skeletal Medicine from Baylor University. He holds a board certification specialty in orthopedics and is a credentialed electromyographer and neuro- musculoskeletal primary care provider.

Dr. Boswell’s military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medals (4), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals (5), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals (2), and the Air Force Commendation Medal.

John F. Campbell, GEN, USA (Ret) brings extensive leadership experience from his distinguished, 37-year career as a U.S. Army Commander. General Campbell's last position in the Army was as the Commander of all U.S. and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan. Prior to this assignment, he served as the 34th Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army; the second highest position in the 1.1 million Army; he was also the Commander of the legendary 101st Airborne Division and deployed with them to Afghanistan.

General Campbell began his career as an infantry officer. After completing assignments with U.S. Army Europe in Germany, he attended the Infantry Officer Advanced Course and Special Forces Qualification Course and was assigned to Fort Bragg, NC. While at Fort Bragg, he commanded Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha in the 5th Special Forces group. He has served in Germany, Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the United States.

General Campbell holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY; a Master of Public Administration degree from Golden Gate University; and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. General Campbell’s awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service medal, three Distinguished Service medals, the Defense Superior Service Medals, two Legions of Merit, three Bronze Star Medals, two Defense Meritorious Service metals, six Meritorious Service Metals, two Humanitarian Service medals, Combat Infantry Badge, as well as the Ranger and Special Forces Tabs.

COL(Ret) Francis G. O’Connor is currently the Medical Director, Consortium for Health and Military Performance, and a Professor in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS. A retired Colonel from the United States Army Medical Corps, he began his career as a graduate from the United States Military Academy in 1981. Dr. O’Connor earned his degree in Medicine from the State University of New York, Syracuse in 1985, and obtained a Master’s in Public Health from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in 2005. He completed a residency in Family Medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, NY in 1988, and a Sports Medicine Fellowship at the Nirschl Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center, Arlington, Virginia in 1992. He is board certified in Family Medicine, Sports Medicine and certified in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound.

COL O’Connor has been a leader in sports medicine education and research for the military for over 25 years. Dr. O’Connor has authored over 100 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 ten texts on sports medicine including, the Textbook of Running Medicine, and Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Physician 4th 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. He is a Fellow of the ACSM and AMSSM. Dr. O’Connor is the recipient of several awards for excellence in sports medicine research and education including the Korey Stringer Institute’s Lifesaving Research Award, presented by the NFL and Gatorade in 2012, an ACSM Citation Award in 2016, and the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine Founder’s Award in 2017.

LTC Bradley M. Ritland is currently the Deputy Commander at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), which is internationally recognized as a premier laboratory for Warfighter health and performance research. Prior to this position, LTC Ritland helped lead a diverse research program at and scientific team at USARIEM that aimed to develop evidence-based solutions to limit musculoskeletal injuries, accelerate return to duty, and optimize physical and cognitive performance in military training and operational environments. LTC Ritland’s own research interests have focused on how sleep impacts human health/performance, including the relationship between sleep and musculoskeletal injury.

LTC Ritland began his military career as a physical therapist at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. From there, LTC Ritland was assigned to the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division (5/2 SBCT) where he served as the unit’s Brigade Physical Therapist. With 5/2 SBCT, LTC Ritland deployed to Southern Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom for 12 months. Shortly after returning from his deployment, LTC Ritland became the Chief of Amputee Physical Therapy services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, DC and helped transition outpatient amputee physical therapy services to the new joint Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.

LTC Ritland has also served as a Scientific Review Committee Member for the National Institutes of Health (Special Emphasis Panel: Multi-Domain Operations Research), the Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program (managed by the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program), and the Defense Health Program (DHP). LTC Ritland received his Bachelor of Science degree at Marquette University, his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at Baylor University, and his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. LTC Ritland is also member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the American College of Sports Medicine.

Dr. Elizabeth Russell Esposito’s background is in Biomechanics and Motor Control with a focus on rehabilitation of lower limb musculoskeletal injuries. Throughout most of her professional career she was a researcher with the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE), working at the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX and the Center for Limb Loss and Mobility at VA Puget Sound in Seattle, WA. She currently manages the Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention and Musculoskeletal Injury Treatment and Rehabilitation program areas for the DoD’s Military Operational Medicine Research Program.

Dr. Esposito received her Bachelor of Science in Biomechanics from the University of Delaware and her PhD in Biomechanics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Prior to his retirement in 2012 after 32 years of active service and 41 years in uniform, Lieutenant General (Retired) Eric B. Schoomaker, MD, PhD served as the 42nd U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command.

He is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Military & Emergency Medicine at the nation’s only Federal health university, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in Bethesda, MD. Following his work as a professor at USU, he served as a Senior Physician Consultant for the Department of Veterans Affairs in the implementation of Veterans Whole Health. He is currently assisting the Veterans Health Administration in implementing their High Reliability Organization transformation, fostering a Just Culture and Psychological Safety to achieve Zero Harm to patients and staff.

His principal interests are two-fold: Complementary and Integrative Health & Medicine (CIH/M) in the shift from a disease management-focused healthcare system to one more centered on the improvement and sustainment of health & well-being; and leadership/followership education. He advocates for the incorporation of CIH/M education and training—emphasizing mindfulness—into the education of health & healthcare professionals. Doctor Schoomaker also promotes the central importance of leadership and followership education and training for health professionals. These interests are reflected in his volunteer work in assisting his local healthcare system in advancing high quality community and hospital-based care and in work on healthcare futures.

He committed his military medical career to meeting the health needs of soldiers, their families, and veterans through initiatives that Army Medicine implemented throughout its facilities in the U.S., Europe, and the Pacific. He focused on soldier medical readiness, enhancing battlefield care, establishing a comprehensive behavioral health system of care, fostering a culture of trust, advancing comprehensive pain management, and promoting health by preventing combat wounds, injury, and illness.

Doctor Schoomaker is an internal medicine physician and hematologist with a PhD in Human Genetics (University of Michigan and Duke University). He held many assignments including Chief of the Army Medical Corps (all Army physicians), oversight of all Army medical education (Undergrduate Medical Education, Graduate ME & Continuing ME), command of two Army regional medical commands as well as commands of the Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Fort Gordon, GA, the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, the Army’s Medical Research & Materiel Command and Fort Detrick, MD, a community hospital in a large multiservice community (Army and Air Force), and a deployable medical brigade serving Europe, the Mideast and Africa.

He is the recipient of numerous military awards, including those from France and Germany, the 2012 Dr. Nathan Davis Award from the American Medical Association for outstanding government service, an Honorary Doctor of Science from Wake Forest University, a Doctor of Letters in Medicine from the Baylor College of Medicine, and the Philipp M. Lippe Award from the American Academy of Pain Medicine for outstanding contributions to the social and political aspect of Pain Medicine.

Doctor Schoomaker is married to Audrey, a former Army Nurse Corps Officer and a therapeutic yoga and mindfulness instructor, and a wellness coach; they are grateful parents of a son who is an aspiring jazz musician/song-writer and two married daughters—an undergraduate university student counselor/psychology research coordinator and a new medical school graduate pursuing training as a pediatrician.

Colonel Matthew St Laurent graduated from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, New Hampshire Army National Guard (NH ARNG). He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy in 1994 and a Masters in Occupational Therapy in 2005, and was re-commissioned into the U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps.

He currently serve as the Chief for Occupational Therapy at Walter Reed National Military Center (WRNMMC), Bethesda, Maryland. His previous assignments included: Deputy Chief of Staff, Warrior Care and Transition, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army Medical Command, Arlington, Virginia; Chief, Occupational Therapy Service, WRNMMC; Assistant Chief, Integrated Occupational Therapy, WRNMMC; Veterans Health Administration Interagency Fellowship, Command and General Staff College; Staff Therapist, 85th Medical Detachment, Iraq; Chief, Outpatient Occupational Therapy, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Wahington, DC; Chief, Occupational Therapy Regional Consultant, Dwight Eisenhower Hospital, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Assistant Chief, Occupational Therapy, Dwight Eisenhower Hospital, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Chief, Occupational Therapy, Heidelberg, Germany; Chief, Occupational Therapy, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fire Direction Officer, 197th Field Artillery, NH ARNG.

COL St Laurent’s service education includes the Field Artillery Basic Officers Leader Course, Army Medical Department Officers Basic Course, Army Medical Department Officer Basic Course, Upper Extremity Evaluation Course, Combat Stress Control Course, Army Medical Department Pre-Command Course, Army Medical Department Officer Advance Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, and the Interagency Institute for Federal Health Leaders.

COL St Laurent’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster (OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3rd OLC), Army Commendation Medal (2nd OLC), Army Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Citation, Army Superior Unit Award, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Overseas Ribbon.

BG Deydre Teyhen was born in Canton, Ohio and received her Bachelor of Arts in Sports Science at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1993. She earned her Master’s Degree in Physical ­Therapy from the U.S. Army-Baylor University in 1995, completed her Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the University of Texas in 2004, and her Doctoral Degree in Physical Th­erapy from the Baylor University in 2008. BG Teyhen graduated with honors as a distinguished graduate from the U.S. Army War College with a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies in 2014.

Prior to assuming the Directorship of the National Capital Region Market, she was the Commanding General of Brooke Army Medical Center and the Deputy Director of the San Antonio Market. BG Teyhen previously served as the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support, G-1/4/6) at the Office of the Surgeon General in Falls Church, VA. During the pandemic, she served as the Department of Defense Lead of Th­erapeutics for Operation Warp Speed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as the Commander for Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, the Department of Defense’s largest biomedical research facility. Previously, she Commanded the U.S. Army Health Clinic-Schofield Barracks and Public Health Command Region-South. Previous assignments included Assistant Chief of Staff - Public Health at the Army’s Office of the Surgeon General; Deputy Director, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center at Ft Detrick, MD; Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Physical Th­erapy Research for the U.S. Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Th­erapy at Fort Sam Houston, TX; Officer-in-Charge of Task Force 10 Delta Med in Al Kut, Iraq; Chief of Musculoskeletal Care Center and Chief of Physical ­Therapy at Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center, Ft Meade, MD; Chief of Outpatient Physical Th­erapy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Chief of Physical Th­erapy, 21st Combat Support Hospital in Tuzla, Bosnia; and Physical Th­erapist at Darnall Army Community Hospital at Ft Hood, TX.

BG Teyhen also serves as the 20th Chief, U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps. BG Teyhen has spent her career focused on improving the delivery of healthcare, holistic health, and readiness (public health, musculoskeletal medicine, behavioral health, resiliency, imaging, and technology). Her research accomplishments include over 225 peer-reviewed publications, editorials, book chapters, and published abstracts; 120 presentations at conferences; and 150 invited lectures.

BG Teyhen’s key military awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (5OLC), the Army Medical Department’s Order of Military Medical Merit, the Surgeon General’s “A” Proficiency Designator, and the U.S. Army War College Commandant’s Award for Distinction in Research. Key civilian awards include Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical ­Therapy Association, Dissertation Award from the University of Texas, the American Physical Th­erapy Association, Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member, and inducted into the Kinesiology and Health Education Distinguished Alumna Hall of Honor, University of Texas. She also received the Distinguished Achievement Citation from the Ohio Wesleyan University.

BG Teyhen is married to COL (Ret) John V. Teyhen III who served as the Deputy Command Surgeon of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command before retiring in October 2018 after 34 years of service. He is currently the Deputy Director of Staff at the Defense Health Agency. ­They have accomplished their goal to be the first military couple to run a marathon in all 50 states.

LTC Tucker earned his Bachelor of Science with Distinguished Honors at the United States Military Academy, West Point, and his medical degree at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda. Following this, Chris did his internship and his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Returning to West Point, he did his Fellowship in the John A. Feagin, Jr. Sports Medicine Fellowship program, Keller Army Community Hospital. In 2017, he was chosen as an Arthroscopy Association of North America Traveling Fellow.

Dr. Tucker currently serves as the Chief of Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda; Assistant Professor in Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; and on the Clinical Faculty of National Capital Region Primary Care Sports Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and member of Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, and Arthroscopy Association of North America.

LTC Mike Crowell is currently the Program Director and Associate Professor in the Baylor University – Keller Army Community Hospital Division 1 Sports Physical Therapy Fellowship at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He has previously assigned as the Performance Triad Staff Officer at the Office of the Army Surgeon General, Chief of Physical Therapy at Keller Army Community Hospital, and Chief of Physical Therapy at Tuttle Army Health Clinic. Mike also deployed to Baghdad, Iraq as a Brigade Physical Therapist with 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). LTC Crowell holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Life Sciences from the United States Military Academy, a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Baylor University, and a Doctor of Science in Orthopedic Physical Therapy from Baylor University. He is a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy and Sports Physical Therapy, a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists, and serves on the International Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy.

Dr. Jonathan F. Dickens, LTC is a fellowship trained sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon, Vice Chair (Research) Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University (USU); Director of Orthopaedic Research, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Associate Professor of Surgery, USU, and Adjunct Faculty at the John A. Feagin Jr. Sports Medicine Fellowship at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. Dr. Dickens serves as the Director of Military Orthopaedics Tracking Injuries and Outcomes Networks (MOTION) a DoD-wide research and quality improvement initiative to collect and improve outcomes following musculoskeletal injuries in the military population. Dr. Dickens’ research interests include shoulder and knee instability in the military and sports populations. His research has been awarded the Aircast Award from the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine. Dr. Dickens received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed his residency in the National Capital Consortium and fellowship at Keller Army Community Hospital.

Dr. Jay M. Dintaman, LTC is a board certified Neonatal-Perinatal specialist currently serving as the Chief of the Integrated Neonatology Service at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Uniformed Services University. Previous positions have included serving as staff neonatologist and subsequently Chief of Neonatology at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. LTC Dintaman has additional operational experience with assignments as Flight Surgeon for the 2-2 Aviation Battalion in Seoul, Korea and as the Command Surgeon for the Warrior Transition Brigade-National Capital Region in Bethesda, MD. His clinical research interests include measuring quality care in newborn medicine within the military medical community and studying the Warrior Care and Transition Program to further define its population and document program outcomes.

Dr. Don Goss, COL (Ret) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at High Point University. He previously served as the Director and Associate Professor, Baylor University-Keller Army Community Hospital Sports Physical Therapy Fellowship, Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army Baylor University DPT program at Ft. Sam Houston, TX, the Physical Therapist for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, NC, and Chief of the Physical Therapy/Sports Medicine at Stuttgart Army Health Clinic. Dr. Goss has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, including those on biomechanics and foot strike patterns in injury and rehabilitation in runners.

Dr. Chad Hulsopple, LTC is Director for the National Capital Consortium Sports Medicine Fellowship Program and a faculty member of the Department of Family Medicine at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS). He is a board-certified family medicine physician with a certificate of added qualification in sports medicine. His research interests include military musculoskeletal injuries and their impact on readiness, ultrasonography, and regenerative medicine. He has published multiple peer-reviewed articles and presented educational workshops and lectures at various forums.

His previous assignments include the Squadron Surgeon, 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment; Brigade Surgeon for 16th Combat Aviation Brigade- Alaska; Command Surgeon, Aviation Task Force, Iraq; Battalion Surgeon, 4th Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne); Command Surgeon, Joint Special Operation Task Force; Student, Command and General Staff College; Fellow, NCC Sports Medicine Fellowship; Command Surgeon, Special Operation Joint Task Force; and Associate Program Director, NCC Sports Medicine Fellowship.

Dr. Jeffrey Leggit, COL, USA (Ret) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science (USUHS), Bethesda MD. He retired from 25 years of military service in the Army Medical Corps as a Colonel. He is a Board Certified Family Physician with a certificate of added qualification in Primary Care Sports Medicine as well as a medical acupuncturist. He is the clinical module director for the Musculoskeletal Curriculum for the School of Medicine. He is also the Director of Healthcare Operations for the University Family Health Center. In addition, he is one of the key faculty for the National Capital Consortium’s Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship. Prior to arriving at the USUHS, Dr. Leggit was the Director of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) at Fort Detrick, MD. There he was responsible for all aspects of planning, execution, and management of the CDMRP mission, which included research in 17 programs including Breast cancer, Prostate cancer, Ovarian cancer, Neurofibromatosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Autism and other peer-reviewed research programs with an annual budget of $500 million. Prior to the CDMRP, he served as Deputy Commander for Clinical Services for General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and Commander of Barquist Army Health Clinic at Fort Detrick, MD. In 2003, Dr. Leggit deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as a Battalion Surgeon with 1-67 Armor, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division earning a Bronze Star.

Dr. Gerard A. Malanga was the Founder of New Jersey Sports Medicine, LLC and New Jersey Regenerative Institute. He was Board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine and Pain Medicine. He completed a sports medicine fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. and served as Senior Associate Consultant at Mayo Clinic from 1993-1996. He is also an Associate Professor at the Department Of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation , Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Malanga had expertise in the nonoperative treatment of a variety of orthopedic disorders including neck and back pain as well as shoulder, knee, and other sport medicine and musculoskeletal problems. His expertise included EMG testing; spinal and joint injections, musculoskeletal ultrasound and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and bone marrow and adipose-derived stem cell treatments. Dr. Malanga had published four textbooks including “Regenerative Treatments in Sports and Orthopedic Medicine” in 2017 and “Atlas of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound-guided Injection Procedures” in 2015. He had published over 70 articles and 25 book chapters regarding various musculoskeletal issues from the treatment of neck and back pain to Ultrasound and PRP and stem cell therapies. He had lectured throughout the country and abroad on a variety of sports medicine, spine, orthopedic, and regenerative medicine topics. He will be very missed among the medical community.

Dr. Daniel (Dan) Rhon is a retired Army Medical Officer, serving as an active researcher within the United States Military Health System. He is the Director of the Primary Care Musculoskeletal Research Center and is affiliated with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas. Dr. Rohn is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Uniformed Services University. He has a strong interest in health services research across the unique, complicated, and diverse Military Health System, with a particular focus on musculoskeletal disorders and associated sequelae. He is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and various programs under U.S. Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP).

Dr. Jennifer L. Smith, LCDR is a fellowship-trained sports medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon and Assistant Program Director of the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program at Naval Medical Center San Diego. Her research interests include shoulder instability and arthritis in the military and sports populations. She received the 2019 Emerging Leader in Orthopaedics Award from the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons, and her narcotic reduction process improvement project/research received the 2019 Louise House Award at the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS) Annual Meeting. She received her undergraduate degree from the George Washington University, medical degree from the Uniformed Services University, residency at Naval Medical Center San Diego, and completed a Sport Medicine and Shoulder fellowship at the Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Sean Suttles, MAJ, USA (Ret) is currently an Adjunct Professor of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy. He holds an undergraduate degree from Campbell University, and a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Baylor University. He is board certified in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy. He is fellowship trained in Sports Medicine with emphasis on sports concussion management through the National Football League, and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the NSCA. He formerly served as Assistant Chief and Clinical Internship Site Director, Army-Baylor, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX.

Dr. Xiaoning (Jenny) Yuan is Assistant Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the Uniformed Services University (USU) in Bethesda, MD. She received her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, and her medical degree and doctorate in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University. Dr. Yuan completed her PM&R residency and sports medicine fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian, the University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, prior to joining USU. Her clinical and research interests include precision medicine approaches to delivery of regenerative therapies for musculoskeletal disorders.