Author: Joel Schofer, MD, MBA, CPE
USU School of Medicine Commandant Position
USU, Commandant, SOM – President requests qualified candidates for the Commandant position. Candidates must be in the grade of 05 or 0-6 or has been selected for promotion to that grade. Candidate must have character traits to represent the University within the DoD, the federal government and within the academic community. The candidate will serve as a role-model of a career-oriented military health professional and is eligible for a faculty appointment at the level of assistant professor or above. The candidate has completed grade-appropriate service military professional education. The candidate has demonstrated the ability to led successfully within the complex military environment and has previous success in a military command and in an academic setting are preferred, though not required. The candidate is available for a three-year assignment. The desired report date is NLT than 1 Jul 2025.
Nomination Package Requirements: Command endorsement letter, CV, letter of intent, up to three supplemental letters of recommendation and copies of the last three performance reports. The letter of intent should include a summary of military and civilian education, assignment history and the names with contact information of three references with names and contact information. The letter of intent must include the candidate’s commitment to USU and that, if selected, they will accept the job.
Fully completed and combined nomination packages will be emailed to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Monday, 28 October 2024.
A Message from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Colleagues,
I am writing today to let you know that I will be leaving the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs at the end of this month. Serving you, and the people of this nation, for the past year and a half has been the privilege of my life and making this decision was not easy. I am enormously proud of what we have accomplished together and confident that you all are more than ready to fully implement the vision we’ve laid out to stabilize, sustain, and strengthen the Military Health System.
Ten months ago, the Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks issued a memo directing us to stabilize and improve the MHS with an emphasis on reattracting patients to our facilities. All parts of our system – the leaders in Health Affairs, in the Defense Health Agency and at the Uniformed University of the Health Sciences, along with the Services and all our partners – have come together in historic fashion to begin this process and I am very grateful for all you’ve done. There is much to be done to fully achieve this objective – from becoming a requirements-based system, to improving staffing and increasing capacity.
As you look to the work ahead, I leave you in the capable hands of my Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Ms. Seileen Mullen and our superlative Deputy Assistant Secretaries: Dr. David Smith, Mr. Darryl Landreaux, and Ms. Susan Orsega. I know they can count on you for continued support.
I look forward to saying goodbye to as many of you as I can in the coming two weeks, and to following your work in the months and years ahead.
Very Respectfully,
Lester
Lester Martínez-López, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Deadline Extended for MHS Award for the Advancement of Women Physicians in Military Medicine
Nominations are now due NLT November 15, 2024:
From CNP – Navy Career News September Recap
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American College of Healthcare Executives Joint Federal Sector Awards
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