executive medicine
Course Announcement – Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute Capstone Course for MHS Leaders
Course Information:
Who: Senior Medical Corps Officers (O-6, O-6 selects or high-performing O-5 officers who are on track for executive medicine)
What: Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute (JMESI) – CAPSTONE for MHS Leaders Course
When: 23-26 Mar 2026
Where: Virtual
Course Description: The EXCEL Capstone Course is a pinnacle educational event for senior leaders in the MHS. Each Navy Medicine Career Planner nominates senior grade officers, primarily in the grade of senior O6, to attend this course. Priority is given to new lead agents, commanders of larger facilities, command surgeons, and other senior medical department officers in key staff positions who will benefit from exposure to and familiarity with entities that shape the MHS. The course provides participants with exposure to the operations of the various organizations within the Department of Defense, pertinent congressional staffs, and the offices of the three Surgeons General. Participation in the Capstone Course will enhance the understanding of how national healthcare policies are formed, and by whom, and how they are implemented and put into operation.
Upon completion of the course the participants will:
- Have an enhanced understanding of MHS policymaking including how policies are disseminated and the legal basis for those policies.
- Gain a deeper sense of TRICARE issues and policies that shape the delivery of DOD health care.
- Become familiarized with information systems to support executive decision-making, as well as tools for evaluating quality assurance, customer satisfaction, and metrics.
- Opportunity to discuss issues of retention and recruitment from the military and national perspectives as well as financial and business matters as they relate to the MHS.
- Share networking opportunities to include, but not limited to the Surgeons General, members of other services serving in similar capacities, OSD leaders including Deputy Secretaries, the VA, civilian health program managers, and academia.
- Become familiar with unique ways of dealing with human relations and gain a better appreciation for the way they are perceived by others.
- Exchange ideas on current issues such as risk management, patient safety, Homeland Security, bioterrorism, war fighters (the line) and Reserve Forces.
- Gain an enhanced appreciation for transformation and fiscal issues within the DOD.
Additional details and objectives can be found here: Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute
Application Instructions:
Deadline: Wednesday, 18 January, 2026 at 1600 EST
Send the following to the Medical Corps Career Planner, CDR Marshall M. Hoffman (contact in the global):
- A current CV and Bio (combined into one PDF)
- The following information: rank, name, current position, work address, work phone, and email address
Navy Senior Leadership Seminar – Online (NSLS – O)
Who: O-6, O-6 selects who are on track for executive medicine
What: Navy postgraduate school, Navy Senior Leadership Seminar (NSLS) – Virtual 25-29 August 2025
When: 25-29 August 2025 (Virtual) – only 1 seat for Medicine Corps
Where: Navy Postgraduate School, Center of Executive Education – Monterey, California (Virtual)
Funding: Tuition is covered by NPS.
Process: A list of interested participants will be solicited through Corps leadership and returned to the Corps Chief’s Office for review and selection. Interested applicants will submit a nomination via their Chain of Command for concurrence and awareness.
Course Description: Target audience are Captains and Captain Selects tracking for executive medicine. The Center for Executive Medicine (CEE) will handle the administrative planning portion once the participant list has been forwarded to CEE. NSLS provides senior officers with an intensive five-day executive education program that introduces the latest best practices in strategic planning, goal setting, strategic communication, effects-based thinking, risk management, financial management and innovation. The program is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to manage and lead effectively in complex organizations. The NSLS is designed for Navy Captains, high-potential Commanders, GS-15 equivalent civilians, and Fleet/Force Command Master Chiefs. Participants are nominated by their TYCOMs and community leadership.
Objective/Desired End State:
• To learn directly from senior Navy leaders the strategies, policies, and resource issues shaping the Navy’s strategy today and the business processes to achieve that strategy.
• To acquire knowledge that stimulates innovative thinking and provides leadership tools required to meet the challenges posed by senior leadership.
• To share expertise with peers in the course, and to learn from and become aware of the broad range of perspectives represented by peers in the Navy.
• To enhance participants’ individual strengths to support changes set by senior Navy leadership.
The NSLS-O is conducted via Zoomgov.com platform and NSLS-NPS (IN-RESIDENT) is held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Requirements for NSLS-O include high-speed internet access, webcam, and microphone capability. Headphones are suggested but not required. Additionally, the use of a private/home computer during NSLS-O rather than an NMCI or other government computer has proven most effective. For more information about NSLS, please visit: https://nps.edu/web/cee/nsls
Course POC: NEDPRegistrar@nps.edu
Prospective applicants: Send a combined PDF with a CV and BIO to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1600 EST Monday, June 23, 2025.
Executive Medicine Slating Cycle
Slating has begun. Attached are the instructions for the command and milestone slates. A new SEM instruction will be out soon. The positions available on all lists are being finalized by PERS-4415. When complete, the lists will be available on the Executive Medicine SharePoint page – https://esportal.med.navy.mil/bumed/m00/m00c/pages/executive-medicine.aspx . The FY26 opportunities list, application forms, and the link to upload applications are being updated and will be posted no later than May 15th. Applications for these positions will be due 15 June 2025. The Corps Chiefs Office will be hosting a question & answer session a week from today to discuss these positions and the slating process. A flyer for the Executive Medicine Q+A Panel is attached.
Background:
The Office of the Corps Chiefs is pleased to announce an Executive Medicine Q&A Panel for officers in Navy Medicine interested in pursuing Command, SEM, and/or Milestone leadership.
Purpose:
BUMED Corps Chief’s Office is hosting a panel to relay important Executive Medicine information for Slating season and answer questions from potential applicants. Discussion will surround CO/XO, SEM, and Milestone positions. Applications for these positions will be due 15 June.
The 5Ws are as follows:
Who: Officers in Navy Medicine interested in pursuing Command, SEM, and/or Milestone leadership.
What: Executive Medicine Q&A Panel
When: Monday, 05 May 25 l 1130-1230 EST
Why: BUMED Corps Chief’s Office is hosting a panel to relay important Executive Medicine information for Slating season. Discussion will surround CO/XO, SEM, and Milestone positions. RDML Walter Brafford and CAPT Kris Hodapp will host opening remarks (1130-1145 EST).
During the Panel, participants will:
• Gain valuable insights into the different Executive Medicine opportunities and have an overview of the application and screening process.
• Have the opportunity to ask questions and receive direct answers from Corps Deputies.
Milestone and Executive Medicine Q&A Panel
Background:
The Office of the Corps Chiefs is pleased to announce an Executive Medicine Q&A Panel for officers in Navy Medicine interested in pursuing Command, SEM, and/or Milestone leadership.
Purpose:
BUMED Corps Chief’s Office is hosting a panel to relay important Executive Medicine information for Slating season and answer questions from potential applicants. Discussion will surround CO/XO, SEM, and Milestone positions. Applications for these positions will be due 15 June.
The 5Ws are as follows:
Who: Officers in Navy Medicine interested in pursuing Command, SEM, and/or Milestone leadership.
What: Executive Medicine Q&A Panel
When: Monday, 05 May 25 l 1130-1230 EST
Why: BUMED Corps Chief’s Office is hosting a panel to relay important Executive Medicine information for Slating season. Discussion will surround CO/XO, SEM, and Milestone positions. RDML Walter Brafford and CAPT Kris Hodapp will host opening remarks (1130-1145 EST). Applications for these positions will be due 15 June.
During the Panel, participants will:
• Gain valuable insights into the different Executive Medicine opportunities and have an overview of the application and screening process.
• Have the opportunity to ask questions and receive direct answers from Corps Deputies.
JOINT MEDICAL EXECUTIVE SKILLS INSTITUTE (JMESI) – VIRTUAL CAPSTONE for MHS LEADERS COURSE
Who: Senior Medical Officers (O-6, O-6 selects or high-performing O-5 officers who are on track for executive medicine have previously attended)
What: Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute (JMESI) – CAPSTONE for MHS Leaders Course
When: July 15-18, 2025 (Virtual – 8-9 seats allotted for Medical Corps)
Course Description: The LEADS Capstone Course is a pinnacle educational event for senior leaders in the MHS. Each Navy Medicine Career Planner nominates senior grade officers, primarily in the grade of senior O6, to attend this course. Priority is given to new lead agents, commanders of larger facilities, command surgeons, and other senior medical department officers in key staff positions who will benefit from exposure to and familiarity with entities that shape the MHS. The course provides participants with exposure to the operations of the various organizations within the Department of Defense, pertinent congressional staffs, and the offices of the three Surgeons General. Participation in the Capstone Course will enhance the understanding of how national healthcare policies are formed, and by whom, and how they are implemented and put into operation.
With the smaller class size, direct interaction with policy makers and military health care leaders, and its joint audience the Capstone Course has come to provide firsthand, real world, applicable knowledge/information for the attendees to incorporate into their day-to-day and future work in the MHS.
Upon completion of the course the participants will:
- Have an enhanced understanding of MHS policymaking including how policies are disseminated and the legal basis for those policies.
- Gain a deeper sense of TRICARE issues and policies that shape the delivery of DOD health care.
- Become familiarized with information systems to support executive decision-making, as well as tools for evaluating quality assurance, customer satisfaction, and metrics.
- Opportunity to discuss issues of retention and recruitment from the military and national perspectives as well as financial and business matters as they relate to the MHS.
- Share networking opportunities to include, but not limited to the Surgeons General, members of other services serving in similar capacities, OSD leaders including Deputy Secretaries, the VA, civilian health program managers, and academia.
- Become familiar with unique ways of dealing with human relations and gain a better appreciation for the way they are perceived by others.
- Exchange ideas on current issues such as risk management, patient safety, Homeland Security, bioterrorism, war fighters (the line) and Reserve Forces.
- Gain an enhanced appreciation for transformation and fiscal issues within the DOD.
Additional details and objectives can be found here: Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute | Health.mil
Prospective applicants should send the following to CAPT O’Sullivan NLT 1600 EST, Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
- An up-to-date CV and BIO (combined into one PDF)
- An email with the following information (in the following order): Rank, Name, Current position, work address, work phone and email address
Navy Senior Leadership Seminar in Person at Naval Postgraduate School
Who: O-6, O-6 selects who are on track for executive medicine
What: Navy postgraduate school, Navy Senior Leadership Seminar (NSLS) – In person at NPS occurring 21-25 April 2025
When: 21-25, April 2025 (In-person) – only 1 seat for Medicine Corps
Where: Navy Postgraduate School, Center of Executive Education – Monterey, California
Funding: Tuition is covered by NPS.
- For In Resident Only: Parent command will provide travel expense, lodging, and per diem. NPS will reserve a block of rooms for participants on the NPS campus at the Historic Del Monte Hotel. Nomination for the course implies the command will commit to funding the nominee if selected.
Process: A list of interested participants will be solicited through Corps leadership and returned to the Corps Chief’s Office for review and selection. Interested applicants will submit a nomination via their Chain of Command for concurrence and awareness.
Course Description: Target audience are Captains and Captain Selects tracking for executive medicine. The Center for Executive Medicine (CEE) will handle the administrative planning portion once the participant list has been forwarded to CEE. NSLS provides senior officers with an intensive five-day executive education program that introduces the latest best practices in strategic planning, goal setting, strategic communication, effects-based thinking, risk management, financial management and innovation. The program is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to manage and lead effectively in complex organizations. The NSLS is designed for Navy Captains, high-potential Commanders, GS-15 equivalent civilians, and Fleet/Force Command Master Chiefs. Participants are nominated by their TYCOMs and community leadership.
Objective/Desired End State:
• To learn directly from senior Navy leaders the strategies, policies, and resource issues shaping the Navy’s strategy today and the business processes to achieve that strategy.
• To acquire knowledge that stimulates innovative thinking and provides leadership tools required to meet the challenges posed by senior leadership.
• To share expertise with peers in the course, and to learn from and become aware of the broad range of perspectives represented by peers in the Navy.
• To enhance participants’ individual strengths to support changes set by senior Navy leadership.
The NSLS-O is conducted via Zoomgov.com platform and NSLS-NPS (IN-RESIDENT) is held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Requirements for NSLS-O include high-speed internet access, webcam, and microphone capability. Headphones are suggested but not required. Additionally, the use of a private/home computer during NSLS-O rather than an NMCI or other government computer has proven most effective. For more information about NSLS, please visit: https://nps.edu/web/cee/nsls
Course POC: NEDPRegistrar@nps.edu
Prospective applicants: Send a single combined PDF with a CV and BIO to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
JGMESI CAPSTONE Course – O6
Below is an announcement for the JGMESI CAPSTONE course. This course is highly recommended for any O6 officers interested in executive medicine. The deadline for applications is September 13, 2024.
Navy Senior Leadership Seminar (NSLS)
Navy postgraduate school |Navy Senior Leadership Seminar – August 26-30, 2024 (In Person)
Who: O-6, O-6 selects or high-potential O-5 officers who are on track for executive medicine
What: Navy Senior Leadership Seminar (NSLS)
When: August 26-30, 2024 (only 1 seat for Navy Medicine Corps)
Where: Navy Postgraduate School, Center of Executive Education – Monterey, California
Funding: Tuition is covered by NPS. Parent command will provide travel expense, lodging, and per diem. NPS will reserve a block of rooms for participants on the NPS campus at the Historic Del Monte Hotel. Nomination for the course implies the command will commit to funding the nominee if selected.
Course Description: NSLS provides senior leaders with an intensive five-day executive education program that introduces the latest “best practices” in strategic planning, goal setting, strategic communication, effects-based thinking, risk management, financial management, and innovation. Learning is enhanced using case studies, small-team exercises, practical applications, seminar-style discussions, peer learning, and faculty presentations. Participants will be introduced to subject matter experts within DoD and industry, to include insights from senior Navy leaders and academic researchers. The course is designed to prepare participants to meet organizational challenges in their current and future assignments, and to empower them to become more effective change agents and better-informed stewards of the Navy’s resources. For more information about NSLS, please visit: https://nps.edu/web/cee/nsls
Course POC: NEDPRegistrar@nps.edu
Prospective applicants: Send a combined PDF with a CV and BIO to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1600 Wednesday, June 19, 2024.
Command/Milestone Screening Packages Due 15 JUNE
Please see the message from the Deputy MC Chief:
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FYSA. The NAVMED 1410 and 1412 has been updated and a new form is available to complete on our website. To ensure the issue does not perpetuate I will not be attached them to this email- please direct any and all to our website. We believe the issue has been resolved thanks to many rounds of testing. With that said should anyone have issue please point them my way and I will address. An email went out to about a dozen applicants that already applied and we requested they complete the new form. We have gotten just about all of them back so far without any issue.
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