The United States is at increasing risk of mass casualty incidents arising from natural disasters, homeland security threats, and large-scale combat operations, raising significant concern regarding the potential for rapid and overwhelming strain on our existing hospital infrastructures. But in spite of the significance of this problem, our nation as a whole is actively ignoring…
Author: Melissa C. Austin, MD
Mason H. Remondelli, MD, Danielle B. Holt, MD, MSS, FACS, Melissa C. Austin, MD, Eric A. Elster, MD, FACS, FRCS (Eng.), Matthew J. Bradley, MD, MS, FACS
CAPT Melissa C. Austin, MD, US Navy – Director (CEO) of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and former Commanding Officer of Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command Fort Belvoir. A board-certified Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist, she has served in multiple key clinical and leadership roles across Navy Medicine.