WarDocs - The Military Medicine Podcast

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 forced to embark upon a long road to recovery. You will hear about Steve’s immense volunteer service experience as well as ways in which others can volunteer to assist wounded servicemembers and support the mission of Military Medicine.   Steve shares many insights and lessons learned over his many years as a Red Cross Volunteer and provides some insight and sage advice for all listeners. You don’t want to miss this episode.  Become a Volunteer for Service to the Armed Forces | Red Cross.  -Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com                 Honoring Military Medicine’s Past to Improve Healthcare’s Future The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you. WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.           Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast

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 University.    On this episode of our Military Medical Mentorship Moments Series, MG(R) Rubenstein focuses on the important facets of the mentorship relationship.  You will hear him provide insightful answers to the following questions: How does a mentoring relationship begin? Are a mentee’s personal vision statement or specific goals important to have near the start of the relationship? Is there a defined end to a structured mentorship relationship? How important is meeting in person, or can the relationship take place entirely virtually (phone, email, video chat)? How often should meetings take place, and how long should they be? How and Who sets the agenda for the discussion? What topics are discussed in a mentorship session? Do you use any templates or take notes during a mentorship session? Personal Reflections on Mentorship Who was your most influential mentor? Why What was the best advice you got from a mentor? What do you know now that you wish you would have learned much earlier? What characterizes a “good” or “not so good” mentorship relationship from your experience? Provide examples What is some practical advice for someone interested in mentoring or being mentored? What are the next steps to take? MG(R) Rubenstein shares many insights and mentorship lessons learned over a distinguished career. You don’t want to miss this special episode! Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com                       The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.  WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.         Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast

  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 developed a wellness/behavioral health class, Maintaining Peak Performance.   In this episode, you will learn about what it takes to become a Navy Independent Duty Corpsman and hear about Pete’s experience training and deploying with elite special operations units.   Pete describes the life circumstances that inspired his passion for wellness and behavioral health advocacy.   He describes how important it is and provides strategies to Maintain Peak performance and foster resilience even in the most demanding of environments.   Pete shares many insights and lessons learned over his distinguished career and provides some insight and sage advice for all listeners. You don’t want to miss this episode.   Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com                        Honoring Military Medicine’s Past to Improve Healthcare’s Future The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you. WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.         Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast

     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 Africa.       In this episode, Dr. Morgan discusses his time at West Point on the parachute team, his affiliation with the Golden Knights, and his training and pathway to becoming a special operations physician completing Ranger school, combat diver training, and military freefall training along the way. He describes his pathway to applying and becoming an astronaut and his experience now serving on the board for the selection of future astronauts.  Hear about this unique pathway to becoming a NASA astronaut that well suits military physicians and the training that astronauts complete before their first space mission. Drew shares many interesting insights and lessons learned over a distinguished career in Army Medicine and with NASA. You don’t want to miss this episode! Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com           The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.  WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.           Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast

      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 Medical Corps.    On this episode of our Military Medical Mentorship Moments Series, MG Crosland focuses on important things that successful mentors know.  You will hear her provide insightful answers to the following questions: How do you choose a Mentee? What are the characteristics of effective mentors? How many Mentees should you have? Does it matter? What are some Mentor competencies? What “process skills” are necessary for Mentors How do you know you are ready to be a Mentor? How do you prepare to be a mentor? What are some “Don’ts” for a Mentor What do you do if the relationship is not working out or you just want out? Personal Reflections on Mentorship Who was your most influential mentor? Why What was the best advice you got from a mentor? What do you know now that you wish you would have learned much earlier? What characterizes a “good” or “not so good” mentorship relationship from your experience? Provide examples What is some practical advice for someone interested in mentoring or being mentored? What are the next steps to take? Telita shares many insights and mentorship lessons learned over a distinguished career. You don’t want to miss this special episode!                             Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.  WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.           Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast  

    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.  He was presented with the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in combat and his distinguished service was recognized by a Silver Star medal.  Ultimately Steve was inducted into the DUSTOFF Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for the best of the best. His military career spanned 26 years and includes enlisted, warrant, and commissioned service.  As an Army helicopter pilot, he accumulated 3600 hours of flight time with nearly half in combat during his two tours of duty in Vietnam.  Mr. Peth’s additional decorations include two awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal for Valor, and the Bronze Star.   In this episode, you will hear about his training to become a medevac pilot and many harrowing stories. Learn about the casualty evacuation system in southeast Asia and hear about the unique tactics necessary to safely move patients from casualty collection points under fire. LTC Peth was wounded during an evacuation flight and tells the story of how he was able to complete the mission despite significant injuries to himself and damage to his aircraft.                                      Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine.   Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm   WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.    WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.         Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast    

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 improve the care of injured soldiers and pass these lessons along to the healthcare providers that followed. After his military service, he was able to use his skillsets to serve as the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Performance Improvement committee chair. In this episode, he describes what his deployment to Iraq was like as the Trauma Medical Director, in charge of all medical care for the theater, and the challenges that they faced at that point in the war. He also discusses his role as the Trauma Director of the Joint Theater System just a year later where he was in charge of the trauma care for both Iraq and Afghanistan and discusses the unique challenges each theater faced. He provides a behind-the-scenes account of the development and implementation of the Joint Trauma System and how he and Dr. Holcomb plowed through bureaucracy to make this Joint Forces project come to be what it is today. We also dive into how the Joint Trauma System led to the development of the evidenced-based Clinical Practice Guidelines that are still used today. Don shares many insights, combat care innovations, and leadership lessons over a distinguished career. You don’t want to miss this episode! Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com                           The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.  WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.         Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast

   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 of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. He currently serves as an advisor on bioterrorism issues and an expert in preparing the medical community to respond to mass casualty incidences.    In this episode, he describes how his career in the Army started out in a memorable fashion by being deployed as a Battalion Surgeon to Vietnam weeks after finishing his intern year, and discusses the many lessons learned from this experience. He then had the opportunity to serve at Walter Reed and was an integral faculty member in the early years of the Uniformed Services University rising to the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. He discusses the importance of USUHS and how it develops doctors prepared to serve in the military. After serving as the Chief of Medicine at Brooke Army Medical center he was then sent to Berlin to be the commander of Berlin Army Hospital and discusses what it was like interacting with the Soviets and his trips to East Berlin. Shortly after serving in Europe he became the commander of Walter Reed and ended his career as the Surgeon General of the US Army and Chief of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. We discuss many of the opportunities and tribulations he experienced while at Walter Reed and later serving at the Pentagon including how he helped shape the DoD's response to Anthrax threats. He shares many insights, historical references, and leadership lessons over a distinguished career. You don’t want to miss this episode!                                             Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com   The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.  WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.         Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast

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 deployed to Afghanistan (twice), Iraq, and Morocco. Uniquely, he also oversaw the building, equipping, and training of the first and only trauma center in Southwest Afghanistan. In this episode, Dr. Cole discusses his unique pathway through military medicine. He discusses his internship at Portsmouth Naval Hospital serving with elite sailors, followed by his unique experience training and working in the Army before 9/11. He left the military in 2000, rejoining after the 9/11 attacks and serving with the elite Naval Special Warfare Development Group- Seal Teams 6 and 8.  He discusses this experience and how he established surgical capabilities as a mobile surgeon no matter the location. He also discusses his role in helping four critically injured soldiers injured during an Osprey crash in Morocco and the challenges of being in this remote and austere environment. He describes how he helped train his team to prepare for this event.     Dr. Cole shares many insights and lessons learned over his distinguished career and provides some insight and sage advice for all listeners. You don’t want to miss this episode.                                                   Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.  WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield,demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.           Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast

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 Institute of Surgical Research, Burn Center, and worked in intensive care units of Brooke Army Medical Center. In this episode, Dr. Pamplin discusses how his career as an intensive care physician enabled him to identify the essential areas of critical care necessary for patient care delivery.  He describes how this care delivery can significantly improve and augment care delivered on the battlefield from the point of injury through all levels and in the setting of rural medicine, both of which have resource-constrained environments. As the commander of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research unit, he works to build teams and collaboration to expand the delivery of healthcare and support medical providers.  He also describes the changes in the training paradigm necessary to fully develop medical providers who can unleash the potential of telemedicine and advanced technology.     Dr. Pamplin shares many insights and lessons learned over his distinguished career and provides some insight and sage advice for all listeners. You don’t want to miss this episode.                                                                  Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.  WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield,demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.           Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast