Welcome to the home of
WORLD CLASS
MILITARY HEALTHCARE
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Welcome
Lt. Cmdr. Christine Brady Chief, Intrepid Spirit Center
Invocation
Chaplain (U.S. Army Captain) Drew McGinley
National Anthem
Opening Remarks
Captain Carlos Williams Director, National Intrepid Center of Excellence
Keynote Speaker
Brig. Gen. Deydre Teyhen Director, National Capital Region Health Network Corps Chief, U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps
Closing Remarks
Lt. Cmdr. Christine Brady
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Brigadier General Deydre Teyhen
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 (6OLC), 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.
GUEST SPEAKER Captain Carlos Williams
Captain Carlos D. Williams is a native of Albany, Georgia and currently serves as the Director of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Williams graduated with honors from Albany State University with a Bachelor of Science in biology and a minor in chemistry. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from Morehouse School of Medicine and completed his internship and residencies in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Wayne State University. He earned his Master of Public Health in international health and HA/DR and Master of Business Administration in health leadership and management from Johns Hopkins University. Williams also holds an International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (IDHA) from Fordham University and has completed a faculty development program in health disparities and medical education.
Prior to coming to NICoE, Williams served as the Director of the Office of Global Health Engagement for the Navy and previously served as the U.S. Health Attaché to South Pacific Islands. Williams has received numerous awards, including the National Medical Association’s 2011 Presidential Citation for his work in Africa, and in 2015, he was selected as an inaugural U.S. Presidential Leadership Scholar focusing on social change and community development. Williams was also a 2018-2019 National Academy of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow with the U.S. Senate. Beyond his clinical specialty, Williams’ career has focused on implementation science, community organization, and building consensus to ensure inclusion in and ownership of the process of change. He is nationally certified in wildernesses Search and Rescue with K9s.
SPECIAL THANKS
The ISC would like to thank the following partners for their unwavering support over the last 10 years:
Creative Forces: Military Healing Arts Network
The Geneva Foundation
Henry Jackson Foundation
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence
Uniformed Services University