Ronald R. Blanck, D.O., is currently President, University of North Texas Health Science Center and UNT System Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs. Prior to his retirement from the U.S. Army in July 2000, he was Surgeon General of the US Army and Commander of the United States Army Medical Command, responsible for 46,000 military personnel and 26,000 civilian employees worldwide. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Juniata College and his Doctor of Osteopathy from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1967.

After entering the Army in 1968, General Blanck was initially assigned as a general medical officer, US Army Vietnam. General Blanck completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1973, and is board certified in Internal Medicine. He then served as Assistant Chief of the General Medicine Service and the Assistant Chief, Department of Medicine, at Walter Reed. Later assignments included: Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine; Chief Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft Sam Houston, Texas; and Chief, Medical Corps Career Activities Office, Office of the Surgeon General. General Blanck served as Commander, US Army Hospital, Berlin, and as Commander, Frankfurt Army Regional Medical Center, Frankfurt, Germany. He went on to become the Director of Professional Services and Chief, Medical Corps Affairs, Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia. Before becoming Surgeon General, he served as Commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command.

A graduate of the Army War College, General Blanck also served as Class President. He is a Master and past Governor of the American College of Physicians, and an active member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, the American Osteopathic Association, the Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, and the American Medical Association.

General Blanck has held many academic positions throughout his career, to include: Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinical), Georgetown University; Associate Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine; and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. He has published many scientific articles.

His military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Meritorious Service and Army Commendation Medals.

Paul K. Carlton, Jr. received his Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1969 and his doctor of medicine from the University of Colorado in 1973. Dr. Carlton serves as Director to the Office of Homeland Security for The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center. He joined the Texas A&M Faculty in November of 2002. Dr. Carlton also served as the Surgeon General of the Air Force from 1999 to 2002.

As the Surgeon General of the Air Force, he served as functional manager of the U.S. Air Force Medical Service. He had authority to commit resources worldwide for the Air Force Medical Service to make decisions affecting the delivery of medical services and to develop plans, programs and procedures to support peacetime and wartime medical service missions. Dr. Carlton is a fellow and former Air Force governor of the American College of Surgeons. He was named a consultant in general surgery to the Air Force surgeon general in 1981. He conceptualized and implemented the first Air Force rapid-response surgical team in Europe: the flying ambulance surgical trauma team. During Operation Desert Storm, he commanded the 1702nd Air Refueling Wing Contingency Hospital, completing 32 combat support missions and 140 combat flying hours in the C-21, C-130, KC-10 and KC-135. He has published extensively in medical literature. He is an 11,000 case surgeon who continues to "wash his hands" whenever he can.

Demetrios Demetriades, M.D., Ph.D., FACS is currently Professor of Surgery and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, and Director of Trauma/SICU at the Los Angeles County+University of Southern California Medical Center, which is the largest trauma center in the United States. He is also the Trauma Director of EMS for Los Angeles county.

Prior to this, he was Professor and Chief of Surgery, Baragwanath Hospital (the largest trauma center in the world) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He earned his medical degree at the Medical School, University of Athens, Greece, followed by a residency at Baragwanath Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He has also earned a PhD in Surgery from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He has obtained certification in Aviation Medicine and is an ATLS instructor.

Recent awards include: Honorary Doctorate, University of Athens; Honorary Member, Mexican College of Surgeons (Jalisco); Invited Professor by the Australasian College of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand, Mexican College of Surgeons, Swiss Society of Visceral Surgeons, Paragway Surgical Society, European Accident and Emergency Surgery Society, Greek Surgical Society, British Trauma Society, Cyprus Surgical Association, and numerous American universities.

He is a member of numerous societies, including the American Surgical Association, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, International Association of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, American College of Surgeons, and Critical Care Society. He served as a consultant for the World Health Organization in Trauma System Evaluation in the Republic of Cyprus, and is the National Trauma Expert Advisor for CBS.

He sits on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Surgery and the Journal of Trauma and Emergency Medicine and is regular reviewer in many journals, including the Journal of Trauma, Archives of Surgery British Journal of Surgery. He is the author of over 178 articles, 12 books, 100 Congress presentations, 132 invited lectures and visiting professorships in 15 countries.

Mr. Hernandez is President of Cova Corporation. He began his career as a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton. His investment banking career started at Kidder, Peabody where he ultimately became a partner and a member of the board of directors. He subsequently joined First Boston where he served as a managing director, division head and member of the management committee.

Mr. Hernandez has served as a director of several companies and as chairman of three companies with public market capitalizations of over $1 billion. He has served (or is serving) on the Executive Committee of the Securities Industry Association, the Board of Visitors of Duke University, and the Council of Rockefeller University.

Harold M. Koenig, M.D., is the Chairman and President of The Annapolis Center for Science Based public Policy; a non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting responsible environmental, health and safety decision making. He is a partner in Edward Martin & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm to the health care industry and to major health care information management and technology companies. He writes a monthly editorial column for U.S. Medicine, the voice of federal medicine and is a Senior Scholar in the U.S. Medicine Institute.

On June 30, 1998, he retired as Surgeon General of the Navy and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery with the permanent rank of Vice Admiral after a 32-year Navy career. During his navy career Dr. Koenig served in a variety of positions including general medical officer, residency-training program director, department chairman, Executive Officer of Naval Hospital Portsmouth, and Commanding Officer, of Naval Hospital, San Diego and the Naval Health Sciences Education and Training Command, Bethesda. After selection for promotion to Flag rank in 1988 he served in a variety of positions including Director, Health Care Operations in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) and Deputy Surgeon General of the Navy.

A native of Salinas, California, he attended the U.S. Naval Academy, Brigham Young University and Baylor University College of Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in general pediatrics and pediatric hematology-oncology, is a Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives and received "The 1994 Federal Health Care Executive Award for Excellence" from the American Hospital Association.

Vice Admiral Koenig's personal military awards include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Gold Star, Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal.

Dr. Koenig and his wife Deena have three grown sons, Steven, Scott and Grant, who are all naval officers.

Richard O. Martin, Ph.D., is the recently retired President of Medtronic Physio-Control Corp., the worldwide leader in external defibrillation, monitoring and noninvasive pacing devices.

Martin became Physio president in 1991 when Physio was part of Eli Lilly. Since that time he has successfully instituted companywide quality improvement programs, rebuilt the management team after separation from the company's pharmaceutical parent, and taken the company public. In September, 1998 the company merged with Medtronic, Inc.

Previously Martin was with Sulzermedica, Inc., Angleton, Texas, where he was vice president, cardiovascular business development. Prior to that he held several senior executive positions in engineering, marketing and sales with Intermedics, Inc. before being named president and chief operating officer of that company in 1985.

Martin received his BSEE in 1962 from Christian Brothers College; MSEE in 1964 from Notre Dame; and PhD in electrical engineering in 1970 from Duke University. Before joining the corporate world he taught at Christian Brothers College and the University of Tennessee.

Martin is a Board Member of the Northwest affiliate of the American Heart Association and its immediate past chairman. He also was chairman of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association during 1996-1998. He is currently immediate past chairman of the American Electronics Association (AEA), the U.S.?s largest trade association representing the high tech industry. Martin serves on the boards of CardioDynamics International of San Diego, CA, Encore Orthopedics in Austin, TX, and Scout Medical in Kirkland, WA.

Albert F. Myers is responsible for banking, risk management, benefits administration, pension and savings investments, mergers and acquisitions, trust management, and cash management for the Northrop Grumman Corporation. He was elected to this position in 1994.

From 1992-94, he served as corporate vice president-Business Strategy and was responsible for developing and monitoring strategic elements of the company's merger and acquisition investments in defense and for developing opportunities in nontraditional business areas, including the Life Support for Trauma and Transport (LSTAT).

Mr. Myers joined Northrop Grumman in 1981 as manager of flight controls engineering at the company's former B-2 Division and subsequently served in management positions in flight sciences and project engineering and as B-2 deputy program manager and vice president-Test Operations. He is a recipient of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and the 1981 Dryden Director's Award.

Mr. Myers received a B.S. in 1969 and an M.S. in 1971, both in mechanical engineering, from the University of Idaho. In 1992 he completed an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received an M.S. in industrial management.

Dr. Roadman (Lt. General, U.S. Air Force - retired) is Past President, American Health Care Association (AHCA). AHCA is a federation of 50 state health organizations, together representing nearly 12,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, and subacute care providers that care for more than one million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.

Prior to this position, Dr. Roadman was Surgeon General of the United States Air Force. He entered the Air Force in May 1968. After receiving his medical degree, he completed his internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Keesler Medical Center. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has served as a commander three times, twice in a hospital and once in a medical center. He has also been both a major command deputy surgeon and surgeon. He served as command surgeon of both U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command.

Dr. Roadman holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Washington and Lee University, and a Doctorate of Medicine from Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Roadman is a graduate of Squadron Officers School, Air Command and Staff College, and the National War College. He is a chief flight surgeon with more than 800 hours in over 13 aircraft, including the B-52, C-5, C-9, C-130 and C-141. His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, and the Air Force Commendation Medal.

Dr. Roadman's professional memberships include Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Aerospace Medical Association, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Life Member - Air Force Association, American Medical Association, and Diplomate - American College of Healthcare Executives.

Dr. Scott is currently Chief Medical Officer of Logicon (a Northrop Grumman company). While serving as Commander, Naval Hospital, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina from June 1988 to May 1990, Dr. Scott was selected for promotion to Rear Admiral and received orders to report in June 1990 to the Staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet as Fleet Surgeon. On 1 March 1991, he was promoted to Rear Admiral. He reported for duty as Director of Plans and Policy,(OP 932), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C. in August 1991, and also served additional duty as Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for Operational Medicine and Fleet Support. In October 1992, he became the Director of Medical Resources and Plans and Policy Division (N 931), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. until his retirement in September 1994.

Following his transition from the service, Doctor Scott worked as a medical consultant in the Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. areas. In September 1996, he joined the Northrop Grumman Corporation, Data Systems and Services Division, in Falls Church, Virginia, as a Senior Project Manager and Functional Area Manager for the Defense Medical Information System/ Systems Integration, Design, Development, Operations and Maintenance (D/SIDDOMS) Lot II Contract. After the merger of the Data Systems and Services Division with Logicon, he served as Senior Medical Manager for DoD Medical Programs for Logicon. In December 1999, Doctor Scott joined GEO-CENTERS, INC where he served as Vice President for Life Sciences Operations. In addition to his regular duties, Doctor Scott is a consultant to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where he is a member of the Senior Executive Advisory Committee for Military Medicine; and, also has a faculty appointment at the University of California Human Sciences Campus, Advanced Bio Telecommunications and Bioinformatics Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Doctor Scott is a Diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. He is a past President of the American Osteopathic College of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and a former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the American Osteopathic Colleges of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, from 1996 to 1997. He is an active Fellow in the American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery; and, served as the Second Vice President of the Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. Doctor Scott holds a Doctor of Laws Degree Honoris Causa from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Adam Seiver, MD, PhD, MBA is Director of Surgical Critical Care and a trauma surgeon on the faculty of the Department of Surgery at Stanford Medical School. In 1975 he graduated from Stanford University with a BA with in German Studies with distinction), a BS in Mathematical Sciences, and an MS in Engineering-Economic Systems. He earned his medical degree from Stanford in 1979. He completed residency training in Surgery in 1984. As a Robert Wood Johnson VA Clinical Scholar, he developed a framework for computer-based critical care decision support, which led to a PhD in 1992 from Stanford (Engineering-Economic Systems, decision analysis). He earned an MBA from Duke University in 1999. For the past 15 years Dr. Seiver has worked as a general surgeon specializing in trauma and critical care. He has established and directed surgical critical care programs both at the VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, and at Stanford Medical Center. His research applies concepts from applied mathematics and management science to the practice and organization of medicine. He has been instrumental in the design and implementation of several clinical information systems. He serves on the medical advisory boards for Becton Dickinson, Respironics, and Integrated Medical Systems. Awards include Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford Graduate Fellowship, and Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Critical Care.

Director General, British Army Medical Services from 1996 to 1999. Experience of Brigade, Divisional and Corps level medical administration and command. Medical planner in Ministry of Defence during the Gulf War deployment, as well as for operations to Angola and Rwanda. Dr. Short was Chairman, NATO General Medical Committee and NBC medical Committee, as well as member of the NATO Civil Military Planning Committee from 1988 to 1994. He was Chief Instructor at the Royal Army Medical Corps Training Centre from 1986 to 1988. Dr. Short is a long time supporter of common treatment regimens, BATLS and is currently interested in computer generated practical training systems for Combat Medical Training.