Naval Medical Forces Atlantic
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FoundedAugust 2005; 18 years ago (2005-08)
Country United States of America
Branch United States Navy
Part ofBureau of Medicine and Surgery[1]
Websitehttps://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nme/pages/default.aspx

The Naval Medical Forces Atlantic was established August 2005 as Navy Medicine East[2][3] and is a flag level command reporting directly to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Naval Medical Forces Atlantic is responsible for administrative command over its subordinate commands, and for the provision of health and dental care within its area of responsibility.[1] As of 2017, Navy Medicine East oversees over 100 medical facilities[4] and a staff in excess of 26,000 in the eastern United States as well as overseas.[5]

Despite being located in Maryland, the Naval Medical Research Center has been under the command of Navy Medicine West, not Navy Medicine East, since August 2015.[3]

In February 2019, the Surgeon General of the United States Navy announced plans to rename the command to "Medical Forces Atlantic."[6]

Subordinate Commands

Seal Name Location
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Portsmouth, Virginia
Naval Hospital Beaufort Beaufort, South Carolina
Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay Guantanamo, Cuba
Naval Hospital Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida
Naval Hospital Naples Naples, Italy
Naval Hospital Pensacola Pensacola, Florida
Naval Hospital Rota Rota, Cádiz, Spain
Naval Hospital Sigonella Sigonella, Italy
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Great Lakes, Illinois
Naval Hospital Rota Rota, Cádiz, Spain
Naval Health Clinic Charleston North Charleston, South Carolina
Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Cherry Point, North Carolina
Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas
Naval Health Clinic New England Newport, Rhode Island
Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River Patuxent River, Maryland
Naval Health Clinic Quantico Quantico, Virginia
2nd Dental Battalion Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Naval Health Clinic Annapolis Annapolis, Maryland
Naval Health Clinic Charleston North Charleston, South Carolina

Commanding Officers

Commanding Officers
Name Photo Term
Naval Medical Forces Atlantic
RADM Anne M. Swap
2020[7]-Incumbent
First Commanding Officer
Navy Medicine East
RADM Anne M. Swap
2016[5]-2020[8]
Last Commanding Officer
RADM Kenneth J. Iverson
2015[9]-2016[5]
RADM Terry J. Moulton
2014[10]-2015[9]
RADM Elaine C. Wagner
2011[11]-2014[10][12]
RADM Alton L. Stocks
2010[13]-2011[11]
RADM William R. Kiser
2008[14][15]-2010[13]
RADM Matthew L. Nathan
2007[16]-
RADM Thomas R. Cullison
2005-2007[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "BUMEDINST 5450.165C, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Organization" (PDF). 22 Dec 2016. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  2. ^ "Navy Medicine East Home". Navy Medicine East. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Navy Medicine West-About Us". Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  4. ^ "Navy Medicine East, a ready, agile and rapidly responsive medical force". Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  5. ^ a b c "Navy Medicine East undergoes change of command in Portsmouth". The Virginian-Pilot. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  6. ^ "Building Navy Medicine's Future: Taking a bearing". United States Navy. 2019-02-20. Archived from the original on 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  7. ^ "Command Leadership". Naval Medical Forces Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  8. ^ "United States Navy Biography - Rear Admiral Anne M. Swap". United States Navy. 2017-03-16. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  9. ^ a b "Navy Medicine East's new leader wants military health care to be patients' preferred choice". The Virginian-Pilot. 2015-12-01. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  10. ^ a b "New Commander for Navy Medicine East, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth". US Navy. 2014-04-08. Archived from the original on 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  11. ^ a b "NMCP holds change of command". The Norfolk Navy Flagship. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  12. ^ "United States Navy Biography - Rear Admiral Elaine C. Wagner". US Navy. Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  13. ^ a b "Change of Command Ceremony at NMCP". US Navy. 2010-05-08. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  14. ^ "First commandant of the Medical Education & Training Campus retires". 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  15. ^ "Rear Admiral Bob Kiser". Military City USA Radio. Archived from the original on 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  16. ^ "Command change at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth". The Norflk Navy Flagship. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  17. ^ "Deputy Navy Surgeon General Retires after 42 Years of Service". US Navy. 2010-08-09. Archived from the original on 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
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