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Army Major General Dr. James Gilman to Speak About Leadership Development
April 9, 2012
The commander of one of the U.S. Army's top medical research and
materiel commands, Major General James K. Gilman, M.D., will give a
special leadership development presentation at Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology on Wednesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the
Kahn Room of the Hulman Student Union. This free event has been
organized by Rose-Hulman's Leadership Advancement Program.
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Major General Dr. James K.
Gilman, M.D. |
Dr. Gilman is a 1974 Rose-Hulman biology graduate and a native
of Hymera, Ind., in nearby Sullivan County.
Delivering the best medical solutions to enhance, protect,
treat, and heal American service men and women has been the focus
of Gilman's 34-year military service career. He is currently
commander of the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort
Detrick (Md.), a premier quad-services installation that's home to
the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, the National Cancer
Institute, and 37 mission partners. The operations also host a
National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research and
National Interagency Biodefense
Campus.
Under Dr. Gilman's leadership, the materiel command has led many
efforts to field the best possible products to protect soldiers and
save lives. During the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan,
the command has provided critical support to joint medical
operations and is providing solutions that address lessons learned
and changes in operational requirements. As the Army's medical
materiel developer, the command manages the acquisition and
fielding of all medical equipment used by deployed Army medical
units, and played a key role in managing the responsible return of
materiel from Iraq as U.S. forces drew down.
Some of the products new to the battlefield, coming from Fort
Detrick, include the remote leishmania diagnostics, combat gauze,
damage control resuscitation for non-compressible hemorrhage,
combat application tourniquet, rotary valve pressure swing
adsorption oxygen generator, improved first aid kit, and anesthesia
machines.
Dr. Gilman previously served as the commander of Brooke Army
Medical Center (Texas) and the Great Plains Regional Medical
Command, which overseas Army hospitals and clinics in 16 states.
Other assignments have had him serving as commander of the Walter
Reed Health Care System, which includes Walter Reed Hospital;
director of health policy and services directorate for the Office
of the Surgeon General; commander of the USAMEDDAC at Fort
Wainwright (Alaska); deputy commander for clinical services at
Madigan Army Medical Center (Wash.); deputy commander for clinical
services at Fort Hood (Texas); and chief of cardiology services at
Brooke Army Medical Center. He completed overseas tours in Alaska
and Germany and served with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in
Haiti.
Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, Army surgeon general and commander of
the U.S. Army Medical Command, has praised Dr. Gilman, stating "Jim
really has been a beacon of rationality, compassion, integrity and
honesty. Jim is one of those people who really speaks truth to
power. I never have lost sleep knowing Jim has been in
command."
Dr. Gilman earned his medical degree from the Indiana University
School of Medicine. He is board certified in both internal medicine
and cardiovascular diseases, and is a fellow of the American
College of Cardiology. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command
and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth, Kan.), and the U.S.
Army War College (Carlisle Barracks, Pa.). Military awards and
decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of
Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Staff Badge, and the
Expert Field Medical Badge. He also is the recipient of The Surgeon
General's "A" Proficiency Designator and a member of the Order of
Military Medical Merit.