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DEPARTMENT OF WAR - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

COL Philip Belmont, MD (US Army, Retired), Chair
US Food and Drug Administration, Division of Orthopaedic Devices

CPT Matthew Anderson (US Army, Retired)
Consumer Consultant

CPT Dan Berschinski (US Army, Retired)
Consumer Consultant

COL Andrea Crunkhorn, PT, DPT (US Army, Retired)
Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence

CAPT Eric Hofmeister, MD (US Navy, Retired)
Synergy Specialist Medical Group

COL Dean Hommer, MD
William Beaumont Army Medical Center

LTC Kevin Kirk, DO (US Army, Retired)
San Antonio Orthopedic Group, LLP

Col(s) Christopher LeBrun, MD
University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center

Dr. Jonathan Miller, MD
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

MAJ Daniel Rhoades, MD
US Army Medical Material Development Activity

Dr. Anne Ritter, Ph.D.
US Army Medical Research and Development Command, Combat Casualty Care Research Program

CAPT Duneley Rochino, PT, DSc
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center

Dr. Brian Schulz, PhD
Department of Veterans Affairs

COL Scott Shawen, MD (US Army, Retired)
OrthoCarolina, Ballantyne Foot and Ankle Institute

LCDR Scott Wagner, MD
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Last updated Monday, September 8, 2025