Christian Macedonia

Christian Macedonia
Service/branch United States Army
Rank Colonel
Commands held the Gray Team

Christian Macedonia is a medical doctor and a retired United States Army officer. From 2009 to 2011, he led the Gray Team which was tasked to improve the care of American forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Early life and education

He attended Bucknell University and graduated with a degree in chemistry in 1985.[1] He attended medical school at the Uniformed Services University.[1]

Military career

He served as an ambulance platoon leader in Goeppingen, Germany for three years with the First Infantry Division.[1]

From January 2009 and September 2011, he commanded the Gray Team[2] and served as chief medical adviser to the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen.[3]

He served as a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,[3][4] where one of his projects involved developing new technologies to treat brain and spine injuries.[5]

He has since retired from the military.[6]

Civilian career

Currently, he has an obstetrics and gynecology practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Engs05 Lecture - Speaker Page".
  2. Hamilton, Jon. "How A Team Of Elite Doctors Changed The Military's Stance On Brain Trauma". NPR. All Things Considered, NPR. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "A better welcome home". Harvard University.
  4. Shachtman, Noah (April 19, 2010). "Seeing Tongue, Spray-On Skin, Transplanted Hand: Top Officer Encounters Military's Extreme Medicine Wing". Wired.
  5. Macedonia, Christian; Zamisch, Monica; Judy, Jack; Ling, Geoffrey (5 May 2012). "DARPA challenge: developing new technologies for brain and spinal injuries". Proceedings of SPIE. doi:10.1117/12.924571.
  6. Alexander, Caroline. "The Invisible War on the Brain". National Geographic. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  7. "Dr. Christian Macedonia, Obstetrician-Gynecologist in Lancaster, PA - US News Doctors".
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