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05/18/2025
EM Consultant Spotlight: Army
COL Eric Chin, MD MBA FAAEM
What is the Army EM Consultant you might ask? By doctrine, I serve as the subject matter expert for all things EM for the Army, advocate for specialty concerns, define training requirements, determine distribution of positions, and provide mentorship for our population. The reality is no person can know and do all of the things required by themselves, so really I am but one member of a team of senior Army EM leaders that I have surrounded myself with to help to shape and guide the direction of EM in the military.
My vision as the Army EM Consultant is to ensure emergency physicians are optimally positioned to provide exceptional care for our warfighters and their families by:
Being the ultimate EM advocate for you, your career, and our specialty
Helping to create an environment for emergency physicians to thrive and be fulfilled in their military career
Ensuring we can maintain the highest level of readiness
Developing and mentoring the next generation of EM leaders
Since March 2024, I have had the honor and privilege to serve as the Army EM Consultant to the Surgeon General and have gathered a tremendous appreciation for the hard work and dedication of the most amazing medical speciality within military medicine. Each and every one of you uniquely contributes to the fight in a diverse number of roles and positions throughout the military.
Looking forward, each and every one of you must look critically at how we are preparing ourselves personally and as a leader of military medicine to meet the needs of the warfighter in future conflicts. By all accounts, we must be prepared to rapidly transform for a dynamic battle space and a deployed medical environment few have experienced to date.
Eric Chin, MD MBA FAAEM
COL, MC
Emergency Medicine Consultant to TSG
Chair, Dept. of EM, Brooke Army Med Ctr
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