COL Matt Douglas-Dean, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Graduate School

COL Douglas was raised in Washington state, graduating from high school in Coupeville, Washington, in 1992. He graduated from Whitworth College with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and was commissioned through Gonzaga University’s ROTC program into the Medical Service Corps in 1996. He served as a 70K, Medical Logistics officer, in various assignments including PBO, BMO, Platoon Leader, Chief of Materiel, Company Commander, Medlog Planner, Branch OIC, and Deputy Chief (Instructor) until 2006.  In these roles, he supporting medical and other operations in Korea, Germany, and Italy for missions throughout those COCOMS including the Former Republic of Yugoslavia (Bosnia/Kosovo), NATO and other partnerships, Africa, and the Middle East. He served on the MEDCOM headquarters from 2001-2003 supporting the GWOT and MEDCOM operations and then taught medical logistics for the AMEDDCS. In 2006, he entered the Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP) and graduated with his Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies in 2008 while stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. He deployed to Iraq with both the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, and 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn. From 2012-2016, he served with the California Medical Detachment in Monterey, California; delivering healthcare and medical readiness support to a robust joint community in DoD educational programs. He was selected for the LTHET Doctor of Science Surgery fellowship in 2016 and attended this rigorous program from 2016 until graduation with his Doctor of Science degree in Physician Assistant Studies in December 2017. He served as the Program Chair for this program at BAMC until March 2019, where he transitioned to the Associate Dean of the Graduate School (AMEDDCS). He became the interim Dean of the Graduate School in September 2021 and formally the Dean in April 2022. 

 

COL Douglas is appointed as an Associate Graduate Professor with Robbins College through Baylor University.  He oversees 14 graduate degree programs between 3 universities to delivery more than 350 graduate degrees annually and involving more than 60 training locations across the Joint services and DHA, as well as civilian partnership sites. 

 

He is happily married to his wife Tracy (Harvey) Douglas, and they have three children: Cecily (14), Ian (10), and Eleanor (7), all attending the Fort Sam Houston schools.