Brigadier General (retired) Rhonda Cornum, PhD, MD has a unique perspective on Military and Veterans Health. Rhonda is a surgeon, board-certified in urology, having earned a doctorate in biochemistry and nutrition from Cornell University. Cornum worked at Letterman Army Institute of Research at the Presidio of San Francisco and entered the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

As a flight surgeon with the 229th Attack Helicopter Regiment, then-Major Cornum was aboard a Black Hawk helicopter on a search and rescue mission, looking for a downed F-16 pilot, during the Gulf War. The helicopter was shot down on February 27, 1991 where Rhonda sustained severe injuries and was captured and held as Prisoner of War by the Iraqi Forces.

Rhonda went on to command the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, then became the command surgeon for United States Army Forces Command. As a brigadier general, she served as the United States Army Assistant Surgeon General for Force Protection before working in the joint soldier comprehensive fitness program focused on physical and mental fitness.

Rhonda sits on numerous committees and advisory boards, including the Secretary’s Prisoner 0f War Advisory Committee for the VA, the External Advisory Board for the Millennium Cohort Study, and is a Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Lieutenant Colonel (retired), Mike Fravell is a highly respected Chief Information Office (CIO) / Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with 20+ years of experience in healthcare technology, and a sought-after expert in rapid application development, implementation and training. He retired in 2009 as the Chief, Technology Integration, Headquarters Department of the Army, where he served as senior advisor to the Army Chief of Staff on the development and implementation of an information technology strategy for Comprehensive Soldier Fitness. His previous positions include Chief Technology Officer, Defense Health Information Management System (DHIMS), and Director of Engineering, Clinical Information Technology Program Office (CITPO), Military Health System, in both positions he served as senior technical advisor supporting garrison and theater clinical systems, Wounded Warrior initiatives, and information sharing between the DoD and VA. His previous positions include Senior Fellow, Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical CIO, United States Central Command, Chief Information Officer Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, and Chief Information Officer, US Army Dental Command. Mr. Fravell was personally selected for assignment by many senior government leaders including the Commanding General, United States Central Command, the United States Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G3/5/7, the Chairman, House Veterans Affairs Committee, and the Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs. He personally led teams that developed, implemented and trained the Veterans Tracking Application, Joint Patient Tracking Application, the Corporate Dental Application, and the Soldier Fitness Tracker.