Dr. Lester Martínez López, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, presents retired U.S. Army Col. (Dr.) Craig Shriver with the distinguished service award at the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium. The symposium kicked off in Orlando, Florida, on Aug. 26. Shriver is the director of the Murtha Cancer Center.
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The Military Health Research Symposium honors Dr. Craig Shriver, Director of the Murtha Cancer Center, for his outstanding work and long-career as a researcher, surgeon, mentor and leader in cancer research in the Military Health System. His research has led to incredible outcomes for patients and the future of cancer research in the world.
Dr. Shriver’s contributions to military medicine have extended across an impressive 35+ year career as a member of the Army Medical Corps to his current roles as a federal civilian leader in clinical cancer medicine and research. He began his commission in the United States Army (USA) in 1981 and attended medical school at Temple University. After graduation, he was assigned as a surgery intern and resident at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and then took his first leadership role as chief of surgical oncology at WRAMC in 1994, where he would serve until 2001. At that time, he was assigned as Chief of General Surgery at WRAMC from 2001-2011 and then at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) from 2011-2014. He simultaneously served as the General Surgery Program Director for the National Capital Consortium from 1998-2014. During this time on active duty, Dr. Shriver would serve on four combat deployments and one non-combat deployment in support of Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2011, he was selected as the Director of the United States Military Cancer Institute (USMCI) and then in 2012 took his current tenure as the Director of the Murtha Cancer Center (MCC) and Murtha Cancer Center Research Program (MCCRP) at WRNMMC and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Dr. Shriver also holds the distinguished position of Oliver H. Beahrs Professor of Surgery at USUHS, serving as a medical educator and mentor to hundreds of medical students, faculty, and researchers at the university.
The Military Health Research Symposium honors Dr. Craig Shriver, Director of the Murtha Cancer Center, for his outstanding work and long-career as a researcher, surgeon, mentor and leader in cancer research in the Military Health System. His research has led to incredible outcomes for patients and the future of cancer research in the world.
Dr. Shriver’s contributions to military medicine have extended across an impressive 35+ year career as a member of the Army Medical Corps to his current roles as a federal civilian leader in clinical cancer medicine and research. He began his commission in the United States Army (USA) in 1981 and attended medical school at Temple University. After graduation, he was assigned as a surgery intern and resident at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and then took his first leadership role as chief of surgical oncology at WRAMC in 1994, where he would serve until 2001. At that time, he was assigned as Chief of General Surgery at WRAMC from 2001-2011 and then at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) from 2011-2014. He simultaneously served as the General Surgery Program Director for the National Capital Consortium from 1998-2014. During this time on active duty, Dr. Shriver would serve on four combat deployments and one non-combat deployment in support of Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2011, he was selected as the Director of the United States Military Cancer Institute (USMCI) and then in 2012 took his current tenure as the Director of the Murtha Cancer Center (MCC) and Murtha Cancer Center Research Program (MCCRP) at WRNMMC and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Dr. Shriver also holds the distinguished position of Oliver H. Beahrs Professor of Surgery at USUHS, serving as a medical educator and mentor to hundreds of medical students, faculty, and researchers at the university.
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