Jerry L. Mothershead, MD, FACEP, is a retired emergency medicine physician, flight surgeon, and naval flight officer, with 32 years active duty service in operational, clinical and administrative positions. His last assignment was as Special Projects Officer for CBRN Medical Defense at the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, with concurrent designation as the Navy Medicine Specialty Leader for both emergency medical services and Homeland Defense. He is also an adjunct assistant professor of military and emergency medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and has written more than 50 articles and book chapters on public health and medical preparedness. Since retirement, he has supported the Department of Defense and other federal agencies in worldwide initiatives focusing on public health and medical defense against disasters, pandemics, and CBRN events. He currently supports the Technical Reachback Group at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency through ARA Corporation.
