Deydre Teyhen

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United States army general.

Deydre Smyth Teyhen (born 1971) is a U.S. Army (Retired) brigadier general and previously served as the 20th Chief of the Army Medical Specialist Corps. Teyhen's last assignment in the Army was as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Readiness Command, Pacific and the Director, Defense Health Network - IndoPacific. Other assignments as a General Officer included Director, Defense Health Network - National Capital Region and as Commanding General, Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), and the Deputy Market Director, San Antonio Market, Defense Health Agency. Teyhen, a physical therapist, is the Army's first active-duty Medical Specialist Corps officer and physical therapist promoted to brigadier general. Teyhen, a commissioned officer for almost 33 years, has held many command and staff positions. Of note, Teyhen served as the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support, G-1/4/6) at the Office of the Surgeon General in Falls Church, Virginia. During the pandemic, she served as the Department of Defense's Lead of Therapeutics for Operation Warp Speed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as the Commander for Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, the DoD's largest biomedical research facility. In these roles, she led infectious disease, brain, and behavioral health research efforts; including research to prevent, detect, and treat COVID-19. At BAMC, Teyhen served as Commanding General to nearly 9,000 personnel, the Military Health System's largest and most complex hospital and sole Level I Trauma Center, located on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. She was dual-hatted as Chief of the Army Medical Specialist Corps. The Army Medical Specialist Corps comprises four Army officer areas of concentration: 65A Army Occupational Therapists (OT), 65B Army Physical…

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