Christian Macedonia
Christian Macedonia | |
|---|---|
| Service | United States Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | the Gray Team |
Christian Macedonia (COL, US Army, ret) is a medical doctor and a retired United States Army officer. From 2009 to 2011, he led the Gray Team which was tasked to improve the care of American forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Early life and education
[edit]He attended Bucknell University and graduated with a degree in chemistry in 1985.[1] He attended medical school at the Uniformed Services University.[1]
Military career
[edit]He served as an ambulance platoon leader in Goeppingen, Germany for three years with the 1st Infantry Division, from 1985-1988.[1]
He was part of a medical team on Mount Everest (Everest Extreme Expedition, or E3) in 1998 and 1999, caring for patients and analyzing biometrics for telemedicine monitoring.[2][3]
On 9/11 he was a first-responder to the attack on Washington DC as part of the medical unit attached to the US Park Service SWAT Team. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Combat Action Badge (Battle of Fallujah) for his service in the Iraq war.[4]
From January 2009 and September 2011, he commanded the Gray Team[5] and served as chief medical adviser to the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen.[6]
He served as a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,[6][7] where one of his projects involved developing new technologies to treat brain and spine injuries.[8] Another program he oversaw, Biochronicity, examined how biological clocks affect living systems.[9]
He has since retired from the military after 27 years of distinguished service.[10]
Civilian Medical and Scientific Career
[edit]Currently, runs a successful maternal fetal medicine practice that he co-founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancaster Maternal Fetal Medicine.[11][12]
Dr. Macedonia also serves as Chief Executive Officer for iReprogram, a biotech company with a patented technology for direct cell reprogramming, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Their system determines which transcription factors to deliver to an initial cell type, and the timing during the cell cycle for the delivery, to directly reprogram the cell into any other cell type, without the need for intermediary steps.[13] Early stage angel investors include Gil Omenn, Roger Newton, and Max Wicha.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Engs05 Lecture - Speaker Page". Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ Angood, P. B.; Satava, R.; Doarn, C.; Merrell, R.; E3 Group (2000). "Telemedicine at the top of the world: the 1998 and 1999 Everest extreme expeditions". Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 6 (3): 315–325. doi:10.1089/153056200750040174. ISSN 1530-5627. PMID 11110635.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "1998 Everest Expedition : Medical Team". alumni.media.mit.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "Our Emerald Hometown Hero February 2021: Christian Macedonia M.D." Emerald Foundation. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ Hamilton, Jon. "How A Team Of Elite Doctors Changed The Military's Stance On Brain Trauma". NPR. All Things Considered, NPR. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ a b "A better welcome home". Harvard University. 3 November 2011.
- ^ Shachtman, Noah (April 19, 2010). "Seeing Tongue, Spray-On Skin, Transplanted Hand: Top Officer Encounters Military's Extreme Medicine Wing". Wired.
- ^ Macedonia, Christian; Zamisch, Monica; Judy, Jack; Ling, Geoffrey (5 May 2012). "DARPA challenge: developing new technologies for brain and spinal injuries". Proceedings of SPIE. Sensing Technologies for Global Health, Military Medicine, Disaster Response, and Environmental Monitoring II; and Biometric Technology for Human Identification IX. 8371. Bibcode:2012SPIE.8371E..0IM. doi:10.1117/12.924571. S2CID 119772356.
- ^ "The Search for the Body's Keys to Time". NBC News. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ Alexander, Caroline. "The Invisible War on the Brain". National Geographic. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Dr. Christian Macedonia, Obstetrician-Gynecologist in Lancaster, PA - US News Doctors".
- ^ YDOP. "LMFM". Lancaster Maternal Fetal Medicine. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "iReprogram Home". iReprogram. Retrieved 2022-10-25.