COL Michael is a native of Brooklyn, New York and served for eight years as a Signal Soldier before being selected for a Green-to-Gold ROTC Scholarship. In 1998, he graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, with a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps.
He most recently served as the Commander, 1st Medical Brigade, Fort Cavazos, TX. His previous assignments include: Commander, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center & U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Fort George G. Meade, MD; Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Army Surgeon General; Chief, Congressional Affairs, Office of the Army Surgeon General and CG, US Army Medical Command; Commander, 1st Medical
Recruiting Battalion, Ft. Meade, MD; Legislative Liaison to Congress, Office of the Chief of Legislative Liaison (OCLL), HQDA; Aide-de-Camp to The Surgeon General and CG, US Army Medical Command; Director of Business Development, TRICARE Regional Office-South, San Antonio, TX; Battalion Executive Officer later Brigade Support Operations Officer (SPO), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan; Chief, Joint Plans and Programs Division (JPPD), US Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe (USAMMC-E), Pirmasens, Germany; Commander, HHC, Special Warfare Medical Group, later Chief Medical Logistics Plans and Operations, US Army Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, NC and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq; Commander, Bravo Company, 32nd Medical Logistics Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade, Ft. Bragg, NC; Division Medical Supply Officer (DMSO), later Medical Logistics Plans and Operations Officer, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, NC; Treatment Platoon Leader, later Executive Officer, 547th Area Support Medical Company, 62nd Medical Group, Fort Lewis, WA.
COL Michael is a graduate of the Army Medical Department Basic and Advanced Courses, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Indiana University, a Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) from Baylor University and a Master of Science (MS) in National Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School, National Defense University. He is board certified in healthcare management, and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). He is also a Health Innovators Fellow at the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Institute’s Global Leadership Network.
His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal (with two bronze stars), Iraqi Campaign Medal (with bronze star), NATO Defense Medal, Meritorious Unit Citation, the Order of Military Medical Merit, the Army Staff Identification Badge, Combat Action Badge, the Expert Field Medical Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Air Assault Badge and the Recruiter Badge.