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Ethan A. Miles
Chief Executive Office
Dr Ethan Miles is a board-certified Family Medicine Physician in Columbus, Georgia. He earned his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Northern Arizona University. Following his undergraduate degree, Ethan commissioned as a US Army Officer and attended the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences where he received his Medical Degree. Following Family Medicine Residency at Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Hood, Texas he completed the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program and was assigned in 2006 as the Battalion Surgeon for 3d Ranger Battalion and in 2009, the Regimental Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. After 5 years of service as a Battalion Surgeon in the 75th Ranger Regiment with multiple combat deployments, Dr Miles attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. At NPS he earned his Master's Degree in Defense Analysis (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict) and was awarded the Hans Jones award for excellence in thesis research. Dr Miles again attended the Regimental Assessment and Selection Program and was selected to serve as the Regimental Surgeon for the 75th Ranger Regiment (US Army Special Operations Command). During his time as Regimental Surgeon (2013-2018), he deployed multiple times and served as Command Surgeon for the Joint Special Operations Task Force.
Additionally, during his time at 75th, he led the medical team in developing and implementing the first point of injury Whole Blood program for which he was awarded the US Army Greatest Innovation Award in 2017. After 5 years as Regimental Surgeon, Dr Miles went on to become the Maneuver Center of Excellence Command Surgeon overseeing the medical care and training of the largest Army training installation in the DoD. He also served as the chairman for the DoD TC3 Tier 2 (Combat Life Saver) curriculum re-write.
Dr Miles is an Associate Professor Military/Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine, and has his Diploma in Mountain Medicine. He is an Affiliate Faculty (TC3) for the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, a member of the Traumatic Hemostasis and Oxygenation (THOR) Network, he served as a voting member on the Committee for Tactical Combat Casualty Care, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Special Operations Medical Association.
His military decorations include Airborne wings, Air Assault wings, Flight Surgeon wings, Expert Field Medical Badge, Combat Medical Badge, Ranger Tab, Iraq Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal and The Order of St. Maurice.
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Peter Shull
Chief Operating Officer
Peter was commissioned in the Infantry through the ROTC program at Indiana State University. He served in various leadership and staff positions within both light and mechanized Infantry.
As a lieutenant, he was assigned overseas duty in the Republic of Korea from 1994-1997. During that time, he served as a rifle platoon leader, company executive officer, scout platoon leader, and HHC executive officer in the 5-20thInfantry and 2-9thInfantry of the 2nd Infantry Division.
As a captain, he first served at Fort Polk, LA as a G3 Plans Officer for the Joint Readiness Training Center, 1998-1999. He was then reassigned to Fort Campbell, KY with the 101st Airborne (ASSLT) Division for service with the 1-187thInfantry (RAKKASANS), 1999 thru 2003. There he served as the Battalion Assistant Operations Officer, Company Commander and Brigade Assistant Operations Officer. During this time, he deployed to Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq (initial invasion). Upon completion of the Iraq deployment, he was reassigned to Fort Polk, LA with service at the Joint Readiness Training Center, 2003 thru 2005. During this time he served one year as an Observer Controller and another year as a Plans Officer coordinating JRTC Rotations (Plans/Exercise Maneuver Control).
As a major, he was assigned to Fort Riley’s 1st Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division from 2006 thru 2008. Here he served as the Operations Officer and Executive Officer for 1-16th Infantry Regiment and later as the Brigade Operations Officer. He was then reassigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, GA as the Regimental S4 from 2008-2010.
As a lieutenant colonel, he served as the commander of 1-28th Infantry of the 4th Brigade at Fort Riley (October 2010 thru May 2013). This battalion deployed to East Paktika Afghanistan from April 2012 thru March 2013. After command, he served as the 2nd Armored Brigade Deputy Commander as they assumed the role as the Army's first Regionally Aligned Force to AFRICOM with deployments to southern and east Africa.
As a colonel, he returned to the 75th Ranger Regiment as the Deputy Commander from June 2014 thru August 2019. After serving the Ranger Regiment as an Operations and Support Deputy, he was selected for a position training officers at Fort Benning GA.
Peter’s Military Education includes Air War College (Montgomery, AL), Command and General Staff Officers Course (Fort Leavenworth, KS), the Combined Arms Service and Staff School (CAS3, Fort Leavenworth, KS) , the Infantry Officer Advance Course (Fort Benning, GA), the Infantry Officer Basic Course, the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle Commanders Course, Ranger School, Basic Airborne School, and the Air Assault School.
Awards and Decorations
Combat Infantryman’s Badge
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star (5OLC)
Meritorious Service Medal (5OLC).
Jeffrey S. Cain, M.D., FACEP
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Cain is currently a staff Emergency Medicine physician for City Hospital Emergency Care Center in Mesquite, Texas. He also serves as the Medical Director for the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training organization in San Marcos, Texas and for the Protective Service Medics supporting the US Embassy in Bagdad, Iraq. He is a medical and security consultant for several civilian entities. He earned his undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He was initially commissioned as an Infantry officer and served in various Company-level leadership positions prior to attending medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood Texas in 2001. From July 2001 to July 2003, he served as the Battalion Physician for the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, where he completed several combat deployments. As the Chief, Academic Division for the Department of Combat Medic Training in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, he revised the training pathway for all Army medics and facilitated transformation for the Army’s Self/Buddy Aid and Combat Lifesaver programs and associated medical equipment. Other military assignments included Chief of Emergency Medicine for Reynolds Army Community Hospital at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Research Physician with the US Army Institute of Surgical Research. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Physicians, a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Advisory Board member and former Vice Chairman for the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care and a Guidelines Committee member for the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care.
Dr. Cain has trained thousands of personnel in emergency pre-hospital trauma care techniques and has participated in numerous disaster and mass-casualty planning scenarios for hospital facilities and communities within the United States as well as deployable hospital systems worldwide.
His military awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Medic Badge, the Expert Infantryman Badge, Airborne wings, Pathfinder torch, Ranger tab, Army Flight Surgeon wings, and Air Assault wings. His foreign awards include the French Commando badge and Canadian Airborne wings.
Kevin R. Ward M.D., FACEP, FAAEM
Chair-Medical Advisory Board
Dr. Ward received his undergraduate degree in physiology from Louisiana State University in 1985 followed by a Doctor of Medicine degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Ward completed a clinical residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in 1992 followed by a research fellowship at the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1994.
Dr. Ward’s passion is in creating programs which encourage true integration across the disciplines of medicine, engineering, data sciences, and entrepreneurship that accelerate discovery to true patient impact. In 2015 is founded the Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC) which is leveraging the multidisciplinary expertise of the University of Michigan to transform critical care through innovation, integration, and entrepreneurship. In addition to founding MCIRCC, he led the design and implementation of Michigan Medicine’s Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI) program and served as its inaugural Executive Director from 2013-2018. FFMI now serves the as an academic biomedical innovation hub for the state of Michigan. He is a serial innovator and entrepreneur in the field of emergency and critical care medicine and the recipient of Innovation and Commercialization awards from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Michigan Medical School, and the Department of Defense. He is also the recipient of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Excellence in Research Award.
In collaboration with the U.S. Army and its Joint Special Operations Training Medical Center, Dr. Ward developed and medically directed special training programs, which have been responsible for providing clinical training to over 1500 Special Operation Combat Medics. For this work, Dr. Ward was awarded a Certificate for Patriotic Civilian Service by the Department of the Army and the Joint Special Operations Training Center. Dr. Ward is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps and part of a Forward Resuscitation Surgical Team.