Rear Admiral Rebecca J. McCormick-Boyle

Rear Adm. McCormick-Boyle, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy, is a native of Griffins Mills, N.Y. Following her graduation from the SUNY at Buffalo School of Nursing, she was commissioned an ensign in 1981 and reported to Naval Hospital, Orlando, Fla., for her first military assignment where she gained first-hand experience in surgical and critical care nursing.

In 1984, she transferred to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., and served as a coronary care staff nurse, before returning to Buffalo, N.Y., in 1987 for medical programs recruiting.  In 1991, she reported to Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan, serving as division officer for in-patient care and ambulatory care.  While in Okinawa she received her Master of Science degree in Human Resource Management Systems from Chapman University, and in 1992 the local nursing association recognized her as the Military Nurse of the Year.

McCormick-Boyle also earned a Master of Health Administration from Baylor University in 1996, and subsequently served in several leadership positions at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, N.C., including director, Branch Medical Clinics, executive assistant to the Commanding Officer for Health Care Operations and Fleet Hospital senior nurse. Reporting to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in 1999, she served as a special projects coordinator for Navy Medicine’s Optimization Initiative before being promoted to captain in 2003 and assuming the position of nurse corps career plans officer.

Selected for Executive Medicine, she served as executive officer at Naval Health Clinic Great Lakes from 2005 to 2007, and was intimately involved in the early development activities leading to the establishment of the first integrated DoD/VA Federal Health Care Center at North Chicago.  She was subsequently selected to serve as the commanding officer at Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River from 2007 to 2009. There, she successfully targeted patient satisfaction and access to care for improvement in addition to leading her staff in numerous community-based volunteer projects.  In July 2009 she reported as assistant deputy chief for Medical Operations at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Serving in the Bureau’s largest and most complex code, she led early efforts to establish Navy Medicine’s primary care model, Medical Home Port, and has played a pivotal role in coordinating humanitarian assistance/disaster relief and contingency support activities.  In January 2012 she assumed position as the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery’s Chief of Staff.

Her decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.  A certified health care executive, she is an American College of Health Care Executives fellow, and received the 2011 Navy Regent’s Senior Health Care Executive Award.