Commanding General's Biography
Major General James Gilman
Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick
Major General James K. Gilman is a 1974 graduate of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a degree in Biological Engineering and received his MD degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1978.
Following a categorical medicine internship and residency in internal medicine at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), Major General Gilman served as the Chief Resident in Medicine at BAMC and then as staff internist and Chief, Internal Medicine Service, U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Nurnberg, Germany. He then returned to BAMC where he completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases and served as a staff cardiologist. In 1991, Major General Gilman completed a fellowship in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas. He then served as Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Assistant Chief of the Cardiology Service, Brooke Army Medical Center. From 1994 until 1997, he served as Chief of Cardiology and Cardiology Fellowship Program Director at BAMC. In 1995, he deployed to Haiti with the 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment in support of Operation Uphold Democracy.
Subsequent assignments include: Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Darnall Army Community Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas; Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Madigan Army Medical Center; Commander, Bassett Army Community Hospital, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; Acting Assistant Surgeon General for Force Projection, Office of the Surgeon General (OTSG); Director, Health Policy and Services, OTSG; and Commander, Walter Reed Health Care System. Before coming to the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Major General Gilman served as Commander, Brooke Army Medical Center and Great Plains Regional Medical Command in San Antonio, Texas.
Major General Gilman is a graduate of Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit (3 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC), the Army Staff Badge, and the Expert Field Medical Badge. He also is the recipient of The Surgeon General's "A" Proficiency Designator and a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit.