Leaders

Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7
U.S. Army Medical Command

Colonel (Dr.) John M. Cho is currently serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations (G-3/5/7, US Army Medical Command) and Assistant Surgeon General for Force Management.  From June 2011 to April 2012, Colonel Cho served as the Commander of the 30th Medical Command, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Heidelberg, Germany.  Prior to this assignment, he was the Commander of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center which includes command and control over Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany and six U.S. Army Health Clinics and one U.S. Army Health Center located in Germany, Italy, and Belgium.  He has also served as Chief, Healthcare Business Operations, J3, Joint Task Force Capital Medical Region (JTF CapMed), Commander, Evans Army Community Hospital, Fort Carson, Colorado, Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Chief of Surgical Services, 212th MASH while deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom I.  Other key assignments include Commander, Andrew Rader U.S. Army Health Clinic, Fort Myer, Virginia, Assistant Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chief, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Medical Director U.S. Army School of Perfusion, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. and Commander, 150th Medical Detachment, Camp Carroll, Republic of Korea.

Colonel Cho is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.  He completed residencies in General Surgery at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado and Cardiothoracic Surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Colonel Cho also completed subspecialty Fellowship training in Pediatric and complex Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.  He is a 2008 graduate of the U.S. Army War College and where he received a Masters in Strategic Studies.

Colonel Cho is Board Certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and American College of Chest Physicians.  He holds active membership in the Society of Thoracic Surgery, and is a Certified Physician Executive of the American College of Physician Executives.  Colonel Cho's 30 publications, grants, and abstracts include two of the world's largest series in cardiac surgery and from 2006 to 2010 he was the Consultant to the Army Surgeon General in Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Colonel Cho's awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with a Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Expert Field Medical Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, the Order of Military Medical Merit, and the Army Surgeon General's "A" (Highest) Proficiency Designator in Cardiothoracic Surgery.