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Military Physician and Dentist Representation

We represent military physicians, dentists and health professionals in:

    Peer review matters
    Quality assurance investigations
    Clinical privileges fair hearings
    Summary suspensions of privileges
    Credentialing matters
    Personnel matters
    Administrative discharge cases
    Responding to Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) investigations

Challenging, responding to and appealing National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) reports

    Preparation of significantly involved provider (SIP) statements
    Defense Health Agency (DHA) investigation representation
    Legal representation in DHA-PM 6025.13 proceedings

Inquiries, complaints, and responses medical negligence investigations, and
Many other healthcare-related matters

Our attorneys include former military Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAGC) officers (including those who have worked for a military Surgeon General, in a military teaching hospital, and at overseas commands), as well as former military medical personnel. Our attorneys understand the military chain of command and other aspects of military service. We have represented many Medical Corps and Medical Service Corps personnel in various legal matters.

We have represented physicians, dentists and other healthcare professionals in matters related to the Defense Health Agency Procedures Manual (DHA PM) 6025.13 “Medical Quality Assurance and Clinical Quality Management in the Military Health System (MHS).”

We represent and assist military physicians and health professionals in quality assurance investigations (QAIs) being conducted against them, peer review inquiries, and in clinical privileges fair hearings. We assist in preparing Significantly Involved Provider (SIP) statements for Defense Health Agency (DHA) investigations regarding Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCAs) claims, and providing initial statements in such matters. We provide legal representation in all matters and proceedings pursuant to Defense Health Agency Procedures Manual (DHA-PM) 6025.13, and in challenging and appealing adverse National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) reports.

Remember that the outcome of a military action commenced against you can cause problems for your future medical career in the civilian community. Don’t jeopardize your future civilian medical career by attempting to defend yourself or by relying on legal counsel who is not experienced in health law issues.

AIR FORCE PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Our experienced health law attorneys are available to represent and consult with U.S. military physicians, dentists, Medical Service Corps officers, Nurse Corps officers, and other health professionals on military health care matters, including quality improvement investigations and clinical privileges hearings, from the following Air Force bases:
Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona Luke Air Force Base, Arizona Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas Beale Air Force Base, California Edwards Air Force Base, California Los Angeles Air Force Base, California Travis Air Force Base, California Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado Dover Air Force Base, Delaware Bolling Air Force Base, District of Columbia Eglin Air Force Base, Florida Hurlburt Air Force Base, Florida MacDill Air Force Base, Florida Patrick Air Force Base, Florida Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida Moody Air Force Base, Georgia Robins Air Force Base, Georgia Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho Scott Air Force Base, Illinois McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico Pope Field Air Force Base, North Carolina Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee	Brooks City-Base, Texas Dyess Air Force Base, Texas Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas Lackland Air Force Base, Texas Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas Randolph Air Force Base, Texas Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas Hill Air Force Base, Utah Langley Air Force Base, Virginia Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington McChord Field Air Force Base, Washington F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming OVERSEAS Sheik Isa Air Base, Bahrain Chievres Air Base, Belgium Kleine Brogel Air Base, Belgium NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany Ramstein Air Base, Germany Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany Büchel Air Base, Germany Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany Andersen Air Force Base, Guam P?pa Air Base, Hungary Aviano Air Base, Italy Ghedi Air Base, Italy Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan Misawa Air Base, Japan Yokota Air Base, Japan Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait Volkel Air Base, Netherlands Stavanger Air Station, Norway RAFO Thumrait, Oman Lajes Field,Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Moron Air Base, Spain Ankara Support Facility, Turkey Incirlik Air Base, Turkey Izmir Air Station, Turkey Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire, U.K. RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, U.K. RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom RAF Feltwell, Norfolk, United Kingdom RAF Fylingdales, North York Moors, U.K. RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom RAF Menwith Hill, North Yorkshire, U.K. RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, United Kingdom RAF Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, U.K. RAF Welford, Berkshire, United Kingdom
ARMY PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS We are available to represent and consult with U.S. Army physicians, dentists, Medical Service Corps officers, Nurse Corps officers, and other health professionals on military health care matters, including quality improvement investigations and clinical privileges hearings, from the following Army bases:
Anniston Army Depot, Alabama Fort Rucker, Alabama Huntsville Military Depot, Alabama Redstone Arsenal, Alabama Fort Greely, Alaska Fort Wainwright, Alaska Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska Fort Huachuca, Arizona Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona Fort Irwin, California Presidio of Monterey, California Fort Carson, Colorado Fort McNair, District of Columbia Walter Reed Army Medical Center, D.C. Fort Benning, Georgia Fort Gordon, Georgia Fort Stewart, Georgia Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia Fort Shafter, Hawaii Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Fort Riley, Kansas Fort Campbell, Kentucky Fort Knox, Kentucky Fort Polk, Louisiana Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland Fort Detrick, Maryland Fort George G. Meade, Maryland Fort Devens, Massachusetts Camp Shelby, Mississippi Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Fort Dix, New Jersey Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico Fort Drum, New York Fort Hamilton, New York United States Military Academy at West Point Fort Bragg, North Carolina Fort Sill, Oklahoma Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico	San Juan Army National Guard Station, P.R. Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico Roosevelt Roads Army Reserve Base, P.R. Fort Jackson, South Carolina Fort Bliss, Texas Fort Hood, Texas Fort Sam Houston, Texas Joint Base San Antonio, Texas Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas Camp Bullis, Texas Dugway Proving Ground, Utah Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia Fort Belvoir, Virginia Fort Eustis, Virginia Fort Lee, Virginia Fort McNair, Virginia Fort Myer, Virginia Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia Fort Lewis, Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington Fort McCoy, Wisconsin OVERSEAS USAG Grafenwoehr, Germany USAG Ansbach, Germany USAG Baumholder, Germany USAG Garmisch, Germany USAG Hohenfels, Germany USAG Kaiserslautern, Germany USAG Stuttgart, Germany USAG Vilseck, Germany USAG Wiesbaden, Germany Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany USAG Vicenza, Italy Camp Darby, Italy Caserma Ederle, Italy Camp Humphreys, Korea USAG Yongsan (Seoul), Korea Camp Casey, Korea Camp Red Cloud, Korea USAG Japan – Camp Zama, Japan USAG Torii Station – Okinawa, Japan USAG Kuwait
NAVY PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Our experienced health care attorneys are available to represent and consult with U.S. Navy physicians, dentists, Medical Service Corps officers, Nurse Corps officers, and other health professionals on military health care matters, including quality improvement investigations and clinical privileges hearings, from the following Navy bases:
NAWS China Lake, California Naval Base San Diego, California Naval Base Coronado, California Naval Base Point Loma, California Naval Hospital San Diego, California Naval Medical Center San Diego, California NAF El Centro, California Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, California Naval Medical Center Camp Pendleton, Calif. Naval Air Station Lemoore, California Naval Hospital Lemoore, California Naval Medical Center Lemoore, California Naval Support Activity Monterey, California NWS Seal Beach, California Naval Base Ventura County, California Naval Hospital Twenty-Nine Palms, California Naval Medical Center Twenty-Nine Palms, CA Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California NCBC Port Hueneme, California NOLF San Nicolas Island, California Naval Support Base New London, Connecticut NSWC Corona, D.C. Naval Support Facility Anacosta, D.C. Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C. Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Florida Naval Medical Center Jacksonville, Florida Naval Air Station Key West, Florida Naval Station Mayport, Florida Naval Support Activity Panama City, Florida Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida Naval Hospital Pensacola, Florida Naval Medical Center Pensacola, Florida NSB Kings Bay, Georgia Naval Base, Guam Naval Hospital Guam Naval Medical Center Guam NCTA Master Station Pacific, Hawaii Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickman, Hawaii NSGA Kunia, Hawaii Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois Naval Air Station New Orleans, Louisiana Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Louisiana Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard, Maine Indian Head NSWC, Maine National Naval Medical Center, Maryland Naval Support Facility Thurmont, Maryland Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD Naval Construction Batt Ctr Gulfport, MS Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada NWS Earle, New Jersey Naval Air Engr. Station Lakehurst, N.J. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg, PA Naval Support Activity Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island Naval Support Activity Charleston, SC USNH Beaufort, South Carolina NSA Mid-South, Tennessee Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas Naval Medical Center Corpus Christi, Texas Naval Air Station JRB Fort Worth, Texas Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas METC Fort Sam Houston, Texas The Pentagon, Virginia Navy Annex Arlington, Virginia Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia NMC ITC, Dam Neck, Virginia Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia NSGA Chesapeake, Virginia Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia NSWC Dahlgren Division, Virginia NWS Yorktown, Virginia NTSC Hampton Roads, Dam Neck, Virginia Wallops Island ASCS, Virginia Naval Station Everett, Washington Naval Base Kitsap, Washington Bangor Annex, Washington Naval Hospital Whidbey Isalnd, Washington Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington OVERSEAS NSA Bahrain, Bahrain Mina Sulman, Bahrain Muharraq Airfield, Bahrain NCTS Bahrain, Bahrain British Indian Ocean Territory, U.K. NSF Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Djibouti Navy Base, Africa Camp Lemonnier, Africa NSA Souda Bay, Greece Ship Support Office, Hong Kong NSA Capodichino, Italy NSA Naples, Italy NSA Gaeta, Italy Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy NCTS Naples, Italy NAF Atsugi, Japan NSF Kamiseya, Japan NAF Misawa, Japan CFA Okinawa, Japan CFA Sasebo, Sasebo, Japan Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan Naval Medical Center Yokosuka, Japan CFA Chinhae, Korea Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait RAFO Masirah, Oman Doha IAP, Qatar King Abdul Aziz IAP, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia King Fahd Naval Base, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Sembawang Naval Base, Singapore Naval Station Rota, Spain Fujairah IAP, United Arab Emirates Jebel Ali Port Facility, United Arab Emirates
MARINE CORPS PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS We are available to represent and consult with U.S. Navy physicians, dentists, Medical Service Corps officers, Nurse Corps officers and other health professionals on military health care matters, including quality improvement investigations and clinical privileges hearings, from the following Marine Corps bases:
Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California Marine Corps Air Center 29 Palms, California Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California Marine Corps Base Bartow, California Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, GA Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, HI Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii	Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Joint Base San Antonio, Texas Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, VA Joint Base Lewis-McChord Marine Corps, WA OVERSEAS Joint Region Marianas, Guam Camp Butler Marine Corps Base, Japan Camp Foster Marine Corps Base, Japan Camp Fuji Marine Corps Base, Japan Camp Kinser Marine Corps Base, Japan Camp Lemonnier Marine Corps Base, Africa Camp Lester Marine Corps Base, Japan Camp McTureous Marine Corps Base, Japan Camp Schwab Marine Corps Base, Japan