Military Service & Awards

Military Service

  • 2017 Chief of Orthopaedics 86th Combat Support Hospital-Operation Spartan Shield
    • Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
  • 2011-2018 Chief of Sports & Shoulder Service Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
    • Bethesda, MD
  • 2013-2018 Orthopaedic Surgeon Consultant to the White House
    • Washington, DC
  • 2009-2018 Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
    • Bethesda, MD
  • 2013-2018 Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Medical Corps
  • 2012 Chief Orthopaedic Surgery, Forward Surgical Team 10th Combat Support Hospital
    • Shindand, Afghanistan
  • 2010-2011 John A Feagin Jr. Sports Medicine Fellowship,
    • United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
  • 2009 Major, US Army Medical Corps
  • 2003-2009 Orthopaedic Surgery Internship/Residency, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
    • Washington, DC
  • 2003 Captain, US Army Medical Corps
  • 1999-2003 Health Services Professions Scholarship, New York University School of Medicine
    • New York, NY
  • 1999 2nd Lieutenant, US Army Medical Service Corps
  • 1995-1999 Reserve Officers Training Corps, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
    • New Brunswick, NJ
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Military Awards

  • 2018 Meritorious Service Medal
  • 2017 Joint Services Achievement Medal
  • 2017 Army Achievement Medal
  • 2017 Army Commendation Medal
  • 2012 Bronze Star-Operation Enduring Freedom
  • 2012 Meritorious Service Medal-Afghanistan
  • 2012 NATO Defense Service Medal-Afghanistan
  • 2012 Afghanistan Campaign Medal
  • 2012 US Army Superior Unit Award-10th CSH
  • 2011 Army Commendation Medal-Bronze Oak leaf Cluster
  • 2011 Joint Commendation Medal
  • 2009 Army Commendation Medal
  • 2007 Global War on Terrorism Medal
  • 2003 US Army Superior Unit Award-Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  • 2001 National Defense Service Medal
  • 2001 Army Service Ribbon

Academic Awards

  • 2017 Master Clinician Award
    • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
  • 2015 Associate Masters Clinician Award
    • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
  • 2011 Winner, Best Research Paper, Eastern Orthopaedic Association
    • Evans KN, Kilcoyne KG, Dickens JF, Rue JP, Giuliani J, Gwinn D, Wilckens J. Predisposing Risk Factors for Noncontact ACL Injuries in Military Subjects
  • 2011 Finalist, Robert A. Phillips Research Competition, 3rd National Capital Regional Military Research Competition
    • Dickens JF, Kilcoyne KG, Tintle SM, Giuliani J, Schaefer RA, Rue JP. Subpectoral Biceps Tenodesis: An Anatomical Study and Evaluation of At-Risk Structures.
  • 2011 Runner-Up, Walter Reed Orthopaedics Research Symposium, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
    • Dickens JF, Kilcoyne KG, Tintle SM, Giuliani J, Schaefer RA, Rue JP. Subpectoral Biceps Tenodesis: An Anatomical Study and Evaluation of At-Risk Structures
  • 2007 Resident Research Award, Washington Orthopaedic Society
    • Osteochondral Plug Tissue Engineering Using A Novel Hyaluronic Acid-Nonofibrous Scaffold (HANFS) Amalgam
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