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United States Army. The Medical Corps (MC) of the U.S. Army is a staff corps (non-combat specialty branch) of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) consisting of commissioned medical officers – physicians with either an M.D. or a D.O. degree, at least one year of post-graduate clinical training, and a state medical license .
Medical officers in the United States Army were authorized uniforms only in 1816 and were accorded military rank only in 1847. Congress made the designation of "Medical Corps" official in 1908, although the term had long been in use informally among the AMEDD's regular physicians.
A Congressional Act of March 3, 1813, cited the "Physician & surgeon general" of the U.S. Army. That nomenclature remained in place until the Medical Department was established by the Reorganization Act of April 14, 1818. Additionally, physicians assigned to the U.S. Army were not accorded military rank until 1847.
United States Army Medical Corps officers (2 C, 358 P) Pages in category "American military doctors" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
Distinctive unit insignia. The U.S. Army Medical Command ( MEDCOM) is a direct reporting unit of the U.S. Army that formerly provided command and control of the Army's fixed-facility medical, dental, and veterinary treatment facilities, providing preventive care, medical research and development and training institutions.
It ranks above major general ( two-star general) and below general ( four-star general ). There have been 76 lieutenant generals in the United States Army since 1 January 2020, four of whom were promoted to four-star general. All 76 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army. Lieutenant generals entered the Army via several paths ...
This category contains medical doctors who have served as United States Army Medical Corps officers, including those serving in the U.S. Army Medical Department prior to 1908 when Congress made the Corps an official staff officer body.
United States Navy: enlisted, warrant officer, officer. United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps: officer. United States Space Force: enlisted, officer. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps: officer. United Kingdom and United States military ranks compared.