Harold L. Timboe, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Harold Timboe is a senior official at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is Assistant Vice President for Research Administration and Initiatives, as well as Founding Director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness and Biomedical Research, and a Clinical Professor in the School of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine.

A Vietnam and Gulf War veteran, he recently retired as a Major General from the US Army after a distinguished career culminating as commander of the renowned Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. He has extensive experience in executive leadership of large, complex health systems, senior health policy positions, and is a decorated combat medical leader with several experiences in mass casualty situations and natural disasters. General Timboe's Walter Reed responsibilities included command of the Army's North Atlantic Regional Medical Command, a multi-hospital system spanning 21 states that included health support to the 82d Airborne Division, 10th Mountain Division, US Military Academy at West Point, as well as senior governmental officials at the White House, US Capitol, and the Pentagon. General Timboe was responsible for health support during the September 11th Pentagon attack as well as the following anthrax attack. During the 1991 Gulf War he was responsible for health service planning and support for the 100,000 soldiers of the XVIIIth Airborne Corps. General Timboe was also the TRICARE Northeast Lead Agent responsible for oversight of the TRICARE health plan to over 1 million military beneficiaries. He is recipient of the military's two highest awards for service, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and the Army's Distinguished Service Medal and he has been awarded 5 Legions of Merit and 2 Bronze Stars.

In addition to the three positions he holds at the health science university, in March 2003 Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Major General Timboe as Commander of the Texas Medical Rangers, a new Medical Reserve Corps volunteer unit of the Texas State Guard whose purpose is to provide medical expertise and health support in public health emergencies and disasters. The Texas Medical Rangers are expected to grow to over 1000 physicians, nurses and others with health related skills, and will be organized around the staff and faculty of the 10 health science campuses in Texas.

A native of Long Beach, California, General Timboe attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1968. He was awarded a Medical Degree in 1978 from the University of Texas School of Medicine in San Antonio, followed by a residency in family practice at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii. In 1980 he received a Masters of Public Health from the University of Hawaii with an emphasis on health services administration and planning. He is a graduate of the Army's Command and General Staff College as well as the Army War College.

Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Air Defense Artillery, General Timboe served as a Platoon Leader and Battery Executive Officer, 2nd Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, Aide de Camp to the Chief, United States Military Training Mission, Saudi Arabia; Operations Officer, Adjutant and Deputy Installation Commander, Nha Trang, Vietnam; and Race Relations/Equal Opportunity Officer, 11th Air Defense Artillery Group, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Following graduation from medical school and residency, General Timboe served as Division Surgeon, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, Weed Army Community Hospital, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Evans Army Community Hospital, Fort Carson, Colorado; Assistant Deputy for Health Policy and Human Relations, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs), Pentagon, Washington D.C.; Corps Surgeon, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina /Operation Desert Storm; Commander 18th Medical Command/121st Evacuation Hospital and U.S. Forces Command Surgeon, Korea; Commander, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commanding General, 44th Medical Brigade & Corps Surgeon, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and Commanding General, Great Plains Regional Medical Command and Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

General Timboe maintains many professional affiliations within the medical community. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physician Executives, the American Medical Association, the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, and the Christian Medical Dental Association. He has published several articles in military and medical journals and maintains an active interest in health systems leadership, patient safety, evidence-based medicine and the role of information technology. He was named the Distinguished Medical Alumnus of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for 1999 and in 2003 received the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board of Regents Distinguished Service Medal.

In addition to the aforementioned awards, he has four Meritorious Service Medals, an Air Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Expert Field Medical Badge, Flight Surgeon Badge, US, British, and German Parachutist Badges, and the Army Staff Identification Badge.

He and his wife Donna have four children: Dawn Stanford, Christina Drake, Matthew and Andrew, two granddaughters, and a dog named Pokey.