Gale S Pollock is a retired United States Army major general who served as the Deputy Surgeon General of the United States Army from October 2006 to March 2007, and as chief of the Army Nurse Corps.
12 Facts About Gale Pollock
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Gale Pollock became acting Surgeon General of the United States Army for nine months following the 20 March 2007 retirement of her predecessor, Kevin C Kiley, due to fallout from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal.
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Gale Pollock was the first woman and the first non-physician to hold the position.
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Gale Pollock was a Fellow at Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative in 2011.
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Gale Pollock received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
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Gale Pollock attended the US Army Nurse Anesthesia Program and is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.
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Gale Pollock received her Master of Business Administration from Boston University, a Master of Healthcare Administration from Baylor University, a Master of Science in National Security Strategy from the National Defense University, and an honorary Doctorate of Public Service from the University of Maryland.
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Gale Pollock is a Fellow at the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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Gale Pollock was Lead Agent of TRICARE Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Gale Pollock earned the Expert Field Medical Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.
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Gale Pollock received the Army Staff Identification Badge for her work at the Pentagon and earned the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency in gold.
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Gale Pollock released a memo claiming that her office had conducted a careful review of a series of personality disorder discharges from Fort Carson, Colorado, a review Kors alleged to be a sham.