ESS Leadership 2026 Executive Council

President

Captain Matthew J. Bradley, MD, MS, FACS

Captain Matthew J. Bradley, MD, MS, FACS
Medical Corps, US Navy
Norman M. Rich Professor and Chair of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Vice-President (President-Elect)

Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Gamble, MD, FACS

Medical Corps, US Army
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Immediate Past-President

Captain Matthew D. Tadlock, MD, FACS

Medical Corps, US Navy
Trauma/Critical Care Surgeon
1st Medical Battalion-Detachment San Diego, 1st Marine Logistics Group
Naval Readiness and Training Command San Diego

Board of Governors Representative

Colonel Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS

Medical Corps, US Army
Chief, Joint Trauma System
Joint Trauma System

Secretary

Lieutenant Colonel James Wiseman, MD, MBA, FACS

Medical Corps, US Air Force
Flight Commander, Critical Care Air Transport
459 Aeromedical Staging Squadron, JB Andrews, Maryland
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore

Treasurer

Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer Sabino, MD, FACS

Surgical Services Lead, National Capital Region
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Councilperson-at-Large, US Army

Major Kayleigh Herrick-Reynolds, MD, DABS

Surgical Oncology Fellow
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Councilperson-at-Large, US Navy

Commander Jay A. Yelon, DO, FACS, FCCM, USN

Medical Corps, US Navy
Trauma Surgeon
Navy Trauma Training Center, University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Councilperson-at-Large, US Air Force

Lieutenant Colonel Mary Stuever, MD, FACS

Medical Corps, US Air Force

Councilperson-at-Large, Reserve/National Guard

Lieutenant Colonel Omar Rokayak, DO, FACS

Medical Corps, US Air Force Reserve
Medical Director, Military-Civilian Partnerships
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Councilperson-at-Large, Civilian

Colonel (Retired) Jeffrey A. Bailey, MD, FACS

Professor, Section of Acute and Critical Care Surgery; Attending Surgeon
Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Professor of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Councilperson-at-Large, Resident/Fellow

Captain Emily Baird, MD, MA

General Surgery Resident
The University of Alabama at Birmingham