Deydre Teyhen

Deydre S. Teyhen
Service / branch	United States Army
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	20th Chief of the Army Medical Specialist Corps 2022–present: Commanding General, Brooke Army Medical Center 2022–Present: Deputy Market Director, San Antonio Market, Defense Health Agency
Awards	Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (four Oak Leaf Clusters) Army Medical Department Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3) Surgeon General's "A" Proficiency Designator U.S. Army War College Commandant's Award for Distinction in Research Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association Dissertation Award from the University of Texas American Physical Therapy Association, Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member Inducted into the Kinesiology and Health Education Distinguished Alumna Hall of Honor, University of Texas.

Deydre S. Teyhen is a U.S. Army brigadier general and the 20th Chief of the Army Medical Specialist Corps.^[1] Teyhen also serves as Commanding General, Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), and the Deputy Market Director, San Antonio Market, Defense Health Agency. Teyhen, a physical therapist, is the Army's first active duty Medical Specialist Corps officer and physical therapist promoted to brigadier general.^[2]

Teyhen, a commissioned officer for 30 years, has held many command and staff positions.^[3] Of note, Teyhen served as the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support, G-1/4/6) at the Office of the Surgeon General in Falls Church, Virginia. During the pandemic, she served as the Department of Defense's Lead of Therapeutics for Operation Warp Speed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as the Commander for Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, the DoD's largest biomedical research facility.^[4] In these roles, she led infectious disease, brain, and behavioral health research efforts; including research to prevent, detect, and treat COVID-19.

Teyhen currently serves as Commanding General to nearly 9,000 personnel assigned to BAMC, the Military Health System’s largest and most complex hospital and sole Level I Trauma Center, located on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.^[5] She is dual-hatted as Chief of the Army Medical Specialist Corps. The Army Medical Specialist Corps comprises four Army officer areas of concentration: 65A Army Occupational Therapists (OT), 65B Army Physical Therapists, 65C Army Dietitians and 65D Army Physician Assistants (PA).^[6] Teyhen also serves as Deputy Market Director, San Antonio Market, Defense Health Agency, which works to optimize personnel and resources and improve access to care for more than 250,000 military beneficiaries across San Antonio, Texas, and surrounding areas.^[7]