USU graduated its first U.S. Coast Guard-sponsored medical student, Elise Bobczynski. (Photo credit: Tom Balfour, USU)

Uniformed Services University News reports,

In a historic milestone, USU graduated its first U.S. Coast Guard-sponsored medical student. Ensign Elise Bobczynski was commissioned as a physician into the Coast Guard by Rear Adm. Paul Jung, the Coast Guard’s Chief Medical Officer. Her graduation marked a significant step in the Service’s effort to expand its organic medical capabilities and address the growing need for uniformed physicians.

This is great, that the Coast Guard should have its own commissioned full time Coast Guard doctors rather than relying on Public Health Service, doctors on loan from other services, or contracted civilians.

I have a personal interest in this in that my daughter also graduated from the Uniformed Services University, became a Navy flight surgeon, served two tours in Iraq with a Marine helicopter squadron doing casualty evacuation. Uniformed Services University is a great opportunity.

I have to thank “librarydoc” for bringing this to my attention. He (or she) referenced the link in a comment on an earlier post, but it was stuck in the moderation queue and I did not recognize it until today, sorry it took so long.