Kevin Christopher Kiley | |
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Kiley in 2004 (pictured with
the three stars of a Lt. Gen.) |
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Born | October 18, 1950 |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/branch | United States Army |
Years of service | 1976–2007 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands held | Surgeon General of the United States Army |
Battles/wars | Operation Desert Storm |
Awards |
Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (4) Bronze Star Expert Field Medical Badge |
Major General (Ret.) Kevin C. Kiley (born October 18, 1950) was the 41st Surgeon General of the United States Army and commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and North Atlantic Regional Medical Command twice, from 2002 to 2004, and as acting commander, March 1–2, 2007. He submitted his request to retire from the U.S. Army on March 11, 2007, in the wake of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal, and was removed from his nominative billet as a Lieutenant General. Pending retirement, he was assigned to a temporary billet at the General Officer Management Office at the Pentagon in the grade Major General. His retirement in the grade of Major General was subsequently approved.
Kiley was born in Pennsylvania on October 18, 1950, and graduated from the University of Scranton with a bachelor's degree in biology. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington D.C. He served a surgical internship and then an obstetrics and gynecology residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
He is a board-certified OB/GYN and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.