Cameron J. Elward

MD

Major, Air Force

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Title
Flight Commander, Operational Support Medicine, 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, GA
Location: Other Location
Research Interests:
Global Health Engagement
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Email
cameron.elward@us.af.mil
Office Phone
229-257-9535

Education

Undergraduate: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, 2011-2014
Medical School: Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, M.D., 2015-2019
Residency in Pediatrics: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX, 2019-2022

Biography

Cam Elward, Maj, USAF, MC is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Born in Mississauga, Canada, he received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia and his M.D. degree from the Uniformed Services University. He completed his residency in General Pediatrics at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium. Dr. Elward is currently stationed as a flight surgeon and flight commander of the Operational Support Medicine flight at the 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, GA where he moonlights as a pediatric hospitalist at South Georgia Medical Center as part of the Air Force MACH-R program. During this assignment, he deployed to the Horn of Africa for 7 months in support of the Personnel Recovery Task Force.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Deployment, Flight Surgeon, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, March-October 2023

Pediatrician, AMISTAD patient care mission, Filadelfia, Paraguay, July-August 2024

Flight Surgeon, RELAMPAGO DE LOS ANDES multi-national exercise, Multiple Locations, Colombia, July-August 2025

Representative Bibliography

Elward, Cameron, Sebrina Perkins. “Enterobius vermicularis appendiceal infestation: a case of falsepositive ultrasoundconfirmed appendicitis.” Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal. Epub ahead of print. April 4, 2022. https://www.pemj.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.22470/pemj.2022.00430.

Elward, Cameron, Janet Berg, John M. Oberlin, and Luis Rohena. “A Case Series of a Mother and Two Daughters with a GLI2 Gene Deletion Demonstrating Variable Expressivity and Incomplete Penetrance.” Clinical Case Reports 8, no. 11 (2020): 2138–44. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3085.

Jaksha, Alexandria F., 1, Grant A. Justin, Daniel I. Brooks, Cameron J. Elward, Denise S. Ryan, Eric D. Weichel, Marcus H. Colyer. Neuro-Ophthalmic Injuries With Systemic Neurologic Injury or Traumatic Brain Injury in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. J Neuroophthalmol. 2020 Sep; 40(3):322-327.