Gregory Gorman, CAPT (Ret.) Medical Corps, U.S. Navy MD, MHS Epidemiology

Education

Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2006

M.H.S. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, MD, 2006

Pediatrics Residency, National Capital Consortium Pediatrics Residency, Bethesda, MD / Washington DC, 2002

M.D. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1997

A.B. Classics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1993

Biography

Dr. Gorman began his career in 1989 as a Midshipman at Georgetown University through the George Washington University Naval ROTC Program. He then attended medical school at Washington University in St. Louis through the Armed Forces Health Professional's Scholarship Program and graduated in 1997.

Dr. Gorman completed his internship in pediatrics under Dr. Richard Moriarty at the National Capital Consortium at the National Naval Medical Center and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1998. After internship, he reported to the 2nd Force Service Support Group at Camp Lejeune as a General Medical Officer. He deployed to the Caribbean for hurricane relief efforts with the Special Marine-Air-Ground Task Force in 1999 and to Kosovo, Ukraine, and the Mediterranean with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in 2000. He earned his Fleet Marine Force qualification in 1999 and his Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer qualification in 2000 on USS TRENTON (LPD-14).

In 2002, Dr. Gorman completed his pediatrics residency at the National Capital Consortium under Dr. Joseph Lopreiato and Dr. Clifton Yu, and served as Chief Resident in 2003. He then completed a fellowship in pediatric nephrology at Johns Hopkins University under Dr. Susan Furth in Baltimore, Maryland in 2006. During his fellowship, he earned a Masters degree in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Following fellowship training, Dr. Gorman reported to the National Naval Medical Center as Staff Pediatric Nephrologist. In February 2007, he deployed to Expeditionary Medical Facility - Kuwait, and served as medical officer at the Troop Medical Clinic at Camp Arifjan and at Camp Buehring. In 2007, Dr. Gorman was appointed Associate Residency Director of the National Capital Consortium Pediatrics Residency. In 2011, he was appointed Program Director and led all aspects of the residency including curriculum, certification, recruitment, research, and remediation through 2018. His Program Director tenure was marked by increased resident and faculty participation in research, agile responses to new ACGME accreditation requirements, fast-feedback loops from alumni, innovations in individualized longitudinal curricula, and provision of data-based practice feedback to residents and faculty. The residency global health curriculum became one of the most robust in the country, with regular trainee-inclusive missions to Honduras to conduct WHO nutrition surveys for the Ministry of Health. In 2018, CAPT Gorman stepped down from Program Director duties and deployed to Central and South America with the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH 19) in support of health systems affected by Venezuelan migration.

Upon his return from deployment, CAPT Gorman assumed duties as Executive Director of the Defense Health Board, a federal advisory committee for the Department of Defense. In that capacity, he directed the scientific and regulatory activities of the Board and its 40+ senior healthcare leaders. He contributed to 8 Board reports providing policy recommendations on a broad range of health topics such as child abuse & neglect, mumps infection prevention, screening for mental health conditions, access to mental health care, value-based care and other TRICARE health benefit innovations, virtual health, and racial and ethnic health care disparities. In that role, he also served in 2022-2023 as deputy to the director of the Board of Regents for the Uniformed Services University. In addition to his Board duties, he chaired, and continues to chair, the Defense Health Agency Complex Pediatric Clinical Community, the Military Health System mechanism to advance ready reliable care for military-connected children with and without special health care needs by driving improved patient outcomes, increased transparency and accountability, and standardization of best-practice and evidence-based care approaches. These included child immunization efforts, lead screening and testing, subspecialist and Nurse Practitioner privileging, child development screening, food security screening and response, registry development and deployment for children with complex conditions such as Sickle Cell Anemia, Down Syndrome, and Chronic Kidney Disease, and multiple Cerner Electronic Health Record informatics solutions.

After the conclusion of his 26+ year Navy career, Dr. Gorman served as a Clinical Informaticist to improve the referral management process for the Veterans Health Administration and as an Epic Physician Builder for AdvocateHealth.

Throughout his Navy and post-Navy career, Dr. Gorman has continued his clinical practice in the field of pediatric kidney disease with expertise in pediatric hypertension, glomerular disease, congenital anomalies, dialysis, and transplant medicine. He was named a Master Clinician at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2018. In addition to nephrology clinics at Walter Reed and other Military Treatment Facilities in the National Capital Region and throughout the world through his synchronous and asynchronous virtual health practice, Dr. Gorman served and continues to serve as Consultant and Senior Clinical Advisor at the NIH Clinical Center. He also maintains clinical practice affiliations with the pediatric nephrology divisions at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, OH, Advocate Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, IL, Shriner's Hospital of Dayton, OH, and Wake Forest Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC.

Dr. Gorman is a Professor of Pediatrics at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University. He is board-certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, and Clinical Informatics. He has authored over thirty-five peer-reviewed journal articles, and written two book chapters. His research focuses on children with kidney disease, the epidemiology of autism and other childhood illnesses, the effects of military deployment on children, health care transitions, and the insights on disparities research that a universal healthcare system can provide. He is an avid practitioner of using experiential teaching methods to develop medical students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty into researchers, clinicians, and health care leaders. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Association of Pediatric Program Directors, the American Medical Informatics Association, the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, and the American Society of Nephrology.

Dr. Gorman’s military decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star, Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal with 4 Gold Stars, the Army Achievement Medal, Fleet Marine Force Medal, and several military and civilian research and teaching awards.

Dr. Gorman is a native of Baltimore, Maryland.

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

Alpha Omega Alpha Maryland Gamma Chapter, Uniformed Services University

Staff Physician Teacher of the Year, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 2017

Outstanding Clerkship Teaching Award, Uniformed Services University, 2016

Master Clinician, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Fellow Appreciation Award, Johns Hopkins Pediatric Residency Program, 2003

Andrew M. Margileth Award American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Uniformed Services, 2005 & 2007

Trainee Research Award American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, 2005

Sowgas Award, Outstanding Teaching Faculty National Capital Consortium Pediatrics Residency, 2009 & 2010

St. Louis Pediatric Society Outstanding Pediatric Medical Student , Washington University School of Medicine, 1997

Military deployments to Caribbean (1999); Kosovo, Ukraine, and the Mediterranean (2000); Kuwait (2007); Central & South America (2018)

Representative Bibliography

Schaettle PR, Kaplan RS, Lee VS, Parkinson MD, Gorman GH, Browne M. Mobilizing the U.S. Military's TRICARE Program for Value-Based Care: A Report From the Defense Health Board. Mil Med 2021 Jul 9.

CM Nylund, M Eide, GH Gorman. Association of Clostridium difficile infections with acid suppression medications in children. J Pediatr. 2014 Aug 8. pii: S0022-3476(14)00614- 3. PMID: 25112692

Shedlock K, Susi A, Gorman GH, Hisle-Gorman E, Erdie-Lalena C, Nylund CM. Autism Spectrum Disorders and Metabolic Complications of Obesity. J Pediatr 2016 Aug 31. 3476(16)30657-6. PMID: 27592097.

M Elrod, CM Nylund, A Susi, GH Gorman, E Hisle-Gorman, C Erdie_Lalena. Prevalence of Diagnosed Sleep Disorders and Related Diagnostic and Surgical Procedures in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2015 Apr;36(3):166-77 PMID 25741949.

Mitre E, Susi A, Kropp LE, Schwartz DJ, Gorman GH, Nylund CM. Association Between Use of Acid-Suppressive Medications and Antibiotics During Infancy and Allergic Diseases in Early Childhood. JAMA Pediatr 2018 Jun 4;172(6):e180315

AR Pavey, GH Gorman, D Kuehn, TA Stokes, E Hisle-Gorman. Intimate Partner Violence Increases Adverse Outcomes at Birth and in Early Infancy. J Pediatr. 2014 Aug 12

Gorman GH, Eide M, Hisle-Gorman E. Wartime military deployment and increased pediatric mental and behavioral health complaints. Pediatrics. 2010 Dec; 126(6): 1058-1066

Gorman G, Neu A, Fivush B, Frankenfield D, Furth S. Hospitalization rates and clinical performance measures in U.S. adolescent hemodialysis patients. Pediatr Nephrol. 2010 Nov; 25(11)2335-41

Gorman G, Frankenfield D, Fivush B, Neu A. Linear Growth of Pediatric Hemodialysis Patients. Pediatr Nephrol. 2008 Jan;23(1):123-7

Gorman G, Frankenfield D, Furth S, Hwang W, Parekh R, Astor B, Fivush F, Neu A. Clinical Outcomes and Dialysis Adequacy in Adolescent Hemodialysis Patients. Am J Kidney Dis. 2006 Feb;47(2):285-93