Jonathan Henderson M.D.

Education

- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
- Emergency Medicine Residency, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
- MD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
- B.S., Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Biography

Lt Col Jonathan Henderson, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine with a secondary appointment in Pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University (USU). He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He also holds an appointment as Fellow in the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Dr. Henderson has served for over 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. He has multiple deployments, most recently as part of a Ground Surgical Team. Dr. Henderson currently serves as the course director for the Combat Medical Skills Course, the Advanced Combat Medical Experience course, and the Military Operational Space Medicine course at USU, instructing students from the School of Medicine and Graduate School of Nursing as well as international students.

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

Commander, 724th Medical Operations, AB 201, Niger (2022)

Team Lead, 378th Ground Surgical Team, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia (2020)

Service Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft Sam Houston, TX (2021-2023)

Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft Sam Houston, TX (2019-2023)

18th ASOG, Operational Detachment Echo, LSA Anaconda, Iraq (2005)

Representative Bibliography

McCullough, I., Givens, M., Welter, K., Gale, H., Sam, A., Henderson, J., April, M., Schauer, S. (2025) “An assessment of the reliability of the Broselow tape for use in the US trauma population: A Trauma Quality Improvement Program analysis” Pediatric Emergency Care ():10.1097/PEC.0000000000003362, May 29, 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003362

Henderson, J., Cole, R., Hildreth, AF., Myers, M., Henderson, JJ., Shen, C. (2025) “The Benefits of Peer-led Experiential Learning in Military Medical Education: Reflections from Peer Educators” , Military Medicine, 2025;, usaf202, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf202

Doctor, J., & Henderson, J. (2024). Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome in 17-year-old Male with Abdominal Pain: Case Report. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 8(1), 57.

Henderson, J., Pock, A., & Elster, E. (2025). Development of the joint expeditionary medical officer. Military Medicine, 190(5-6), 145-149.

Hildreth, A. F., Cole, R., Henderson, J., & Shen, C. (2025). Time Is a Tool: Evaluation of a Prolonged Casualty Care Curriculum With a Focus on Temporal Fidelity. Military Medicine, usaf017.

Yoo, M. J., Bridwell, R. E., Inman, B. L., Henderson, J. D., & Long, B. (2021). Approach to nephrostomy tubes in the emergency department. The American journal of emergency medicine, 50, 592-596.

Larson, N. P., Bridwell, R. E., Cibrario, A., & Henderson, J. (2019). Necrotic fibroid mimicking ovarian torsion in a second trimester of pregnancy. Cureus, 11(11).