Justin M Curley

M.D.

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Psychiatry
Title
Deputy Chair
Location: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:

Education

Internship and Residency, General Psychiatry and Internal Medicine 2006-2011
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC

Doctor of Medicine 2002-2006
Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE

Bachelor of Arts, Biology (summa cum laude) 1998-2002
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Biography

LTC(P) Justin M. Curley currently serves as the Deputy Chair of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Interim Program Director for the National Capital Consortium (NCC) Psychiatry Residency Program, and as a Scientist for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs).

Prior to serving in his current position(s), LTC Curley served as the Behavioral Health Advisor to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army. He has served as the Deputy Branch Chief and Research Physician with the Military Psychiatry branch of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Division Psychiatrist in the 3rd Infantry Division, Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry at Winn Army Community Hospital, Medical Director of the Schweinfurt and Bamberg Health Clinics, Psychiatrist with the 212th Combat Support Hospital attached to the 18th Military Police Brigade, and Chief of Behavioral Health in Schweinfurt, Germany.

Dr. Curley graduated summa cum laude from St. Louis University with a Biology B.A. in 2002, after which he graduated Creighton University with a medical doctorate in 2006. Dr. Curley was commissioned as an Active Duty Medical Corps Officer in 2006, after which he spent five years caring for Service Members, Dependents, and Retirees as an Internal Medicine and Psychiatry resident physician at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He is currently board certified by both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

LTC(P) Curley has had experience in operational military medicine and has received extensive military training in both medical and psychiatric combat casualty care, including instruction in advanced trauma life support, combat and operational stress control, operational management of chemical and biological casualties, operational management of ionizing radiation casualties, and operational management of infectious disease casualties.

LTC(P) Curley’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (three oak leaf clusters), and the Army Achievement Medal.