Faculty Biography
LTC Clifford C. Lutz Jr. MD, MC, USA
DATE OF RANK: 22 April 2005
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Assistant Professor, MEM, USUHS
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION:
- University of Scranton Sept '85 to May '89: BS in Biology, BA in Philosophy
- Uniformed Services University July '89 to May '93: Doctor of Medicine
- Eisenhower Army Medical Center July '93 to June '94: Transitional Internship
- Brooke Army Medical Center July '97 to June '00; Emergency Medicine Residency
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
- High risk SERE course at the JFK Special Warfare Center '91
- Army Aviation Medicine course '92
- Combat Casualty Care course '94
- Navy Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Officer '95
- Tropical Medicine course at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research '95
- Special Forces Assessment and Selection '95
- Special Operations Task Force Surgeon for Operations Restore/Uphold/Maintain Democracy
- Port-au-Prince Haiti Sept '94 to Feb '95 and May '95 to Nov '95
- Senior surgeon for Tradewinds '96 - Multi-national Joint operation with United States, Great Britain, and CARICOM
- Chief Resident of Emergency Medicine Residency Feb '00 to July '00
- Quality improvement coordinator for Brooke Army Medical Center emergency department Jul '00 to Jul '01
- SERE (SV 91 and SV 93) Fairchild AFB '01
- Joint Special Operations Command in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Nov to Dec ‘01
MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS:
- ROTC - senior position = ranger commander
- USUHS School of Medicine - medical officer candidate
- Battalion Surgeon 3d SFG(A) - July '94 to June '97;Acting Group Surgeon Jun' 95 to Aug '95 and Feb '96 to Aug '96
- Emergency Medicine Staff Physician at Brooke Army Medical Center from July '00 to June '05
- Joint Special Operations Command medical augmente e team member Jan '01 to May '02
- Hospital Commander, Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras Jun '05 to Jun'06
- Assistant Professor, Military and Emergency Medicine, USUHS, Bethesda MD Jun '06 to Present
AWARDS:
- Four year ROTC scholarship
- Distinguished military graduate
- Collegiate varsity letter x four years, Ranger team commander
- American Ski Racing Association collegiate division champions '88-'89 season
- Army parachutist, Army flight surgeon, Navy diving medical officer, expert field medical badge, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army commendation medal x 2, Army achievement medal x 2, Joint Service commendation medal, Joint Service achievement medal, Armed Forces expeditionary medal, humanitarian service medal, Army superior unit medal, Armed Forces services medal, national defense service medal, Army service ribbon, Foreign Paratrooper Badge (Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico)
PERSONAL INTERESTS:
- Biking, swimming, skiing, hunting, fishing, and guitar
EDITORIAL POSITIONS:
- Gerhardt RT, Klimper P, Sayles J, Landry D. US Army Medical Department / Medical Evacuation Proponency Directorate Training Circular 1-2XX: MEDEVAC Standing Orders & Treatment Protocol Guidelines.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Lutz, CL. Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook: Book review. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2003;7:155-156.
- Lutz, CL, Robertson, W. Oxymetazoline for the Prevention on of Middle Ear Barotrauma in Divers, Work in progress
- Siler, SM, Lutz, CL, Pfaff, JA. Caprine Procedure Lab in Simulated Combat Environment (Concept paper), Work in progress
- Lutz, CL, Meadows, SM, Grant J. Flexguide Bougie versus Traditional Endotracheal Intubation in Novice Intubator . Work in progress
- Lutz, CL, Insect Bites and Stings Chapter, Handbook for Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants.
Contact Information
Uniformed Services University
MEM Office: C1039
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Phone (301) 295-3720
DSN: 295 3720
Toll Free: 888 826-3126
FAX (301) 295-6773
Resources
Programs
- Consortium for Health & Military Performance (CHAMP)
- Center for Disaster & Humanitarian Assistance Medicine
- Human Performance Laboratory
- Traumatic Injury Research Program
Medical Education
- Introduction to Military Medicine
- Combat Medical Skills
- Military Applied Physiology
- Military Medical Field Studies
- Military Studies II
- Emergency Medicine Clerkship
- Military Contingency Medicine Clerkship
- Operational Medicine Electives Clerkship