Capt. Matthew J. Bradley, MD, FACS

Dr. Bradley received his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University in University Park, earned master of physiology and doctor of medicine degrees from the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and completed his general surgery residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) in Bethesda, Maryland.

Following residency, he was assigned as the ship’s surgeon on board the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) during its maiden deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He completed trauma and surgical critical care fellowship training at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He then was transferred to the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, serving as head of the Regenerative Medicine Department focusing on the systemic inflammatory response following traumatic injury. During this tour he was selected as associate program director for the Walter Reed General Surgery Residency program and completed a deployment as chief of trauma at the NATO Role III Multinational Medical Unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and multiple missions aboard USNS Comfort.

Dr. Bradley currently is the Norman M. Rich Professor and chair of surgery at the Uniformed Services University at WRNMMC. He is dual board-certified in general surgery and surgical critical care, is the principal or associate investigator on several multimillion-dollar grants, and has published more than 110 peer-reviewed manuscripts, invited articles, and book chapters.

He is an instructor for Advanced Trauma Life Support, Fundamentals of Critical Care Support, Advanced Trauma Operative Management, and Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) and ASSET+ courses. In addition to numerous academic awards, Dr. Bradley’s military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (three awards), Joint Service Achievement Medal (two awards), Navy Achievement Medal, and the NATO Meritorious Service Medal.