Associate Dean for Regional Education
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
San Antonio, TX, United States
Lt Col (Dr) David Lindholm is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Associate Dean for Regional Education, San Antonio Region, at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). He is responsible for the School of Medicine’s medical education programs at Joint Base San Antonio (TX), Ft Bliss (TX), Ft Hood (TX), Keesler AFB (MS), Offutt AFB (NE), and Wright-Patterson AFB (OH).
He graduated with highest honors from Cedarville University (Ohio) with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and minor in Bible, and he commissioned into the US Air Force through the Reserve Officer Training Corps in 2007. In 2011, he earned his Doctor of Medicine from USUHS, where he was the valedictorian and elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed both his residency in internal medicine (2014) and fellowship in infectious disease (2016) at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), achieving board certification in both specialties. Following a two-year tour as an attending physician at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center in Dayton, OH, he returned to San Antonio in 2018 to serve as the site director for the USUHS Department of Medicine’s core clerkship rotation at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), a role in which he served until 2024. He was appointed to the Dean’s Staff in 2023.
Additionally, he serves as core faculty for the SAUSHEC Infectious Disease Fellowship Program. As co-chair for the SAUSHEC Faculty Development Subcommittee, he is responsible for the faculty development of clinical educators across 34 graduate medical education programs and 22 graduate allied health education programs in San Antonio. He also conducts faculty development across the Military Health System, has been a recurring lecturer for several military infectious disease courses, including courses in Uganda and Kazakhstan, and has received multiple teaching awards. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). He serves on the leadership group for the IDSA’s Medical Education Community of Practice. He was previously the president of the Armed Forces Infectious Diseases Society. He has over 40 publications. His research interests include COVID-19, emerging infectious diseases, travel/tropical medicine, and medical education.
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