“Medicine and the Military: Parallel Lessons in Professionalism”

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Mark Hertling spent decades leading soldiers in combat and across cultures before he transitioned to healthcare leadership when he retired from the US Army. He joins us to talk about the professional parallels he's witnessed along the way: the oaths we take, the life and death situations, the bonding among colleagues, the importance of our institutions, and the betrayals that threaten them both.

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INFORMATION ABOUT LT. GEN. (RET) MARK HERTLING:

Lieutenant General Hertling served thirty-eight years in the US Army as a tanker and cavalryman, serving at every level from tank platoon leader on the East-West German border to commander of the US Army, Europe and the Seventh Army. Mark served a total of thirty-eight months in combat in multiple roles: as a major in a cavalry squadron during Desert Storm; and later as the commander of the 1st Armored Division, Multinational Division North, and Task Force Iron in Northern Iraq during the surge.

After retiring from the army, he became a senior vice president for a major health care organization in Orlando, and a military and national security analyst for CNN/CNN International.

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