Jerri Curtis, CAPT, MC, USN
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Executive Director and Designated Institutional Official
National Capital Consortium
CAPT Jerri Curtis graduated from the University of Florida in
1980 with a B.S. in microbiology. She accepted an HPSP
scholarship and graduated from the University of South
Florida College of Medicine in 1984. She began her pediatric
residency at Portsmouth Naval Hospital and her first duty
assignment after residency was at Naval Hospital, Rota,
Spain as a General Pediatrician. She received her fellowship
training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine from 1989–1992 at
the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
(USUHS). She was then assigned to the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) as a staff
neonatologist. In 1994 she deployed on the USNS Comfort to Haiti in support of “Operation
Uphold Democracy” providing medical and humanitarian support to the Haitian people in a
time when their government was in danger of being overthrown. As a staff neonatologist,
Captain Curtis continued her research that began during her fellowship. Ten years of rigorous
research culminated in her winning the Navy Wide Research Competition and the prestigious
Ogden Bruton Award for research excellence. From 1997–2005 Captain Curtis was the program
director for the Tri-Service Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at USUHS. In addition,
Captain Curtis has served on several committees to include the Institutional Review Board
where she ultimately became the Chair for three years. In 2003, Captain Curtis was selected as
the Director for Graduate Medical Education at NNMC. In 2005, she was named the Specialty
Advisor to the Navy Surgeon General for Neonatology. Captain Curtis was the Director of Navy
Graduate Medical Education and was assigned to Navy Medicine Manpower, Personnel,
Training and Education Command in Bethesda, Maryland from 2006–2008. Captain Curtis was
appointed as the Executive Director and Designated Institutional Official of the National Capital
Consortium in Bethesda, Maryland in 2008. She was appointed as the Associate Dean for GME
at USUHS in 2010. Captain Curtis is board certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She has a
medical license in the states of Maryland and Florida. She holds a faculty appointment as
Associate Professor, USUHS and a medical staff appointment at Walter Reed National Military
Medical Center. She is a member of the Pediatric Academic Society, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor
Society, a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a member of the American
Medical Association. She received an appointment by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education to serve on the Residency Review Committee for Pediatrics.