Infectious Disease Officer

Position information :

Infectious

Disease Officer

U.S. Army Medical Corps

Bring

your greatest skills to the greater good

Enhance your medical career while helping to improve the health and

well-being of our Soldiers. As an infectious disease officer in

Army Medicine, you’ll be responsible for studying the causes,

effects, and patterns of infectious diseases, including biological

warfare threats. Through research, you could work with other

medical professionals to confirm, diagnose, treat and control the

transmission of infectious diseases within the military and

communities you support.

You may participate in

humanitarian missions to address the spread of infectious diseases

and find new ways to prevent them. And if you choose to serve in

the Army Reserve, you will be able to serve your country when

called upon while still supporting your community.

Whether you choose to

serve in the Regular Army or Army Reserve, you'll feel proud

knowing your work greatly impacts the lives of our Soldiers,

retirees and their family members.

Benefits may include :

• Repayment of qualified

education loans to lending institutions

accessions bonus and special pay, depending on your medical

specialty

Specialized Training Assistance Program (STRAP) based on your field

of medicine while in an accredited residency program

your family

Services Blended Retirement System

(grocery) and Post-exchange (department store) shopping privileges

missions

Eligibility Requirements :

Possess a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree from an

accredited U.S. school of medicine or osteopathy

permanent certificate from the Educational Council of Foreign

Medical Graduates

active and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United

States, District of Columbia, or U.S. territory

approved Graduate Medical Education (GME) internship

appointed as a commissioned officer in the US Army Reserve

States

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information?

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information about becoming an Army Infectious Disease Officer,

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Recruiter to learn how you can get started on your journey in Army

medicine.