Ireland Army Community Hospital

COL Neil Maher currently serves as the Commander of USA MEDDAC Ft. Knox and Ireland Army Community Hospital. He recently served as the Director for Clinical Integration within J5/Plans & Policy, JTF CAPMED in Bethesda, MD. Prior to that, he served as Chief of Consultants for The Surgeon General, providing coordination and oversight for 140 consultants across the Army Medical Department. Concurrent with Chief Consultant duties, he served at MEDCOM, as the Deputy Director of Health Policy & Services and Chief of Clinical Services Division.

Other leadership positions have included Deputy Chief of the Army Medical Corps and its Corps Specific Branch Proponency Officer. COL Maher also served as president of the Strategic Technology/Clinical Policy Council, providing final clinical review for distribution of the annual $80M budget for new technology purchases across the MEDCOM. Before coming to MEDCOM he served as Deputy CDR for the Europe Regional Medical Command as the senior Army clinician in Europe. COL Maher deployed as flight surgeon to JTF Bravo (Honduras) and maintains an interest in tropical neurology.

In 2004-05 he was the sole neurologist in OIF/Iraq, serving with the 359^th Augmentation Team (Neuro) attached to the 31^st and 86^th CSH, at ibn Sina hospital (Baghdad).COL Maher is board certified in neurology and has served at William Beaumont AMC, as well as in the Army’s two neurology residencies at Walter Reed & Madigan Army Medical Centers.. COL Maher was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Boston College. He holds the PhD in Chemistry & Environmental Health from the University of Michigan.

He was commissioned through the Health Professions Scholarship Program and completed the MD at St. Louis University and then trained in neurology at Letterman Army Medical Center. His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (OLC), the Order of Military Medical Merit and The Surgeon General’s A designator.