Francis O’Connor, MD, MPH

Professor, Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University

Medical Director, Consortium on Health and Military Performance

US Army Liaison to the Korey Stringer Institute

Francis O’Connor has been a leader in sports medicine education and research for the military for more than 20 years. Dr. O’Connor has authored over 50+ articles in scientific journals and numerous book chapters, technical reports and health promotion resources for the military. Additionally, Dr. O’Connor is the editor of four texts on sports medicine including, the Textbook of Running Medicine and Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Physician, 3rd Edition.

He has served on the boards of several leading organizations in sports medicine including the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine (AMSSM), and the American Medical Athletic Association (AMAA).

A Colonel in the United States Army, Dr. O’Connor is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point; and prior to his recent posting at Uniformed Services University in the Department of Military Medicine, served one year as a Command Surgeon with Special Operations in the Middle East.