Senators Raise Concerns Over Pending Ouster of Military Medical University President
Richard Thomas, president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, makes his remarks during the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Program intern graduation in the NMCP auditorium. (Kris Lindstrom/U.S. Navy)
15 Jan 2021
Defense Department officials have delayed a meeting on whether to fire the president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, or USUHS, a retired Army two-star general who has led the military medical school for nearly five years.
According to a source with knowledge of the proposed dismissal of Dr. Richard Thomas, a meeting scheduled for Jan. 11, during which Thomas was to present his defense, has been delayed until February.