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Ask
the Doctor
This section is a forum
where service members and veterans can anonymously ask medical questions.
Among those answering the questions will be retired Navy Capt. Eric
McDonald, former chief surgeon for the Camp Pendleton 1st Marine Expeditionary
Force.
 McDonald
retired from the Navy in September 2005 and has been an emergency
medicine physician at the San Diego Naval Medical Center since November
2005. He established the first concussion clinic at a Navy treatment
facility and has conducted research in traumatic brain injury through
the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. He has served as a reviewer
for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Brain Trauma
Foundation. In addition to his duties at the Naval Medical Center,
he is a clinical instructor at the Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences.
McDonald earned a B.A. from Williams College in 1981 and received
his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences in 1985. He served 24 years on active duty in the Navy, including
two combat tours in Iraq.
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