Ken Bertram

Kenneth A. Bertram, MD, PhD, FACP serves as the Medical Director for BioGenerator's Center for Defense Medicine and is also Chief Medical Officer for ECHELON Med Tech. Dr. Bertram is also the Clinical Product Development Officer for the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, where he leads a team conducting early clinical trials using human stem cells to treat harmful host immune response in multiple diseases.

Ken retired (June 2018) as the Principal Assistant for Acquisition for the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Ft. Detrick, Maryland, and as a member of the Senior Executive Service. He was responsible for the advanced development and acquisition of medical products (drugs, vaccines, blood, and devices) for the US Army. In addition, he served as The Surgeon General’s Sponsor’s Representative to the US Food and Drug Administration and as the US Army’s Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) for medical products and was responsible for the life-cycle management of fielded medical products (research, development, acquisition, and sustainment). Ken was awarded the highest recognition for Army civilians, the Department of the Army Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service by the Secretary of the Army for his contributions to the Warfighter.

Ken previously served in the US Army, retiring as a Colonel, Medical Corps, after 24 years of Active Duty. Colonel Bertram’s assignments included: Commander, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; Chief of Staff, USAMRMC; Director, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (USAMRMC); and Chief, Hematology/Medical Oncology Service at Madigan Army Medical Center (Fort Lewis, WA). His military honors include two Legion of Merit awards, the Army’s The Surgeon General’s “A” Proficiency Designator in Hematology/Oncology, and the Order of Military Medical Merit.

Ken completed both his Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship and Internal Medicine Residency at Madigan Army Medical Center. Ken received his M.D. and Ph.D. (Microbiology) degrees from the University of Minnesota and his B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has held faculty appointments at the University of Washington and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (F.A.C.P.).

Ken currently also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for BioBridge Global, on the Board of Directors for the Geneva Foundation, and as a Senior Science Advisor to the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC). He is also a consultant to multiple medical research and development companies and government relations firms focused on trauma, resuscitation, neuro/psych, infectious disease, and regenerative medicine.