Ronald K. Poropatich

Dr. Poropatich is an experienced Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine physician-scientist who serves as the Director of the Center for Military Medicine Research (CMMR), Health Sciences, and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. The Pitt CMMR has been instrumental in building collaborative multi-disciplinary and multi-organizational research teams to improve the health and well-being of service members, veterans, and their families that have led to significant DoD medical research collaboration with Pitt. Dr. Poropatich has also been on the faculty at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science (USUHS) since 1985 and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Medicine.

Dr. Poropatich served 30 years on active duty in the U.S. Army retiring in 2012 at the rank of Colonel with extended assignments at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (1985 to 2012) and the US Army Medical Research and Development Command (2006-2012).