RADM Rowley comes to
Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth from the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery where he served
as Assistant Chief for Plans, Analysis, and Evaluation. He Was selected for promotion to
Rear Admiral (lower half) in 1993.
A native of Omaha, NE,
RADM Rowley spent his childhood in Owatonna, MN where he graduated from high school in
1961. Attending the University of Minnesota, he received a B.A. degree in Psychology in
1966 and a doctor of medicine degree in 1970. He served a surgical internship and first
year of general surgery residency at the University of California, San Diego. He was
commissioned in the Navy in 1972.
RADM Rowley's first
duty was as Medical Officer on USS TRIPOLI (LPH 10), which participated in mine sweeping
off the coast of Vietnam in 1973. He was then assigned to Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
to complete his general surgery residency and became a staff general surgeon there in
January 1977. In July 1977, he transferred to Naval Hospital, San Diego for a one-year
peripheral vascular surgery fellowship. Following this fellowship, he served as a staff
vascular surgeon at Naval Hospital, San Diego. In 1980 he became Head, Peripheral Vascular
Surgery Division and Fellowship Program Director. From 1985 to 1988, he was Chairman of
the Department of General Surgery and Residency Program Director and served as Director of
Surgical Services from 1987 to 1988. In October 1988, he transferred to Naval Medical
Command, Southwest Region, as Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations.
In 1989, he assumed
additional duty on a Management Assistance Team chartered by the Blue Ribbon Panel on Navy
Medicine. He transferred to National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD in 1989 as Deputy
Commander, and then became Commanding Officer of Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, CA in
August 1991. In July 1993, he transferred to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in
Washington, DC, serving as Deputy Assistant Chief for Health Care Operations.
RADM Rowley's military
awards include: the Legion of Merit; Meritorious Service Medal; Navy Commendation Medal;
Meritorious Unit Citation; National Defense Service Medal (with gold star); and Philippine
Presidential Unit Citation.
RADM Rowley is
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, MD. He is an affiliate of the International Society of Cardiovascular
Surgery; American College of Surgeons; Association of Military Surgeons of the United
States; American College of Physician Executives; American College of Healthcare
Executives; and the American Medical Association.
