The Naval Medical Forces Atlantic was established August 2005 as Navy Medicine East and is a flag level command reporting directly to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Naval Medical Forces Atlantic is responsible for administrative command over its subordinate commands, and for the provision of health and dental care within its area of responsibility. As of 2017, Navy Medicine East oversees over 100 medical facilities and a staff in excess of 26,000 in the eastern United States as well as overseas.
Despite being located in Maryland, the Naval Medical Research Center has been under the command of Navy Medicine West, not Navy Medicine East, since August 2015.
In February 2019, the Surgeon General of the United States Navy announced plans to rename the command to "Medical Forces Atlantic."
Subordinate Commands Seal Name Location Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Portsmouth, Virginia Naval Hospital Beaufort Beaufort, South Carolina Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay Guantanamo, Cuba Naval Hospital Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida Naval Hospital Naples Naples, Italy Naval Hospital Pensacola Pensacola, Florida Naval Hospital Rota Rota, Cádiz, Spain Naval Hospital Sigonella Sigonella, Italy Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Great Lakes, Illinois Naval Hospital Rota Rota, Cádiz, Spain Naval Health Clinic Charleston North Charleston, South Carolina Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Cherry Point, North Carolina Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Naval Health Clinic New England Newport, Rhode Island Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River Patuxent River, Maryland Naval Health Clinic Quantico Quantico, Virginia 2nd Dental Battalion Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Naval Health Clinic Annapolis Annapolis, Maryland Naval Health Clinic Charleston North Charleston, South Carolina
Commanding Officers + Commanding Officers Name Photo Term Naval Medical Forces Atlantic RADM Anne M. Swap 2020-IncumbentFirst Commanding OfficerNavy Medicine East RADM Anne M. Swap 2016-2020Last Commanding Officer RADM Kenneth J. Iverson 2015-2016 RADM Terry J. Moulton 2014-2015 RADM Elaine C. Wagner 2011-2014 RADM Alton L. Stocks 2010-2011 RADM William R. Kiser 2008-2010 RADM Matthew L. Nathan 2007- RADM Thomas R. Cullison 2005-2007
See also Naval Medical Forces Pacific – Equivalent command for the western United States References