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Lebanon VA Medical Center welcomed its new Chief of Staff, Stuart A. Roop, MD, FCCP, a Lancaster native who recently completed 30 years of Army service.

Before joining Lebanon VA, Dr. Roop served as Interim Chief of Staff and Deputy Director, National Capital Region Medical Directorate from 2016-2017. He also served as the Director for Medical Services at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center from 2013 to 2016. He completed two combat tours in Iraq with the 31st Combat Support Hospital in 2004 and the 86th Combat Support Hospital in 2010.

Dr. Roop is an Associate Professor, Department of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University (USU), where he previously served as Associate Chair, Department of Medicine from 2012-2016. He is a Fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Chest Physicians. Additionally, he is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.

“We are thrilled to have someone with Dr. Roop’s expertise and experience take the lead with our great physicians,” said Lebanon VA Medical Center director and CEO, Robert W. Callahan, Jr. “As a soldier, doctor and administrator, who has been on the front lines of the battlefield and the highest levels of military medicine, he brings a unique set of skills and perspectives that will positively impact what is already a terrific team of providers.”

Dr. Roop completed his Internal Medicine residency and Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine fellowship in the National Capital Consortium at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He received his Doctorate of Medicine degree from the Uniformed Services University in 1996. He was also a distinguished graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point (Class of ’88) with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. Before his branch transfer to the Medical Corps, Roop was a Field Artillery Officer.

Dr. Roop is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, and Order of Military Medical Merit. He received the John F. Mayer Award for Excellence from the Department of Medicine at USU, and the Army Medical Department “A” Proficiency Designator in Pulmonary Medicine. In 2015 he was recognized with the Distinguished Alumni Award for Outstanding Service to Mankind by the Lampeter-Strasburg School District in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Lebanon VA Medical Center is one of 170 medical centers in the nation with the sole purpose of providing world-class medical care to America’s Veterans. Lebanon VAMC serves a nine county area in South Central Pennsylvania covering Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill and York counties. If you are a Veteran, you may be eligible to receive care and benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. To learn more, call 717-228-6000. For more information about the Lebanon VA Medical Center, visit www.lebanon.va.gov, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/VALebanon or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/.