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Brigadier General Melissa A. Rank:Military Branch:United States Airforce | |
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Brig. Gen. Melissa A. Rank is the Deputy Assistant Surgeon General for Health Care Operations, Office of the Surgeon General, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. General Rank is the Air Force Medical Service focal point for health care operations. She is responsible for providing health care programs and policy guidance to more than 40,000 Airmen and 75 fixed medical treatment facilities, as well as at all deployed locations, comprising more than $5 billion of AFMS funding. General Rank was born in Frostburg, Md., and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1975. While attending the University of Maryland full time, General Rank was employed as a senior registered nurse at Baltimore City Hospitals in the Medical-Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit, as a public health nurse at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and clinical nurse researcher at the Center for Disease Control. Her Air Force career began as a staff nurse at Dover AFB, Del., and she has held a wide variety of clinical and supervisory positions at medical facilities in the United States, Germany and Japan. The general previously served in the Office of the Surgeon General as Executive Management Fellow for Services, and Chief of Plans, Policies and Programs for Nursing Services in the Directorate of Work Force Management. She also served for one year as the U.S. Air Force Surgeon Chair to Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. General Rank has commanded an aeromedical evacuation squadron in Dahran, Saudi Arabia, a medical operations squadron and two medical groups. EDUCATION 1975 Bachelor of Science degree in nursing, University of Maryland at Baltimore 1980 Nursing Service Management Course, School of Health Care Sciences, Sheppard AFB, Texas 1982 Flight Nurse School, School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas 1984 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1984 Air Command and Staff College, by seminar 1990 Master?s degree in nursing administration, University of Texas at San Antonio 1999 Master?s degree in strategic studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. ASSIGNMENTS 1. February 1978 - February 1982, staff nurse, Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, and charge nurse, OB/GYN Clinic, Dover AFB, Del. 2. February 1982 - May 1984, charge nurse, Minimal Care Unit; clinical nurse, Intermediate Care Unit; supervisor, Outpatient Nursing Services, Chanute AFB, Ill. 3. May 1984 - May 1987, staff nurse, Pediatric Unit; night supervisor and Chief Nurse, 18th Aeromedical Staging Flight, Wiesbaden Regional Medical Center, Weisbaden, West Germany 4. May 1987 - October 1991, charge nurse, Neurosurgical Unit; clinical supervisor, Surgical Units; and quality improvement and risk management coordinator for the Division of Nursing, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas 5. October 1991 - September 1994, officer in charge, In-flight Nursing Care; assistant Chief, Nursing Services; and Chief, Nursing Services, 9th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan (October 1992 - January 1993, Commander, 1611th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (Provisional), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) 6. September 1994 - September 1996, Commander, 22nd Medical Operations Squadron, and Chief Nurse Executive, 22nd Medical Group, McConnell AFB, Kan. 7. September 1996 - July 1998, Executive Management Fellow for Services, and Chief of Plans, Policies and Programs for Nursing Services, Directorate of Work Force Management, Office of the Surgeon General, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. 8. July 1998 - June 1999, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 9. June 1999 - July 2000, U.S. Air Force Surgeon Chair to Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 10. July 2000 - July 2002, Commander, 20th Medical Group, Shaw AFB, S.C. 11. July 2002 - July 2004, Commander, 99th Medical Group, Nellis AFB, Nev. 12. July 2004 - present, Deputy Assistant Surgeon General for Health Care Operations, Office of the Surgeon General, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters Aerial Achievement Medal Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters Combat Readiness Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS Sigma Theta Tau International American Nurses Association Kansas Nurses Association Association of Military Surgeons of the United States EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Captain Feb. 1, 1980 Major May 1, 1987 Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 1993 Colonel March 1, 1999 Brigadier General Jan. 1, 2005 |
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