Ronda Cornum, PhD, MD
Brigadier General, Retired

Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum, PhD, MD, retired from the Army in 2012, having served over 33 years. Her last assignment was serving as the first Director of the U.S. Army’s Comprehensive Soldier Fitness initiative, the model for universal implementation of physical and psychological health promotion within the Department of Defense. Dr. Cornum has a unique perspective on military medicine and the importance of psychological as well as physical fitness; in 1991 she was shot down and captured by Iraqi forces during the last days of Desert Storm. She survived the wreck, a gunshot wound, two broken arms, and a week in captivity before being repatriated.

Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum, PhD, MD, retired from the Army in 2012, having served over 33 years. Her last assignment was serving as the first Director of the U.S. Army’s Comprehensive Soldier Fitness initiative, the model for universal implementation of physical and psychological health promotion within the Department of Defense. Dr. Cornum has a unique perspective on military medicine and the importance of psychological as well as physical fitness; in 1991 she was shot down and captured by Iraqi forces during the last days of Desert Storm. She survived the wreck, a gunshot wound, two broken arms, and a week in captivity before being repatriated.