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    Heather Hauck, M.D., M.B.A.

    Heather Hauck

    Candidate for 2026 Area 5 Trustee

    Biography

    Heather Hauck, M.D. is serving as Chief Medical Officer for Naval Health Clinic Lemoore, CA where she is responsible for the delivery of high-quality healthcare and drive toward high reliability for three geographically disparate facilities serving the Navy’s largest master jet base, home of Top Gun, and international students and staff of the Naval Postgraduate School. In addition, she works as an addiction psychiatrist for American Analytical Medical Services and Lifetime Insight LLC. Dr. Hauck has formally served as Head of Behavioral Health Services at Naval Hospital Rota, Spain where she led delivery of general psychiatry and addiction services to US military beneficiaries across the Iberian Peninsula and other areas of Western Europe. Other positions included Head and Clinical Director of the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program running Partial Hospital and Intensive Outpatient Programs at Camp Lejeune, NC as well as sole, active-duty psychiatrist for the Marine Air Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC.

    Dr. Hauck is a Fellow of the APA. She is currently serving as the Area 5 Trustee for the Board of Trustees (BOT) and the BOT member of the Joint Reference Committee. She previously served two terms as Assembly Representative for the Society of Uniformed Services Psychiatrists. In that role, she authored or co-authored seven action papers with one resulting in a published position statement and another leading to the publication of the 2024 published resource document on psychiatry and military service. She also served three years as the chair of the Assembly Committee for the DSM. Additionally, Dr. Hauck is the sole psychiatrist serving on the Executive Advisory Committee for the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program for the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. She is the Navy representative for the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Disorders Research Program for the Defense Health Agency. Dr. Hauck has also served as chair or member of many other committees and working groups across the Department of the Navy. Her expertise has resulted in regular invitations to speak about general and addiction psychiatry across the Department of Defense.

    Education

    • Master of Business Administration, American Military University (2024)
    • Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2017)
    • Psychiatry Residency, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA (2014)
    • Doctor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University (2010)
    • Bachelor of Science in Biology with Neuroscience, Pennsylvania State University (2006)

    Awards and Honors

    • Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, NMRTC Rota, Spain (2023)
    • Humanitarian Service Medal, NMRTC Rota, Spain (2021, 2020)
    • Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, NMRTC Camp Lejeune, NC (2020)
    • Humanitarian Service Medal, NMRTC Camp Lejeune, NC (2018)
    • Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, NHC Cherry Point, NC (2016)
    • Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, NMC Portsmouth, VA (2014)
    • Junior Officer of the Quarter, NMC Portsmouth, VA (2014)
    • Psychiatry Intern of the Year, NMC Portsmouth, VA (2011)

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