New Leadership In The National CapitalRegion

BG Deydre Teyhen assumed Directorship of the National Capital Region, Defense Health
Agency on July 5, 2023. A native of Ohio, she received her Bachelor of Arts in Sports Science
at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1993. She earned her Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy from
the U.S. Army-Baylor University in 1995, completed her Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the
University of Texas in 2004, and her Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy from the Baylor
University in 2008. She graduated with honors from the U.S. Army War College with a Master’s
Degree in Strategic Studies in 2014.

BG Teyhen is the 20th Chief, U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps and the first Medical
Specialist Corps officer to serve as a brigadier general. Her previous commands include Brooke
Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, U.S. Army Public Health
Command Region-South and U.S. Army Health Clinic-Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Staff
leadership positions have included Officer-in-Charge of Task Force 10 Delta Med in Al Kut,
Iraq; Chief of Physical Therapy, 21st Combat Support Hospital in Tuzla, Bosnia; and Chief of
Outpatient Physical Therapy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. BG Teyhen’s research accomplishments include hundreds of publications, editorials, book chapters, published abstracts, presentations, and lectures. She is a board-certified Orthopedic

Clinical Specialist from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and a Cooper
Institute Certified Health Promotion Director. Teyhen has numerous military and civilian awards, including the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (4 OLC), the Army Medical Department’s Order of Military Medical Merit, the Surgeon General’s “A” Proficiency Designator, the U.S. Army War
College Commandant’s Award for Distinction in Research, the Dissertation Award from the University of Texas, the American Physical Therapy Association, Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member. She was inducted into the Kinesiology and Health Education Distinguished Alumna Hall of Honor, University of Texas. BG Teyhen is married to COL (Ret) John V. Teyhen III. They have accomplished their goal to be the first military couple to run a marathon in all 50 states, and are working towards 100 marathons to include all 7 continents.