Captain Andrew H. Lin

Executive Officer, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune

A native of Irvine, California, Captain Andrew Lin received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, San Diego, graduating with Tau Beta Pi honors in 1996. He completed his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University in 2000 and his MBA from George Washington University. In 2001, he represented the All Navy and US Combined Services in rugby for the first of multiple years. That same year he graduated top of his flight surgery class and was assigned to the Naval Strike Air Warfare Center (Strike U, TOPGUN, TOPDOME, SWTI) in Fallon, NV.

Afterwards he completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) and was awarded the 2005-2008 “Resident Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award”. During his utilization tour at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, he deployed to Afghanistan with the Combined Security Transition Command. He was embedded with the Afghan Nation Army (ANA) helping to train and setup intensive care units (ICU) throughout Afghanistan’s ANA Regional Hospitals. Through his medical education, simulation, and hands on training, he was able to reduce mortality at the Kabul ANA National Military Hospital ICU from over 40% to 5%, while increasing the average census from 2 to over 10 ICU beds. CAPT Lin also served as the deployment Communications Security Officer and was responsible for over $12 million of tactical equipment.

From 2010 to 2013, he was assigned as cardiology fellow at NMCSD. In this capacity, he redesigned the Cardiology Simulation Program while also publishing a dozen peer reviewed publications and book chapters. This made him the most prolific cardiology research fellow in over a decade. From 2011-2013, he was voted “Fellow Teacher of the Year” and upon graduation he was assigned as staff cardiologist at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP).

While at NMCP from 2013-2016, he served as a staff cardiologist and Associate Director of Medical Services (ADMS). As the ADMS, he led 28 clinics, 238 providers, 858 personnel, and three residency programs while commanding a budget of over $2 million. During his first year there he was awarded the 2013-2014 “NMCP Attending of the Year Award”. He also served as the Director of Primary Care/Branch Clinics, leading the largest directorate in the Navy, which encompassed 10 branch clinics, over 1,600 personnel, and supported 427 Fleet commands.

In 2014, he was handpicked by Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to build Navy Medicine’s first asynchronous tele-consult system reaching eleven time zones supporting 4 Navy Fleets, 5 carriers, 9 amphibious ships, 39 ships/boats, 28 MTFs, and 428 operational providers. It continues to save over $1.2 million a year in avoided medevacs and recaptured care.

CAPT Lin served as the USS BATAAN (LHD 5) senior medical officer from 2016-2018. In August 2017 in support of Operation Decisive Storm in Yemen as the primary casualty receiving ship, he led a successful mass casualty resulting in the largest walking blood bank activation at sea since World War II. This has been credited with a pivotal role in establishing the Abraham Accords in October 2020, a peace treaty between the United States, United Arab Emirates, Israel, and Bahrain.

CAPT Lin was recently the III MEF Surgeon and the Navy’s Internal Medicine Specialty Leader to the Navy Surgeon General. CAPT Lin’s personal awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, and multiple campaign and unit awards.