Name: Todd Gjesdal
Specification: US NATO | Medical Care Specialist
Diplomat Reference Number: 7932JTCM
Deployment State/Country: Israel/Gaza
Account Identity: 590297WXU
Level Salary: $397,848.00
Research Interests:
Medical Vaccine, Nuclear warfare,
Covert and Intelligence Operations
Email: toddgjesdal@nato-intl.com
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Background.
Todd Gjesdal was born into a military family. His father served for over 59 years in the Norwegian Army.
Todd Gjesdal enrolled in the American Academy of Internal Medicine, he graduated from the Medical Academy as a Specialist in 1988.
He served as a Medical Care Specialist with the 17th Armoured Brigade, the 1st Army Corps Logistic Command, as commander of the 131st Surgical Field Hospital before training as a COMEDS officer at Military Health Care Institute .
He then contributed and led several strategic health system reform initiatives as a Medical Care Specialist and as a Senior Chief of the Army Surgeon General's Medical Policy Branch. He was appointed the first commander of the Institute for Co-operation and Partnership Hospitals in 2002, Commander of the Health Care Agency Group in 2008, and Specialist Surgeon General in 2012.
He was elected Member of the Committee of Chiefs of Military Medical Care Specialists within US NATO in 2015, North Atlantic Alliance's Senior Medical Care Specialist.
Within his term of Service, He spent several months as commander of all American forces deployed in Ukraine, Israel, Syria and Afghanistan.
He was made a knight in the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit and awarded the Honorary Medal of the Interallied Confederation of Medical Care Specialists.
Deployments
- Actively deployed to Israel/Gaza
- Todd Gjesdal, (born March 25,1967) is a career Member of the Committee of Chiefs of Military Medical Care Specialists within US NATO with over 29 years of experience working on European political and security issues under four U.S. Government Administrations.
- He previously served as a Senior relations officer for European and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC).
- Todd Gjesdal has a B.S.C from Oslo University and an M.H.A. in the Healthcare Sector from George Washington University.
- He was married to Martha Gjesdal who died of cancer.
