Leadership

Andrew P. Cap, MS, MD, PhD, FACP, COL (Ret.), USA

COL (Ret.) Dr. Andrew (Andre) Cap, MS, MD, PhD, FACP retired in 2023 from the U.S. Army following over 22 years of service. His last assignment was as Director of Research at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) in San Antonio, Texas, where he led over 300 researchers and directed a $60 million research program. He previously served as Chief of Blood Research at USAISR.

Other significant duties included serving as Consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General for Hematology and Medical Oncology, Clinical Advisor to the Armed Services Blood Program and to the Joint Trauma System, and Co-Chair, NATO Blood Panel.

In addition to deployment experience in Iraq, Dr. Cap supported numerous Special Operations Command training exercises and capability development efforts.

Dr. Cap is currently an attending Hematologist at Brooke Army Medical Center, Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Hematology Consultant to the Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Chief Scientific Officer and Board Director of Velico Medical.

He has published over 330 peer-reviewed manuscripts and serves as an Associate Editor of the journal, Transfusion, as well as on the editorial boards of Shock and the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.

Dr. Cap studied at Harvard University, MIT, and Boston University School of Medicine. He trained in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at NIH.